14 Games like Slime Rancher on PlayStation that you should try

It shares the essentials of what Slime Rancher does: open world exploration, ranged combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with puzzle design.

Held in common with Slime Rancher: open world exploration, fantasy world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to exploration and discovery, and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with precision platforming and a third-person camera.

It meets Slime Rancher on ranged combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a first-person view. What it adds of its own: pixel art.

If Slime Rancher worked for you because of melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on tone: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere.

If Slime Rancher worked for you because of melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus, the same is here. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings strong narrative focus and horror setting.

Same family as Slime Rancher: melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on tone and progression: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and skill tree progression.

Genre puts it alongside Slime Rancher, and so does melee combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.

What brings it close to Slime Rancher is ranged combat, fantasy world and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. The common ground extends to a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone and progression: strong narrative focus and historical setting.

Its point of contact with Slime Rancher is melee combat, a sci-fi setting and single-player focus. To that it adds a first-person view. They part company on combat: this one brings stealth mechanics.

Its point of contact with Slime Rancher is single-player focus and a first-person view. It sets itself apart with a third-person camera.

Genre puts it alongside Slime Rancher, and so does a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on tone and setting: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and horror setting.

Shelved next to Slime Rancher for good reason: melee combat and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

Shelved next to Slime Rancher for good reason: melee combat and single-player focus. They part company on tone and visuals: this one brings dark, oppressive atmosphere and 2D presentation.

On paper it is what Slime Rancher is — a sci-fi setting, single-player focus and a first-person view — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. They part company on game mode and setting: this one brings post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay.