RimWorld

4.8 out of 5
212 User Ratings
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Experience a strategy that's out of this world with the 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Steam rated sci-fi sim RimWorld.
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About RimWorld

About this game

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. It generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, and more.

Survive

You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world. Your colonists are not professional settlers – they're survivors from a crashed ship. They're uneducated, so don’t know how to build shelter, find food and water, or defend themselves from the many threats that they will face. But not everything goes smoothly. starvation, disease, mental breakdowns, pirate raids...It's designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate survivors, lone gunmen, and bumbling soldiers. It works by controlling the "random" events that the world throws at you. Every thunderstorm, pirate raid, and travelling salesman is a card dealt into your story by the AI Storyteller. There are several storytellers to choose from. Randy Random does crazy stuff, Cassandra Classic ramps up the difficulty, and Phoebe Friendly is… well… friendly.

Thrive

Build in the forest, desert, jungle, tundra, and more. Decorate your colonies to make them feel like home. Watch your colonists develop relationships with one another. Source the resources you need to survive and thrive and expand your colony until it spans the globe.

Try Again

The game is very complex and challenging, but also very rewarding. There are many different ways to play RimWorld, and no two games will ever be the same. It is a game that has a lot of replay value, as you can try different strategies and approaches each time you play. If you are looking for a game that is both challenging and fun, it will certainly appeal to fans of strategy and management games

Game Details

Platform:
steam
Release Date:
October 17, 2018
Developer:
Ludeon Studios
Publisher:
Ludeon Studios
Rating:
ACB rating of 18
Supported Languages:
English
Franchise:
RimWorld
Link:

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: Windows XP
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • OS: OSX 10.5
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

Product Requirements

Minimum:

  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

RimWorld Editions

Critic Reviews

87

Strategy Gamer

100 / 100
"Rimworld is a new standard in survival/strategy sims, and has emerged from early access with grace. Now the REAL fun can begin..."

GRYOnline.pl

95 / 100
"Some minor flaws turn RimWorld into a slightly flawed diamond. It is a truly unique game, one that appears every few years. I have been following RimWorld's development from...

GameStar

85 / 100
"Successful mixture of strategy, tower defense, survival sandbox and sci-fi story generator with a guaranteed high replay value."
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Achievement Hunter?
76.14% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!

Difficulty Statistics

Difficulty Rating

Simple
0.74%
Easy
2.21%
Just Right
41.18%
Tough
51.47%
Unforgiving
4.41%
Don't Ragequit! 51.47%  of players consider this game to be Tough

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Play Behaviour

Tried It
7.24%
Played It
27.63%
Halfway
19.74%
Beat It
35.53%
Conquered It
9.87%
Completionist! 9.87%  of players have Conquered It

RimWorld User Reviews

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User Rating

Average score from 212 ratings
91% of users would recommend this.
4.8

User Ratings Breakdown

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Excellent game

Andy
Verified purchase
10/10! Highly addictive and fun - just like the drugs I keep feeding my colonists. Definitely strikes me as the kind of "one more turn" game! Game can be as challenging or relaxed as you want it to be, and as chaotic or orderly as you make it. You play as a omnipotent advisor to your colonists, and you can suggest and assign tasks for each of them. Your colonists will mostly do what you order/suggest; however, beware that they will go out of their/your way to accomplish their own needs and wants as well! The core gameplay and UI are initially overwhelming, but a quick search on Youtube for intro tips helps a lot for getting your first base set up. Also, the modding community is super dedicated and has basically anything you could dream of for this game. The mods are well-integrated with Steam's Workshop, so it's as simple as clicking "subscribe" on each mod for players who don't enjoy or know how to get into the technical aspects of modding Rimworld. PS The soundtrack is stellar.
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Recommended

Sedlynnd
Verified purchase
Best game you can spend money on if you like something to play on 2nd monitor while you are watching something.
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Recommended

Austin
Verified purchase
Super fun game,has a tiny learning curve but otherwise very fun
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Recommended

Fanatical User
Verified purchase
I have not played for long but I can already tell I'm beginning to like it. My small settlement is already starting a graveyard to bury the people killed nearby (usually dead invaders). I also have a worg who lives in my main dwelling. He almost killed us then we healed him for some reason but we have not yet been able to tame him. Either way he seems to like our house.
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Recommended

Fanatical User
Verified purchase
Rimworld is the best game of this genre, it has infinite possibilities, you can play and play and play and never get tired. Then you have mods, that adds even more, you can make everything in this game.
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Recommended

d2roc
Verified purchase
Its going to try and kill you every chance it gets
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Recommended

Shrub
Verified purchase
This game is great, a story driven by your choices, good or bad. Will you grow a great clan, or fall to a murderious rat?
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A Must Buy

Detty
Verified purchase
Almost 100 hours later and I'm still learning new things. A perfect game.
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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 3 editions. They are Standard Edition, Horror Pack, and Starter Pack
Horror Pack contains:
  • Rimworld
  • RimWorld Anomaly
Available DLCs for RimWorld include Anomaly, Biotech, Royalty, and Ideology
Are you ready for a challenge? 41% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 56% of GameFAQs users said RimWorld is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ACB, RimWorld is suitable for players aged 18 and above.
Yes, RimWorld is Steam Deck Verified. Valve’s testing indicates that RimWorld is Verified on Steam Deck. This game is fully functional on Steam Deck, and works great with the built-in controls and display.
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Minimum:
  • OS: Windows XP
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Minimum:
  • OS: OSX 10.5
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384 MB of RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 76 hours. 76% of users played RimWorld for over 80 hours.
Yes, RimWorld has broad critical consensus. 88% of critics on Metacritic recommend RimWorld. The Metascore is 87 out of 100.
91% of Fanatical users recommend RimWorld. The average review score is 4.8/5
Yes, 91% of Fanatical users and 88% of critics on Metacritic recommend RimWorld.
RimWorld was released on October 17, 2018
Yes, RimWorld supports MacOS.
Yes, RimWorld supports Linux.
RimWorld is published by Ludeon Studios
RimWorld was developed by Ludeon Studios
Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival, and Strategy
Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as Management, Sci-fi, Space, and Western
Yes. Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as Colony Sim
Yes, Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as Base Building
Yes, Fanatical users tagged RimWorld as Survival

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