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Jestercraft · Published by Jestercraft · Official site ↗
Mostly Positive — 78% positive (41 reviews) · 42 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Dune Rancher is a first-person incremental Moondust collecting game where you hoard materials and keep them safe from stealing Desert Spirits. Use Moondust to buy weapons, tools and robots to boost and automate your income.
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RPG, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
Explore Dune Rancher’s vast deserts, amassing Moondust and fortifying your base against nightly raids by Desert Spirits. Strategize with weapons, tools, and robots to secure your precious resources.
About this game
Vanquish the stealing intruders
Don't let the Desert Spirits steal your Moondust.
Get Moondust to get upgrades, weapons and tools
Boost your Moondust income & Get robots to automate the process
Automate your income with machines
.. And get rare resources to win the game
Dune Rancher is a first-person clicker & incremental game, where you build, manage and protect your very own ranch on a desert. The ’Moonwell’ is the core of your ranch, which provide resources. Use your resources to upgrade your base, purchase robots, items, weapons and tools. But be aware, the monsters are approaching: Protect your income against the intruders of the desert.
The Story
Dune Rancher is a story of a lonely Moondust Digger who decides to start chasing his dreams of becoming a succesfull Dune Rancher. After searching months for an unoccupied Moonwell, he finally reaches the destination.
Let the rancher life begin!
From the Solo Game Developer: Jestercraft. The journey of “Shipping 24 Games in 24 Months.”
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) or above
- Processor: 2.0 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1Gb Video Memory, capable of OpenGL 3.0+ support (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
BUTTONS UP 2 - Now available! (Chill Incremental Survival)
The return of the incremental gnome smacking!The chill incremental survival game - Buttons Up! 2 is NOW AVAILABLE on Steam (Windows, Mac & Linux) Features:Collect (a lot of) buttonsGet resources by travelling to different biomes with 'Excursion Tickets'Use crafting table to build your baseTrade with the merchant to upgrade your base & get resourcesFace boss battlesComplete 4 levels with different gnomes & bosses to smack40+ Steam achievements to unlockGet Buttons Up! 2 with a -15% Launch Discount!Read full article on Community Announcements (Jestercraft)Patch NotesOfficial
Dune Rancher - Saving Bug: HOTIX
Greetings Ranchers!Today I delivered an update for Dune Rancher addressing the following issues:Some users were thrown to an infinite loop of loading a game - This should be fixed nowLinux build was not working, since it was not targeted to the right build on Steam side - Now fixedI hope these resolves the issues that have been reported on the community board. Thank you SO MUCH for doing that!Read full article on Community Announcements (Jestercraft)AnnouncementsOfficial
Dune Rancher: Linux Support, Save Game Fix & Improvements
Greetings Ranchers!We've just delivered an update for Dune Rancher addressing the following issues:The game is now available for Linux!Some of the users experienced problems in save games, we delivered an update to try and fix the issue. (Since the problem is only for some users, this is an experimental fix to see if it helps)Field of view increased to 70 (from 60)Some achievements were not obtained as expected, should now be fixedWhen pressing esc to open menu, the cursor did not appear for some users: Should now work as intendedPlease keep reporting any issues that you may find and we'll do our best to fix them as soon as possible!PS: IF you have any suggestions for new features, game modes or anything: SHOOT!Purchase and play Dune Rancher today with 20% DISCOUNTRead full article on Community Announcements (Jestercraft)Patch NotesOfficial
DUNE RANCHER FIXES: Linux Support, Field of view, Saving Bug & Achievement Fix
Greetings Ranchers! I just delivered an update where I'm addressing the following issues: - I've still been unable to replicate the bug of save games not saving properly: I delivered an update to test if the issue would be resolved by changing how we save the game. I hope this resolves the issue! - Field of view increased to 70 from 60. (Unfortunately, there is currently no support for changing the field of view on runtime on the game engine I'm using) - Factory achievements were only retrieved when repairing the factory, now they should unlock when building it for the first time - The game is now available for linux as well!Read full article on Community Announcements (Jestercraft)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Clicker Game you may like: Seeker Shrine
Hey Dune Ranchers!There has been people asking when the next update for Dune Rancher will be available and unfortunately, I need to say the traditional SOON™. Since before this, I'm going to release a new game!I'm happy to announce the next clicker game I'm about to release:SEEKER SHRINESeeker Shrine is a stress free clicker game with catcha egg hatching system. Run your own Seeker Ranch, take care of your creatures and collect resources to unlock new Seeker creatures!On release, there will be 15 different creatures to be collected:6 Rare creatures6 Super creatures3 Legendary creaturesI hope to see you wishlisting the game, but also to play it on release! If you do, please consider leaving a reviewRead full article on Community Announcements (Jestercraft)
