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2018 PC 31.99 € 👍 98 % Overwhelmingly positive, 210,517 reviews on Steam

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.

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  • A party of several characters
  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty
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The closest matches for RimWorld are 60 Parsecs!, Oxygen Not Included and FTL: Faster Than Light. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes RimWorld special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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60 Parsecs!

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2018 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 9.99 € 👍 88 % Very positive, 3,694 reviews on Steam

  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth

You flee a nuclear strike into space with a small crew and must manage supplies, morale and tough decisions in a darkly funny retro-futuristic survival story. Random events make each run play out differently, often ending in surprising or fatal ways.

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Oxygen Not Included

A party of several characters

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.

FTL: Faster Than Light

A party of several characters

You captain a starship on the run, rerouting power, directing crew and making tough calls in pausable real-time battles. Every run is procedurally generated, brutally tense and often ends in glorious failure.

Shortest Trip to Earth

Challenging difficulty

A space roguelike where you pilot your ship through sectors, manage crew and resources, and survive tactical real-time battles. Every run brings new decisions, events and ship upgrades.

Space Haven

A party of several characters

A spaceship colony sim where you build ships tile by tile, manage air and power, and look after the needs and moods of a ragtag crew as you travel the galaxy in search of a new home.

Orion Trail

Challenging difficulty

A comedic outer-space take on The Oregon Trail where you lead a crew through random, absurd events and manage resources, hoping to reach the end alive.

Hyperspace Delivery Service

Challenging difficulty

A space management adventure where you name your crew and ship, juggle supplies, trade and fight off pirates and rogue robots to get your cargo to its destination.

Syndicate

A party of several characters

A cyberpunk strategy classic: you lead a squad of four cyborg agents through brutal real-time isometric missions while conquering territories, managing taxes and research on a world map for your corporate syndicate.

Convoy

A party of several characters

A tactical roguelike in the spirit of FTL and Mad Max: lead a convoy of combat vehicles across a wasteland, face random radio-signal encounters, and scavenge parts to repair your crashed ship.

Infectonator: Survivors

Challenging difficulty

A randomized zombie survival game blending real-time strategy, tower defense and resource management with permadeath. You lead a group of survivors, scavenge supplies and build defenses to hold out until rescue arrives.

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