RimWorld

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 621 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 550 out of 621
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 621
  3. Negative: 33 out of 621

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  1. Suprizer
    Sep 6, 2023
    10
    700+ hours and still enjoyable thanks to mods, this game made me power through 2020
  2. apokalipto
    Aug 14, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  3. McChungus
    Aug 12, 2023
    9
    Recently hit 1000 hours. The modding scene is excellent, maybe one of the best I've ever seen. Without mods, I'm sure I wouldn't have gotten even a fraction of the playtime I have. Rimworld is more accessible/user-friendly than its original inspiration Dwarf Fortress, with more of a focus on the characters than the simulation aspect. Easily one of the best games of this genre.
  4. Apowoll
    Aug 10, 2023
    10
    Великолепная игра. Куча возможностей, ситуаций, механик, отличная поддержка модов, неплохой визуал и Рэнди!
    Не знаю что ещё и сказать, игра стоит каждой копейки, хотя я и не особо фанат стратегий.
    Даже если вы не любите какие-либо трудности, ограничения или вам просто хочется чего-то новенького - всегда есть настройки в игре или опять же, те же моды. Чего только RJW с аддонами стоит :))    Великолепная игра. Куча возможностей, ситуаций, механик, отличная поддержка модов, неплохой визуал и Рэнди!
    Не знаю что ещё и сказать, игра стоит каждой копейки, хотя я и не особо фанат стратегий.
    Даже если вы не любите какие-либо трудности, ограничения или вам просто хочется чего-то новенького - всегда есть настройки в игре или опять же, те же моды. Чего только RJW с аддонами стоит :))
  5. sarilarinsulo
    Aug 10, 2023
    10
    Çok iyi oyun, çok. Yapabileceklerinizin sınırı yok. Barışçıl bir şekilde oynuyorken bir anda süper asker çocuklar yetiştirebiliyorsunuz.
  6. LambdaLocator
    Jul 21, 2023
    10
    My favorite colony management game. My favorite part is the mentally ill pawns.
  7. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    8
    Deceptively good. What appears at first as a low effort strategy game, is actually a surprisingly deep game of strategy and settlement building.
    This game manages to reimagine the genre.
  8. koyata5860
    May 31, 2023
    9
    The essence of this game is to appreciate the drama unfolding among the humans in the colony. I've put over 2,000 hours into this game, and I still have a lot left to do. Great game with DLC included.
  9. cruccolo
    May 21, 2023
    9
    A masterpiece colony simulator. The game is highly replayable thanks to the thousands of aspects and minutiae, increased by the expansions. The Biotech expansion covers the genetics aspects of characters, Ideology covers religion and rituals, and Royalty covers relationships and hierarchy system. Maybe the only issue is the lack of achievements.
  10. Thebadrussian
    May 5, 2023
    10
    One of the best games I played, spend about 2000 hours in the game and it's still not boring. With massive mod support, you can have endless fun in this game
  11. jonu86
    Dec 30, 2022
    10
    Probably the best strategy game (actually it's so much more) I will ever have played. Great value for money.
  12. Zski
    Dec 28, 2022
    8
    I enjoyed my time with Rimworld. It starts off with a really intense learning curve, where everything feels pretty overwhelming and the appeal of the game is unclear. But the game does a pretty good job of introducing the concepts at just the right cadence, so that by the time the next element of gameplay is introduced, the last one is becoming almost automatic. I bring this up becauseI enjoyed my time with Rimworld. It starts off with a really intense learning curve, where everything feels pretty overwhelming and the appeal of the game is unclear. But the game does a pretty good job of introducing the concepts at just the right cadence, so that by the time the next element of gameplay is introduced, the last one is becoming almost automatic. I bring this up because this is essential for a game with this level of complexity. The way you naturally gain control over what you are doing sets the tone for the rest of the game, and that is when it really sinks its hooks in. You can almost tell the exact moment when the game clicks with you and the addiction has started. The core attraction of the game is the complex colony management system. The graphics, the music, and the presentation are very unremarkable. So the biggest way to sell the game is just to watch a Youtube video providing basic tutorials of the management system. It looks like an incredibly simple game, but the complexity underneath the hood. This game is designed exclusively for fans of the colony building/management genre.

