Released Aug 5, 2026 Early Access $17.99 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Ranchbound

By Eldersong Games

Strategy Management City Builder Simulation Economy Base Building Building SandboxWesternGrand StrategyOpen WorldSurvival

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Ranchbound is a game tagged Strategy, Management and City Builder by Eldersong Games, released Aug 5, 2026. It has 44 Steam reviews (Mixed). The Steam games most like it include Of Life and Land, Super Company and Oxygen.

Raise cattle, develop your ranch, hire cowboys, buy land, and invest in local businesses in a real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.

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Of Life and Land 91% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Super Company 83% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Oxygen 81% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Rogue Carrier 78% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic 78% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Smart City Plan 77% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Manor Lords 77% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Nova Roma 77% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Coffee Noir - Business Detective Game 77% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder
Corsair Cove 77% match · Strategy, Management, City Builder

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for Ranchbound · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID3962040

Release dateAug 5, 2026

Last change number40209815

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Eldersong Games
Publisher: Eldersong Games
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Technologies: Unity detected

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable

Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$17.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$17.99Oct 23, 2026

Checked4 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Sep 26, 2026 Update 0.6.41 – Fort & Tribal Camps
Ranchers,The frontier is stirring in Update 0.6.41. New tribes arrive to make their home nearby, and their camps grow while supplies last. But hunger can turn a quiet neighbor into a threat, with hostile warriors looking to your herds for …
Aug 31, 2026 Update 0.6.40 - Household Expansion
Ranchers,Update 0.6.40 greatly expands Household progression. Your starting cabin can now be developed through five levels, with every upgrade visibly transforming the building, increasing its capacity, and expanding the space available fo…
Aug 22, 2026 Hotfix 0.6.32
Fixed severe freezing when opening very large cattle genealogy trees.Family trees now load relatives progressively, with controls for expanding or hiding ancestors and descendants.Improved complex family tree readability with clearer contr…
Aug 21, 2026 Update 0.6.31 – Cattle Management & Quality of Life
Ranchers,Update 0.6.31 expands cattle management with a new Cattle Registry, genealogy tree, and custom filters. It also introduces new financial and settlement tools, balance adjustments, and numerous gameplay and UI improvements.Thank yo…
Aug 17, 2026 Hotfix 0.06.21 + 0.6.22 – UI Scaling Improvements
Hotfix 0.06.21 + 0.6.22 – UI Scaling ImprovementsThis hotfix improves UI scaling, positioning, and interaction across a wider range of screen resolutions and aspect ratios.Fixes• Improved the Settings panel layout in both the Main Menu and…
Aug 15, 2026 Update 0.6.20: Cattle Breeding and Genetics
Ranchers,Update 0.6.20 is Ranchbound’s first major content update. Previous updates focused mainly on fixes, stability, and quality-of-life improvements. This time, the update introduces substantial new gameplay systems and new ways to man…
Aug 10, 2026 Update 0.6.08: Quality of Life, Doctor, Bank and Stability
Ranchers,Update 0.6.08 brings new quality-of-life options, more active bank share trading, improved doctor billing, and stability fixes.QUALITY OF LIFE• Added optional screen-edge camera scrolling.• Added an option to close Structure panel…
Aug 8, 2026 Update 0.6.06: Economy and Gameplay Improvements
Ranchers,Update 0.6.06 improves town management, financial information, and the reliability of everyday ranch work.CAMERA AND NOTIFICATIONS• Use the mouse wheel to smoothly zoom the gameplay camera in and out. • Tired and departing cowboy …
Aug 7, 2026 Gameplay Fixes and Balance Update
Ranchers,This update focuses on fixes and improved reliability across cattle transfers, cowboy travel, settlements, saves, and railroad management.COWBOYS AND CATTLE• The post-task destination option is now also available when sending catt…
Aug 6, 2026 Bandit Raids, Cowboy Rest & Performance Update
Ranchers,Bandits will now make more frequent attempts to steal cattle when playing with the default Normal setting.If you prefer the previous, calmer raid frequency, you can select the new Rare setting when starting a new game.BANDIT RAIDS…
Aug 5, 2026 Hotfix 0.6.01 – Performance Improvements
This update focuses on game optimization, improving FPS stability and reducing performance drops for smoother gameplay.

Build	Branch	Updated
26186666	public	Oct 24, 2026
25550410	public	Sep 26, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
3962041	—	All	671.7 MB	558.2 MB	156795348204612197

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	26186666	Oct 24, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Ranchbound

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
Ranchbound.exe		Windows · 64-bit

Space per player953.7 MB

Filesup to 2,000

Save locations1

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Eldersong Games/Ranchbound/Saves	*	Windows

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 12:41 #40209815
- depots.3962041.manifests.public.download ~~544080048~~ → 585314288
- depots.3962041.manifests.public.gid ~~8490141924163527154~~ → 156795348204612197
- depots.3962041.manifests.public.size ~~658363089~~ → 704317075
- depots.branches.public.buildid ~~25550410~~ → 26186666
- depots.branches.public.timebuildupdated ~~1790445836~~ → 1792867645
- depots.branches.public.timeupdated ~~1790446654~~ → 1792868249

News

Aug 5, 2026 · Community Announcements The Next Chapter Starts With You!
Howdy, Ranchers!First of all, thank you for every wishlist and every follow. Your support has brought Ranchbound this far, and it truly means a lot to me.Now it’s time to pull back the curtain and be…
Jul 5, 2026 · Community Announcements Ranchbound Early Access Launches August 5!
Howdy Ranchers 🤠 Ranchbound is launching in Early Access on August 5! I’m really happy to finally share the Early Access date with you. The game has come a long way since the demo, and Early Access …
Feb 8, 2026 · Community Announcements Steam Next Fest is coming - see Ranchbound in February!
Howdy Ranchers 🤠I’m happy to share that Ranchbound’s demo will be part of Steam Next Fest (February Edition), running from Feb 23 to Mar 2. The demo will stay available until the end of the festival…
Nov 18, 2025 · Community Announcements Demo Now Available!
I’m releasing this demo earlier than planned because I want your voice to matter. I have my own vision for the game, but at such an early stage of development your feedback can point to new direction…

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Ranchbound

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