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2008 · FreshGames · Simulation · Strategy

Ranch Rush

In this time-management game, you play Sara, a worker at a greenhouse. Unfortunately, the greenhouse is failing, and the owner is going to sell to a developer in eight weeks. Sara's only chance of saving the nursery is to take over a vacant three acres and turn it into a productive farm.

Released
30 June 2008
Platforms
BrowserWindowsiOSmacOS
Genres
SimulationStrategy
Developers
FreshGamesAliasworlds Entertainment
Publishers
FreshGamesINTENIUM GmbHMumboJumbo, LLC
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Business

About

Ranch Rush is a farm management video game developed by Aliasworlds Entertainment and published by FreshGames in 2008. A sequel, Ranch Rush 2, was released in 2010.

Keywords

  • farming simulator

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

Sara works in a nursery and loves her job. But one day the owner Jim tells her that they will have to close the nursery. In order to save the nursery, Sara asks Jim to let her use an unused plot of land where she plans to grow vegetables and tend animals. She hopes the profit from selling the produce will save the nursery.

Players have to help Sara complete customer orders by harvesting produce such as clovers, wheat, corn and tomatoes and tend animals such as cows, sheep, bees, and ostriches. There are also ketchup machine, bread machine, jam machine, etc. At the end of each week Sara has the opportunity to sell any extra produce in the Farmer's Market. Depending on performance, players also have the opportunity of winning trophies for completing week 1, not getting stung by bees, completing an order super fast, finishing expert mode without failing an order, etc.

Reception

Ranch Rush received generally positive reviews from critics. Gamezebo gave the Windows version of Ranch Rush an overall score of 4.5 out of five, expressing that the game differentiates itself from other, similar time management games through its "superb gameplay balance" and strategic aspects, further stating that "almost all aspects of the gameplay come together perfectly", but criticized some minor control issues. Den of Geek praised the game's difficulty curve, as well as its graphics & sound.

Legacy

A sequel set on a tropical island, Ranch Rush 2, was released in 2010 for Mac, Windows, and iOS.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows30 June 2008Worldwide
Browser22 January 2009Worldwide
macOS23 February 2009Worldwide
iOS15 July 2009Worldwide

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