    The game went through waves of interest for me, at times I was absolutely hooked, other times I felt like I was mindlessly moving through the motions. In the end, it kept me entertained for a very long time despite the fluctuating excitement levels. If this is a genre that interests you this is absolutely worth checking out and you are guaranteed to get your money's worth. Most of my friends list have 200+ hours in the game, some as high as over 600 hours. I don't think I will be one of the players to make it to that level. This is absolutely worth checking out. If this genre interests you then you'll get plenty of hours out of this. In my case, I got plenty of enjoyment out of it, but my interest levels fluctuated so much.    … Expand
  13. martinmol
    Dec 17, 2022
    9
    Muy buen juego, me encanta, le pongo un 9 porque creo que practicamente podrian actualizarlo cada mes pero con los mods se soluciona, tambien hay bastantes dlcs "caros" respecto al juego
  14. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    10
    Survival dediğimde, aklıma daha iyi bir oyun gelmiyor......................
  15. Hyperfailure
    Nov 27, 2022
    9
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  16. Mitchfynde
    Nov 11, 2022
    10
    One of the best games of all time. This game will have you saying stuff like "maybe video game addiction is for me!"
  17. ulufarkas
    Nov 6, 2022
    9
    An inspiring game for colony-based games. You gotta feed them all and take care of your defense.
  18. Sicusino
    Oct 14, 2022
    9
    The ultimate survival game. My colonist got shot, ran away. Had Food poisoning. And died to a Hare. Fun game
  19. Intox
    Jun 17, 2022
    10
    Really love this game, I always seem to come back after a break, there are an insane amount of awesome mods.
  20. Dreirak
    Jun 14, 2022
    10
    CAN'T-STOP-PLAYING : seriously, an incredible game with never the same story / save, lot of contents, mods, meaningful extensions

    If you like any management-style game, RTS even, go for it
  21. MisterSlick
    May 15, 2022
    10
    An absolute blast and easily my favourite game of all time. This game is a strategic colony simulator that is supposed to be a story generator, which it is, but is otherwise just a simplistic game that is very good. The modding community for this game is insane, from something as simple as the Vanilla Expanded mods to as crazy as A RimWorld of Magic. This game is top-notch, and I have putAn absolute blast and easily my favourite game of all time. This game is a strategic colony simulator that is supposed to be a story generator, which it is, but is otherwise just a simplistic game that is very good. The modding community for this game is insane, from something as simple as the Vanilla Expanded mods to as crazy as A RimWorld of Magic. This game is top-notch, and I have put in 800 hours into this game for good reason.… Expand
  22. Kenny83941
    Apr 15, 2022
    10
    ❗️Please read❗️
    I just wanna say that almost all the bad reviews on this game didn’t even play the game. They just saw the word “storyteller” and thought it was just a story generator game but that’s just the ai that does events and stuff it’s a good survival game but you can control multiple people so it’s like the sims but a survival game also you can get much more technology than in    ❗️Please read❗️
    I just wanna say that almost all the bad reviews on this game didn’t even play the game. They just saw the word “storyteller” and thought it was just a story generator game but that’s just the ai that does events and stuff it’s a good survival game but you can control multiple people so it’s like the sims but a survival game also you can get much more technology than in most survival games    … Expand
  23. Invertrex
    Apr 12, 2022
    10
    This is without a doubt THE BEST game I have ever played, ever. Tons and tons of replayability, overwhelming charm, keeping you in your toes time after time again. It’s just perfect to me. I even find myself growing affection for my colony the longer that they last, striving to see them survive and feeling genuine dread once I lose a long time buddy. Ten out of ten, ten out of ten. Ten.This is without a doubt THE BEST game I have ever played, ever. Tons and tons of replayability, overwhelming charm, keeping you in your toes time after time again. It’s just perfect to me. I even find myself growing affection for my colony the longer that they last, striving to see them survive and feeling genuine dread once I lose a long time buddy. Ten out of ten, ten out of ten. Ten. Out. Of. Ten.… Expand
  24. JackPlack
    Mar 17, 2022
    10
    One of the best game.
    Very addictive, lot of mods. Great level up/skill system of settlers, needs, research trees, options, animals, .... and many other
    What could be better: - kingdom DLC - there are lot of skills from chips for manual usage. I like automations, manual clicking them is what i hate in Starcraft/Warcraft games - many units and control one person with special skill.    One of the best game.
    Very addictive, lot of mods. Great level up/skill system of settlers, needs, research trees, options, animals, .... and many other

