Games like RimWorld on PC
Closest overall match: Oxygen Not Included (★ 4.1). Highest rated: Dyson Sphere Program at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: Besiege at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like RimWorld? Our model ranked 20 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Singleplayer, Base Building and Steam Workshop.
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69%
1. Oxygen Not Included
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Open World and 2D and 1 more tags; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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68%
2. Basement
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack and 2D and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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65%
3. Rise to Ruins
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Pixel Graphics and Great Soundtrack and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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64%
4. Gnomoria
Shares Base Building, Steam Workshop, Survival, Pixel Graphics and 2D and 1 more tags; rated 1.2 lower; about 16h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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63%
5. Manor Lords
Shares Colony Sim, Base Building, Moddable, Early Access and Survival and 3 more tags; rated 0.3 lower; about 14h shorter.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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62%
6. Kingdom: Classic
Shares Survival, Pixel Graphics, Great Soundtrack, 2D and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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61%
7. Rise of Industry
Shares Base Building, Steam Workshop, Early Access and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 62
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 18%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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61%
8. Besiege
Shares Steam Workshop, Early Access, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.6 lower; about 17h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 23%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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61%
9. Dyson Sphere Program
Shares Base Building, Early Access, Open World and Singleplayer; about 11h shorter.
- Year
- 2021
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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60%
10. 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
-
60%
11. 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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60%
12. Aven Colony
Shares Colony Sim, Base Building, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 15h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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60%
13. Stellaris
Shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, Open World, Great Soundtrack and Steam Cloud and 1 more tags; about 9h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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59%
14. Democracy 3
Shares Moddable, Steam Workshop, 2D and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
15. Banished
Shares Survival, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 0.5 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
16. Empyrion - Galactic Survival
Shares Steam Workshop, Early Access, Survival, Open World and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower; about 14h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 7%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
17. Per Aspera
Shares Base Building, Moddable and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower; about 13h shorter.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
18. Railroad Corporation
Shares Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 lower; about 16h shorter.
- Year
- 2019
- Metacritic
- 55
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
19. Spacebase DF-9
Shares Base Building, Survival, 2D, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 2.4 lower; about 16h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.0
- Metacritic
- 49
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 14%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14, Indie
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59%
20. Scrap Mechanic
Shares Steam Workshop, Early Access, Survival, Open World and Great Soundtrack and 2 more tags; rated 0.5 lower; about 13h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 14, Indie
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What is the best game like RimWorld on PC?
On our similarity model, Oxygen Not Included is the closest match to RimWorld on PC — shares Base Building, Early Access, Survival, Open World and 2D and 1 more tags; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like RimWorld is rated highest?
Dyson Sphere Program holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 85 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.
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