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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Player sentiment
What players actually say
“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…”
4262h played · 1.5K helpful
“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…”
793h played · 894 helpful
“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…”
211h played · 1.2K helpful
“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…”
205h played · 640 helpful
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Media
Screenshots
Images: Ludeon Studios via Steam, shown for editorial coverage.
Specs
System requirements
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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.