    What could be better:
    - kingdom DLC - there are lot of skills from chips for manual usage. I like automations, manual clicking them is what i hate in Starcraft/Warcraft games - many units and control one person with special skill. Should be option for autouse by AI and more designed for less AI mistake chance or passive. Whole DLC is not very intuitive at first.
    - world map actions, new settlement management, no roads, could have better solutions. Only mods are solving lot of problems.    … Expand
  25. ANTtheKNEEEE
    Mar 15, 2022
    9
    Such a endless game, its one of those games where if you were stranded and can only bring one. It'd be this one, you wouldn't get tired of it. Theres so many mods too.
  26. smilodon142
    Mar 8, 2022
    10
    Amazing game. Complex but easy to learn. The modding community make it endlessly playable.
  27. CzarSquid
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    I have never played this game and it is the best game to ever exist in the history of mankind
  28. AeonsAlex
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    An incredible game, and sitting at 1,500 hours, it's definitely my favourite game of all time. Absolute masterpiece.
  29. moonlaba
    Jan 17, 2022
    9
    경영과 생존의 액기스만 뽑은듯한 게임성은 분명 최고지만 더 다채로울 수 있었다는 아쉬움이 항상 남는다. 결국 멍청할 뿐인 아군 적군AI와 수많은 모드로만 채울 수 있는 컨텐츠들이 결국 명작으로서 가는 한단계가 비워져있다는 확인만 시켜준다.
  30. Demiurge11
    Jan 2, 2022
    10
    This is a 2D birds-eye-view tower-defense game with a science-fiction spin. While there is a strategy element, the main focus of the game is storytelling.

    THE GOOD: - This is an intensely addictive and fun game. - Play virtually any kind of story you want, so long as it involves a handful of colonists trying to survive on an alien planet! I once tried a primitive start, with my    This is a 2D birds-eye-view tower-defense game with a science-fiction spin. While there is a strategy element, the main focus of the game is storytelling.

    THE GOOD:
    - This is an intensely addictive and fun game.
    - Play virtually any kind of story you want, so long as it involves a handful of colonists trying to survive on an alien planet! I once tried a primitive start, with my bow-and-arrow wielding people living among dinosaurs. They survived, thrived, and eventually had omni-bots doing all their work for them. It was epic!
    - The game design is really great, where the controls allow you to do everything you want, but it's designed so it's easy to lose track of some details or forget something. There's plenty of opportunity for excitement and drama, whether it's created by the game's built-in storyteller (who throws events at you), from your own mistakes, your colonists' interactions, or just your imagination.
    - The game is backed by some really fun and thoughtful science-fiction.
    - The mod community is amazing and gives the game tons of staying power and replayability. Every player has their own list of must-have mods. Mod management through the Steam Workshop is pretty simple.
    - There is an incredible multiplayer mod available that smoothly enables co-op play.
    - I played through the Royalty expansion and it also adds a lot of really fun extra gameplay, as well as a cool new win condition, and is worth picking up.

    THE BAD:
    - After some hundred of hours of gameplay I started to see the pattern in the main storyteller (Cassandra)'s semi-random events. This was solved by switching to everyone's favourite storyteller: Randy Random.

    THE UGLY:
    - In 600+ hours of playing this game (some of it offline, so Steam didn't count it), I've had the game crash on me once or twice. Otherwise, it's really stable, even with lots of mods running.
    - The developer will update the game in the middle of your playthrough via Steam, and there's no way to stop this. Sometimes, this might break mods you are currently using and ruin a game in progress. There are workarounds, but they require some tech savvy.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#11 Best PC Game of 2018
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#32 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#6 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. CD-Action
    Nov 14, 2019
    95
    The diversity of environments significantly enriches the game and challenges experienced players in new conditions every time. It’s a hellishly good game – for me an addiction that makes me go back to it and reach for more and more. [13/2018, p.84]
  2. GameGrin
    Jan 9, 2019
    75
    A satisfying colony-building sandbox with a lot of replayability that suffers from a lack of polish in the UI. A great aesthetic and quirky sci-fi take on the genre mean there is a lot to like here, it just takes a little digging to get there.
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  3. PC Gamer
    Jan 8, 2019
    74
    An imaginative management game but a weak story generator.
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