

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.
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