Games like RimWorld — Co-op
Closest overall match: Galactic Civilizations III (★ 3.5). Highest rated: Factorio at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: Forged Battalion at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like RimWorld? Our model ranked 8 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Steam Workshop and Steam Cloud. Updated Oct 16, 2026.
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60%
1. Galactic Civilizations III
Shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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60%
2. Offworld Trading Company
Shares Base Building, Steam Workshop, Great Soundtrack, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 1.0 lower; about 15h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 19%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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55%
3. Factorio
Shares Base Building, Moddable, Early Access, Survival and Open World and 2 more tags.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 20h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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54%
4. Tabletop Simulator
Shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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53%
5. Forged Battalion
Shares Early Access and Singleplayer; rated 2.4 lower; about 18h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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53%
6. Barotrauma
Shares Steam Workshop, Early Access, Survival, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 15h shorter.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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53%
7. The Escapists 2
Shares Pixel Graphics, Open World, 2D, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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53%
8. Call to Arms
Shares Steam Workshop, Early Access, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 1.4 lower; about 17h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like RimWorld?
On our similarity model, Galactic Civilizations III is the closest match to RimWorld — shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like RimWorld is rated highest?
Factorio holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 814 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against RimWorld on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.