Recommendations
20 games like RimWorld
Games that share RimWorld's genres, themes and feel — upcoming and already out.
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Stardeus
You are an immortal AI that will rebuild a spaceship and explore a vast procedural universe. Unlock the secrets of alien technology, automate factories in space and spoil, neglect or exploit the human survivors.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 2
Oxygen Not Included
Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 3
Songs of Syx
As a king in the world of Syx, you lead your people from small colonies to prosperous mega-cities and empires. You manage everything from individual subject's needs to global diplomacy, trade and a scheming nobility…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 4
Empires of the Undergrowth
Lead your Ant Colony to Dominance! Empires of the Undergrowth is an ant colony management game, in a fast-paced real-time strategy style. The player excavates their nest underground, constructing tunnels and chambers…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 5
The Universim
The Universim aims to revive the glory days of the god-game genre and bring it into the next generation with fresh ideas and ambitious gameplay. With the powers of a god, you are unleashed upon the universe to begin…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 6
Blacksmith Master
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking…
SimulatorStrategy- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 7
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
A starship builder perfect for fans of games like FTL, Starsector, SPAZ, Space Engineers, Escape Velocity, Avorion, and more. Design awesome starships using intuitive ship creation tools that are easy to learn but…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategy- PC
- 8
Planetbase
Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS4
- XB1
- +1
- 9
Factorio
You will be mining resources, researching technologies, building infrastructure, automating production and fighting enemies. Use your imagination to design your factory, combine simple elements into ingenious…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch 2
- Switch
- +2
- 10
Terraria
Terraria is a 2D sandbox action-adventure game with platforming and role-playing elements. Players create a character and are placed in a procedurally generated world where they mine resources, craft equipment, build…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +10
- 11
Star Citizen
Star Citizen is a sandbox open-world MMO "SpaceSim" by Cloud Imperium Games. Explore the 'verse, fight, trade, and more when you play Star Citizen!
SimulatorIndieScience fiction- PC
- 12
No Man's Sky
No Man's Sky is an action-adventure survival game set in a procedurally generated universe containing over 18 quintillion planets. Players explore star systems, gather resources, trade with alien species, and upgrade…
SimulatorIndieScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 13
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
A physics based medieval battle simulator which lets you pit wacky waving armies against each other. In Totally Accurate Battle Simulator you pit waving arm men against each other and watch them fight it out.
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +6
- 14
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch 2
- Switch
- +8
- 15
R.E.P.O.
R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror game for up to six players, developed by Swedish studio Semiwork using the Unity engine. Players are tasked with locating…
StrategyIndieScience fiction- PC
- 16
Supermarket Simulator
Supermarket Simulator is a first-person business management game where players run and expand their own grocery store. Gameplay involves stocking shelves, managing a cash register, processing online orders, and…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +1
- 17
Schedule I
Schedule I is a first-person open-world crime simulation game where players build and manage a drug trafficking operation in the fictional city of Hyland Point. Gameplay combines business management with tactical…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- 18
Graveyard Keeper
Graveyard Keeper is the most inaccurate medieval cemetery management sim of the year. Build & manage your own graveyard while finding shortcuts to cut costs, expand into entertainment with witch-burning festivals, and…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- +5
- 19
Buckshot Roulette
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver. The player faces off against a computer-controlled opponent called "The Dealer"…
SimulatorStrategyIndie- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +2
- 20
Outer Wilds
Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop. The newest member of the space program in a small village on the planet Timber Hearth…
SimulatorIndieScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +3