Games Like Slime Rancher (2026)

The best similar games on Steam — matched by shared genre and gameplay, with a reason for every pick.

Updated daily · July 17, 2026

Looking for games like Slime Rancher? The closest matches on Steam right now are Slime Rancher 2, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Overcooked — chosen by shared genre and gameplay (Cute, Exploration, Open World) and ranked by how fast each is currently gaining followers. Full ranked list of 12 below, each with why it's a match.

Best games similar to Slime Rancher

#GameGenreShared with Slime Rancher
1Slime Rancher 2ActionFamily Friendly, Open World, FPS, Colorful
2Totally Accurate Battle SimulatorIndieFamily Friendly, Colorful, Cute, Sandbox
3OvercookedActionFamily Friendly, Colorful, Great Soundtrack, Cute
4Garry's ModCasualFPS, Exploration, First-Person, Sandbox
5No Man's SkyActionOpen World, FPS, Exploration, First-Person
6The ForestActionOpen World, Early Access, Exploration, First-Person
7Scrap MechanicActionOpen World, Early Access, First-Person, Sandbox
8GroundedActionOpen World, Early Access, Exploration, Cute
9Tales of the MoonAdventureAdventure, Indie, single-player
10KynseedAdventureManagement, Open World, Exploration, Sandbox
11Teddy's HavenAdventureManagement, Open World, Colorful, Early Access
12BeamNG.driveRacingOpen World, Early Access, Exploration, First-Person

Why these are like Slime Rancher

1. Slime Rancher 2

From the same studio; both are tagged family friendly, open world, fps. Continue the adventures of Beatrix LeBeau as she journeys across the Slime Sea to Rainbow Island, a land brimming with ancient mysteries, and bursting with wiggly, new slimes to wrangle in this sequel to the smash-hit, S

2. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Both are tagged family friendly, colorful, cute; both offer single-player. Be the leader of wobblers from ancient lands, spooky places, and fantasy worlds.

3. Overcooked

Both are tagged family friendly, colorful, great soundtrack; both offer single-player. Overcooked is a chaotic couch co-op cooking game for one to four players.

4. Garry's Mod

Both are tagged fps, exploration, first-person; both offer single-player. Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox.

5. No Man's Sky

Both are tagged open world, fps, exploration; both offer single-player. No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

6. The Forest

Both are tagged open world, early access, exploration; both offer single-player. As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants.

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