In Slime Rancher you play as Samus Aran who has finally decided to retire from bounty hunting and pursue a less stressful lifestyle. She buys a small "Slime Ranch" on a distant planet in the hopes of putting her arm cannon skills to better use, but when she arrives on the Far Far Ranch things aren't as cheery as they seem....

In all seriousness I can't reccomend this game enough. It's packed full of neat little mechanics that make the game suprisingly in-depth despite the extremely chill and zen-like gameplay loop. You might start off with just a few small pink slimes, but soon enough you'll be cross breeding slimes, which is actually a fantastic mechanic.

Since every slime produces different valued "plorts" (basically just poop) and likes different kinds of food you can kind of go wild. Just be sure not to get too bold as some species combos can be pretty dangerous. An example of this system is mixing pink slimes with any other species: since pink slimes have eat anything if you mix them with, say, a meat eating species you can now feed it any type of food. However since pink slimes have no "favorite" food and they produce nearly worthless plorts you'll often find good combos that balance ease of feeding, plort value, and safety. But that's only a small portion of this game!

I do have a few small complaints. Mainly, if you want more slimes you have to get them in the wild and since slimes tend to combine pretty rapidly it can be a tad bit frustrating to find enough of the right species to fill your corrals. A feature to grow a new batch of slimes from plorts would be really cool. Also, the "puzzles" and progression of the game is bland, but it's not like this is a puzzle game. You mainly progress by just gathering enough food of a specific type to feed an absolutely massive slime, which then explodes for some reason giving you a key to access a new area. At least you can kind of unlock in different orders, you're not forced to go anywhere in specific. Everything else I don't like is just really minor stuff like how once you unlock automated drones they are capped at 2 per each area which is not enough to do all of the tasks but that's no big deal compared to everything amazing about this game.

Overall, just buy this damn game if you even kind of like the look of it. It's insanely cute, insanely chill and a great de-stress game to just spend hours in.

In Slime Rancher you play as Samus Aran who has finally decided to retire from bounty hunting and pursue a less stressful lifestyle. She buys a small "Slime Ranch" on a distant planet in the hopes of putting her arm cannon skills to better use, but when she arrives on the Far Far Ranch things aren't as cheery as they seem.... In all seriousness I can't reccomend this game enough. It's packed full of neat little mechanics that make the game suprisingly in-depth despite the extremely chill and zen-like gameplay loop. You might start off with just a few small pink slimes, but soon enough you'll be cross breeding slimes, which is actually a fantastic mechanic. Since every slime produces different valued "plorts" (basically just poop) and likes different kinds of food you can kind of go wild. Just be sure not to get too bold as some species combos can be pretty dangerous. An example of this system is mixing pink slimes with any other species: since pink slimes have eat anything if you mix them with, say, a meat eating species you can now feed it any type of food. However since pink slimes have no "favorite" food and they produce nearly worthless plorts you'll often find good combos that balance ease of feeding, plort value, and safety. But that's only a small portion of this game! I do have a few small complaints. Mainly, if you want more slimes you have to get them in the wild and since slimes tend to combine pretty rapidly it can be a tad bit frustrating to find enough of the right species to fill your corrals. A feature to grow a new batch of slimes from plorts would be really cool. Also, the "puzzles" and progression of the game is bland, but it's not like this is a puzzle game. You mainly progress by just gathering enough food of a specific type to feed an absolutely massive slime, which then explodes for some reason giving you a key to access a new area. At least you can kind of unlock in different orders, you're not forced to go anywhere in specific. Everything else I don't like is just really minor stuff like how once you unlock automated drones they are capped at 2 per each area which is not enough to do all of the tasks but that's no big deal compared to everything amazing about this game. Overall, just buy this damn game if you even kind of like the look of it. It's insanely cute, insanely chill and a great de-stress game to just spend hours in.