Hello, Ranchers 😀🧑🏻🌾🐮
This update marks an important milestone for Ranch Farm and Store Simulator. The game has now officially left Early Access after six months of development, following our initial plan to keep the game in Early Access for around 3 to 6 months. Since the Early Access launch in July 2025, we have been actively developing, refining, and expanding the game based on your feedback, and this month marks the sixth month of that journey.
We want to take a moment to sincerely thank everyone who supported the game during Early Access. Your active feedback, bug reports, discussions, and involvement have played a major role in shaping the current version of the game. Many of the systems, improvements, and fixes that exist today were directly influenced by your reports and suggestions.
Leaving Early Access does not mean that development is stopping. Instead, it marks a transition into a more stable release phase, where we will continue listening to the community and improving the game moving forward. With that in mind, this update includes new content, acknowledgements for Early Access supporters, and several important improvements as part of the version 1.0 release.
Here’s what’s included in this release:
Main Updates
1. More Paintings
We’ve added new paintings that you can collect and display on your farm. These paintings help make your farm feel more lively and also provide better price bonuses, supporting your overall farm value.
2. More Steam Achievements
New Steam Achievements have been added. These give you additional long-term goals to work toward and recognize your progress across different aspects of the game.
3. Special Thanks Credits for Early Access Supporters
A special Credits page has been added to the Main Menu to recognize players who supported the game during Early Access. This includes players who helped us through active feedback, bug reports, and by sharing the game with others. We sincerely apologize if any names are missing. If your username was not included, please contact us at contact[at]bewolba[dot]com, and we will review and update the list accordingly.
4. Special In-Game Reward for Early Access Supporters
Players who purchased and played the game during Early Access will receive a one-time in-game currency bonus as a token of appreciation. This bonus can be used as extra capital to invest in new tools, assets, or farm expansion. The reward can only be claimed once and will be available when loading a save file created before the Steam Winter Sale, or when starting a new game before the Winter Sale period. You will have different bonus value depend on your progression in the game, this update is included since v0.9.14.
Improvements and Fixes
1. Improved Gamepad Navigation
Fixed several gamepad navigation issues in:
Employee Settings on production tools
Kiosks
Traps
Now you can interact with the checkbox to handle employee.
2. Gamepad Navigation Fixes for Shop Menus
Improved gamepad navigation for:
Buy Plant
Buy Animal
Buy Nutrient menus
Now you can accessing the minus button to decrease the value of what you need to buy.
3. Kiosk Interaction Fix
Resolved an issue where kiosks could not be moved due to incorrect initial placement. Kiosks can now be interacted with from all four sides.
4. Fixed Box Storage Stuck Issue
Fixed a case where boxes could get stuck inside Box Storage and cause gameplay errors.
5. Fixed Container Shape Issues
Resolved an issue where buckets or nutrient containers could visually deform after being carried by employees.
5. Fixed Path Issue for Guardian and Wild Animals
Resolved some issue making the guardian or wild animals stuck in your farm, that can make your game lag or crash.
Thank you for being part of Ranch Farm and Store Simulator’s Early Access journey and for continuing with us into version 1.0. Your support, feedback, and patience helped shape the game into what it is today, and we look forward to continuing this journey together.
If you have thoughts, suggestions, or feedback after this update, please continue sharing them through Steam Discussions. We are always listening.
Happy ranching, and thank you once again for your support! 😀🐄🐓