RimWorld overview

Overview

RimWorld comes from Ludeon Studios and is published by Ludeon Studios. It arrived on Steam on Oct 17, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Workshop, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, and Playable without Timed Input. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

RimWorld's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 19,460 players at 6 October 2026 - 23:42:41 UTC, with a tracked peak near 95,851. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 98% positive across 239,107 reviews.

Language and system requirements

RimWorld is available in 24 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including dejus, kgrb, oflc, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

RimWorld has sold up to 4,227,912 units and has 209,444 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $109,828,093. On Twitch, 25 streamers are live with around 791 total watchers.

RimWorld overview details

RimWorld combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and Dune. You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world. Manage colonists' moods, needs, wounds, illnesses and addictions. Build in the forest, desert, jungle, tundra, and more. Watch colonists develop and break relationships with family members, lovers, and spouses. Replace wounded limbs and organs with prosthetics, bionics, or biological parts harvested from others. Fight pirates, tribes, mad animals, giant insects and ancient killing machines. Craft structures, weapons, and apparel from metal, wood, stone, cloth, and futuristic materials. Tame and train cute pets, productive farm animals, and deadly attack beasts. Trade with passing ships and caravans. Form caravans to complete quests, trade, attack other factions, or migrate your whole colony. Dig through snow, weather storms, and fight fires. Capture refugees or prisoners and turn them to your side or sell them into slavery. Discover a new generated world each time you play. Explore hundreds of wild and interesting mods on the Steam Workshop. Learn to play easily with the help of an intelligent and unobtrusive AI tutor. RimWorld is a story generator. It’s designed to co-author tragic, twisted, and triumphant stories about imprisoned pirates, desperate colonists, starvation and survival. It works by controlling the “random” events that the world throws at you. Every thunderstorm, pirate raid, and traveling salesman is a card dealt into your story by the AI storyteller . There…

SteamPulse editorial summary

RimWorld is listed as a game with $34.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Workshop, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Mouse Only Option, and Playable without Timed Input, and is associated with Indie, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 19,460 players at 6 October 2026 - 23:42:41 UTC, a tracked peak of 95,851, and 98% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Colony SimBase-BuildingSurvivalStrategySandboxManagementBuildingSimulationModdableSingleplayerCity BuilderOpen WorldProcedural Generation2DSci-fi

Support and legal notes

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