Slime Rancher 2 Review Summary

Last updated: 2026-08-19
  • Fun and enjoyable gameplay experience
  • Improved over the first game
  • Excellent graphics and beautiful visuals
  • Relaxing and calming atmosphere
  • Gameplay overly grindy and repetitive
  • Similar to first game lacking innovation
Slime Rancher 2 header

Emotions

Archetypes

Hardware

Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows <8GB VRAM / 16-31GB RAMmixed
Core metrics

Core business metrics

Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.

Steam review stats
Steam rating
Very Positive (8/10)
Total reviews
49,638
Positive
46,91294.5%
Negative
2,7265.5%
Sales estimations
Estimated sales count
3,495,880
Estimated revenue
$104,841,441
Game price
$30
Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
Refund-intent reviews
1050.67%
Estimated copies lost
7,395
Estimated revenue lost
$221,776
Review pace

Statistical analysis

Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.

Sentiment × Playtime

review counts
BucketNegPos
≤ 2h playtime
1050.7%
Avg playtime 0.9h
5893.7%
Avg playtime 1h
> 2h playtime
8115.1%
Avg playtime 28.8h
14,27890.5%
Avg playtime 40.9h

Velocity

review pace
Avg/day11.1 rev/day
Last 30d19.3 rev/day
Quarterly785.5 rev/qtr
Days covered1,426.2 days
Audience segments

Who is reviewing

Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.

Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
15,783 total
Organic purchasers13,32684.4%
Voted up: 94%
Key activations2,45715.6%
Voted up: 95%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
15,783 total
First impression0-2h1,1267.13%
Voted up: 89%
Mid game2-10h4,33927.5%
Voted up: 95%
Late game10-20h3,34821.2%
Voted up: 94%
Endgame20h+6,97044.2%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
1.31% of reviews
Deck satisfaction
91.7%
Global baseline 94.2%
206 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 49,638 total.