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RimWorld

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

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About this game

Developer description

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RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and Dune. You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world. Manage colonists' moods, needs, wounds, illnesses and addictions. Build in the forest, desert, jungle, tundra, and more. Watch colonists develop and break relationships with family members, lovers, and spouses. Replace wounded limbs and organs with prosthetics, bionics, or biological parts harvested from others. Fight pirates, tribes, mad animals, giant insects and ancient killing machines. Craft structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, and futuristic materials. Tame and train cute pets, productive farm animals, and deadly attack beasts. Trade with passing ships and caravans. Form caravans to complete quests, trade, attack other factions, or migrate your whole colony. Dig through snow, weather storms, and fight fires. Capture refugees or prisoners and turn them to your side or sell them into slavery. Discover a new generated world each time you play.…

Player sentiment

What players actually say

All Steam reviews ↗
97%positive · Overwhelmingly Positive
120.3K Steam reviews · Oct 28, 2026
“My wife doesn't like or play video games. She loves Rimworld. I've never seen her touch anything else. When "we" play, I set up the base, make sure the power stays on and the healroot is harvested. The mother of my children, the light of my life, sits next to me and plays the game by suggesting things like "The colo…”
Kyckling

4262h played · 1.5K helpful

Steam ↗
“Full underground base, chemfuel stored in a granite room with no cables in the walls so I figured it was safe, a Zzzt event set a colonist on fire who fled into the chemfuel stockpile, the stockpile exploded destroying the wall between it and the hallway. The initial explosion was fairly well contained but the heat…”
Spicy Mayo

793h played · 894 helpful

Steam ↗
“I still get misty when I remember my pet raccoon Willy. Willy had already lost all four legs defending me from prior attacks by bandit raiders. We came under attack again and the raiders made it inside our base and a bandit cornered me in my bedroom, I was finished for sure! Willy wriggled on his belly across the…”
Cas9

211h played · 1.2K helpful

Steam ↗
“I had a cool doctor in my colony, but he got old and lost his hearing. I decided to replace his ears with bionic ones, but I didn’t notice that he was a Body Purist who hated artificial body parts. While he was lying on the operating table and recovering from the surgery, a huge raid happened. The raiders built sie…”
AGulev

205h played · 640 helpful

Steam ↗

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Images: Ludeon Studios via Steam, shown for editorial coverage.

Specs

System requirements

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minimum

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

FAQ

Common questions

When was RimWorld released?+

Steam lists the release date as Oct 17, 2018.

What platforms is RimWorld available on?+

Windows, macOS, Linux

How is RimWorld reviewed on Steam?+

Overwhelmingly Positive — 97% of 120.3K steam reviews are positive, captured Oct 28, 2026.