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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.

RimWorld is a colony sim, base-building and survival game developed and published by Ludeon Studios.
Released on October 17th 2018 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 24 languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Finnish, Korean, Romanian and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 208,163 reviews of which 203,940 were positive and 4,223 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.7 out of 10. šŸ˜

The game is currently priced at 31.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 26.36€ on Instant Gaming.


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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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
MacOS
  • OS: macOS 10.12
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Linux
  • Processor: Core 2 Duo
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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March 2025
RimWorld stands as humanity's most sophisticated empathy simulator—not because it creates empathy, but because it systematically erodes it. You begin caring about your colonists as people and end seeing them as walking resource containers. The game's genius isn't in its mechanics but in how it transforms you into exactly the kind of ruthless survivor it simulates.
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March 2025
The game is worth waiting 30 minutes each time you open it because of all the mods you enabled.
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Oct. 2024
a good game if you want something quick and easy, but the replayability is a bit lackluster, becoming a bit boring after only 1300 hours
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Sept. 2024
After over 3500 hours of RimWorld, I can confidently say this game is less about colony management and more about watching my carefully laid plans disintegrate into chaos as I scream internally, 'WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS?!' Picture this: It’s mid-winter, your colonists are starving, the food stockpile is low, and your hunter just decided to wander into a grizzly bear's lunch zone. And instead of hauling food back, Karen the Crafting Goddess has decided to have a mental break because someone insulted her hat three months ago. So now, she’s walking around the colony naked, smashing furniture, and punching alpacas, while I’m left wondering if uninstalling the 'Twitchy Temperament' mod was a mistake. And let’s not forget Randy Random’s impeccable timing. Just as you’ve recovered from that toxic fallout, he’s graciously gifted you with a tribal raid… during a solar flare… while your freezer melts, and the colonist with the only decent weapon has food poisoning. Thanks, Randy, really keeping it spicy. Then there’s that one colonist who refuses to do anything useful. Can’t fight, won’t haul, allergic to manual labor. But the second a social fight breaks out, he’s front and center, breaking up relationships like he’s auditioning for RimWorld's next reality drama spin-off: "Raiders of Love Island." Meanwhile, your pet warg is eating raw potatoes in the middle of the hospital while your best doctor has gone berserk and is now fist-fighting the guy he just saved from malaria. Mods, you ask? Oh, I have mods. Hundreds of mods. I don't even know what the base game looks like anymore. I’ve added everything from lightsabers to genetically engineered supercows to a mod that lets me create an army of psychotic squirrels. But still, none of them can save me from the existential dread that is my colonists constantly forgetting how to use doors. In conclusion, RimWorld is the best nightmare you’ll ever willingly subject yourself to. If you’ve ever wanted to simulate the sensation of managing a daycare full of toddlers armed with flamethrowers, please, join me. Just be prepared to explain to your family why you yelled, ā€˜THE CORPSES NEED TO BE BURNED BEFORE THE COWS GET INFECTED!’ at 3 AM.
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June 2024
This game not only teaches you management skills, it also teaches you people skills. Using the statistical analysis in the game as it pertains to peoples moods (irl) will help you understand and appreciate the specific nature of those around you, with their different proclivities and traits, and how they fit into a functional society. For instance, when I play this game, my mother gets very angry. But I now understand this is because I am a night owl and interrupted sleep gives her a hefty debuf. on top of this, when she has a mental break and goes on an insulting spree I don't blame her outright. I understand this is because of the lack of beauty in her surroundings and an unwanted food type. In this case, taco bell.
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Frequently Asked Questions

RimWorld is currently priced at 31.99€ on Steam.

RimWorld is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 31.99€ on Steam.

RimWorld received 203,940 positive votes out of a total of 208,163 achieving an impressive rating of 9.68.
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RimWorld was developed and published by Ludeon Studios.

RimWorld is playable and fully supported on Windows.

RimWorld is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

RimWorld is playable and fully supported on Linux.

RimWorld is a single-player game.

There are 8 DLCs available for RimWorld. Explore additional content available for RimWorld on Steam.

RimWorld is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.

RimWorld supports Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

RimWorld is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for RimWorld.

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RimWorld
9.7
203,940
4,223
Game modes
Features
Online players
18,188
Developer
Ludeon Studios
Publisher
Ludeon Studios
Release 17 Oct 2018
Platforms
Remote Play
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