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2018PEGI 16PC, Steam Deck verified97 % positive31.99 €

A colony sim where an AI storyteller turns raids, famines and your settlers' personal dramas into unique, often darkly funny emergent stories. Its deep simulation and per-colonist management make every run unpredictable.

  • Sandbox with your own goals
  • Building and crafting
  • Deep systems to master
  • Resources and survival
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In short: Games like RimWorld

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RimWorld special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Oxygen Not Included

98 %Match

2019PC, Steam Deck verified96 % positive22.99 €

Brings what grabs you about RimWorld: a sandbox with your own goals, scarce resources and survival as well as complex systems to tinker with.

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

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