Ranch Simulator Download PC

But remember, the wilderness lives by its own laws and you aren’t the only skilled hunter in the neighbourhood. Sometimes your steady hand and sharp eyes will also be needed back on the ranch to stop hungry wolves turning your off-grid dream into a nightmare.

To survive in Ranch Simulator Early Access, from Toxic Dog and Excalibur Publishing, you need money. Money comes from selling your wares, i.e. eggs and milk. The best way to earn money is hunting deer and selling the meat to the local store.

With the same option via the tab button, you switch to a revolver and shoot the local wildlife. As you approach it to get the ‘skin’ option, the animal morphs into a tidy little animation of meat. As unhygienic as it is, you throw this on the back of your wheels, one bit at a time.

Another element that is quite frustrating, which could do with developing for the future, would be having a tracker of sorts to show where items are on your map. I did try using a manual waypoint, but it disappears when you get close.

On that note, the play area is reasonable in size, but you only have a car dealership, gas station and local shop. And forget about mingling with the locals – they’re as ignorant as pig shit. If you attempt to talk to them, they’ll send you to the computer terminal to purchase/sell goods.

Nature’s Way

Despite the lack of things to do at the moment, I spent a good amount of time playing Ranch Simulator Early Access. Just like the real thing, it’s quite calming and therapeutic to experience the game, even if not much happens.

The game’s future looks really promising, and I look forward to unlocking more animals, structures, and perhaps people to interact with. The radio stations in the game aren’t precisely GTA, but they’re serviceable. I switched them off, basking in the sounds of nature.