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IndieSimulationStrategyColony SimBase BuildingSurvivalSandboxManagement

24,271 playing#41 on Steam by players#41 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 34,974

Peak in the last 7 days: 43,039

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperLudeon Studios
PublisherLudeon Studios
PlatformsWindows · macOS · Linux
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateOct 17, 2018
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7
ProcessorCore 2 Duo
Memory4 GB
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 or other shader model 4.0
Storage1 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 400 reviews from the past 1 year

91.5/ 100
Top 10%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (98%)

Metacritic: 87 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Every colony becomes its own story in RimWorld, and 192 reviews say they love it; it scores 91.5, top 10% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Content Volume ranks 9th of 1351, and Gameplay ranks 55th of 1396. 59 reviews say it stays replayable, with every playthrough telling a different story, and 33 value the freedom to play peacefully or go very dark. Story & World ranks 86th of 1096, with players describing profound moments that emerge from play, and some joke about how little it costs per hour.

👎 Where it falls short

Pricing & Fairness ranks 841st of 1399, and 52 reviews point out that the price has gone up several times. 28 find it overwhelming, with excessive micromanagement of colonists, and 16 describe difficulty spikes from raids that crush a colony again and again. Others credit mod authors more than the base game, and a few report severe frame drops in snow even on powerful hardware.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“Good game with 4000+ hours played” · 192 reviews
“every playthrough tells a different story with new challenges” · 59 reviews
“complete freedom to play peacefully or engage in dark gameplay” · 33 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 52% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +4.52 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “complete freedom to play peacefully or engage in dark gameplay” · 33 reviews

Progression 8% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 14% · Strategy 25% · Controls & feel 2%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

World +4.25 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “the game creates profound emotional moments through emergent storytelling and philosophical depth” · 14 reviews
Negative “dark atmosphere with character death from cancer” · 1 review

Story 12% · Characters 7%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.63 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “every playthrough tells a different story with new challenges” · 59 reviews
Negative “時間が溶けるほど中毒性があり、MODを入れるとさらに沼にはまる” · 2 reviews

Volume 27% · Variety 10%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Visuals +2.12 · Graphics, art style, and animation

Audio 2%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Community +3.85 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 2% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 18% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing -0.22 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “Price increased multiple times” · 52 reviews
Positive “expensive but worth every penny” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 10% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.09 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “devs never abandoned game, listen to community, deliver quality updates and DLC” · 2 reviews
Negative “mood drops by 10 every update when reorganizing mods” · 1 review

Stability 2% · Performance 4%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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