Slime Rancher

Mild overall intensity

Highest flag: Animal combat — combat mechanic

AdventureSci-fiSimulation

What's in it

Violence cartoon/stylized

Low

Bloodless, cartoon action limited to vacuuming up gelatinous slimes and splashing aggressive black 'Tarr' slimes with water to make them dissolve.

Spending cosmetic purchases

Low

The game is bought once and has no in-game store, currency purchases or ads. The only optional spending is a small paid add-on that unlocks alternate cosmetic appearances for the slimes.

Animal combat combat mechanic

Low

Fictional gelatinous 'slimes' are sucked up with a vacuum-backpack and kept for farming, and corrupted 'Tarr' slimes are neutralized by spraying them with water, with no blood, injury, or gore shown.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Slime Rancher is a bright, first-person farming and exploration game in which you play Beatrix LeBeau, a young rancher on a distant planet called the Far Far Range. You explore colorful open environments, use a vacuum-backpack to collect cute gelatinous 'slimes,' feed them to harvest sellable 'plorts,' and use the earnings to build and upgrade your ranch. The tone is relaxing and whimsical throughout. The only conflict comes from environmental hazards and 'Tarr' slimes—corrupted creatures that can damage the player and are neutralized by spraying water, with no blood, injury, or gore. There is no sexual content, profanity, substance use, or gambling, and the game is entirely single-player with no chat, online interaction, or in-app purchases.

How it's framed

The game frames its content as light, good-natured adventure and management: caring for whimsical creatures, tidy problem-solving, and exploration. The 'Tarr' menace is presented as a cartoonish nuisance to clean up rather than as violence against living beings, and slimes are stylized fantasy creatures rather than realistic animals.

Details

Developer: Monomi Park
Publisher: Monomi Park
Released: Aug 1, 2017

Metacritic 81critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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