Released Oct 17, 2018 $27.99 · −20% Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

RimWorld

By Ludeon Studios

Colony Sim Base Building Survival Strategy Sandbox Management Singleplayer Moddable SimulationSci-fiStory RichReplay Value

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Reviews 211k Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 19,211 at the busiest moment

Owners 5M–10M estimated

RimWorld is a game tagged Colony Sim, Base Building and Survival by Ludeon Studios, released Oct 17, 2018. It has 210,560 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 5M–10M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include After the Collapse, Embark and Maia.

A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

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After the Collapse 88% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Embark 86% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Maia 84% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
TFM: The First Men 84% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Starship Colony 83% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
SpaceSlog 81% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Edge Islands 80% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Zenith Expanse 79% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
Arc of Icarus 78% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival
The Final Earth 2 77% match · Colony Sim, Base Building, Strategy

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for RimWorld · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID294100

Release dateOct 17, 2018Early Access Oct 17, 2018

Last change number40144931

Last record update1 day ago

App type: Game
Developer: Ludeon Studios
Publisher: Ludeon Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Technologies: Unity detected
Metacritic: 87
Website: ludeon.com
Links: Website X YouTube Reddit

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes
Polish	Yes
Russian	Yes
Italian	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Czech	Yes

All 24 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Danish	Yes
Dutch	Yes
Hungarian	Yes
Japanese	Yes
Norwegian	Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes
Swedish	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes
Turkish	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes
Finnish	Yes
Korean	Yes
Romanian	Yes
Spanish - Latin America	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on tabletFamily SharingPartial controller support

Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
26115268	unstable	Oct 21, 2026
23969874	public	Jun 30, 2026
20659247	version-1.6.4633	Nov 4, 2025
17845517	version-1.5	Jul 7, 2025
19056178	version-1.2.3005	Jun 30, 2025
12600961	version-1.4.3901	Apr 9, 2024
10040613	version-1.4.3563	Dec 17, 2022
9894900	version-1.4.3542	Nov 21, 2022
8893752	version-1.3-latest	Oct 16, 2022
8281346	version-1.3.3287	Apr 6, 2022
7038895	version-1.2	Jul 16, 2021
5115624	version-1.1	May 24, 2021
4729620	version-1.0	Mar 2, 2020
3068678	beta19	Sep 11, 2018
3080657	beta18	Aug 31, 2018
3080643	alpha17	Aug 31, 2018
3080628	alpha16	Aug 31, 2018
3080612	alpha15	Aug 31, 2018
3080589	alpha14	Aug 31, 2018
3080566	alpha4	Aug 31, 2018
3080545	alpha13	Aug 31, 2018

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
41602	RimWorld	1	$27.99
361969	RimWorld - Commercial License	1	$34.99
55766 Bundle	RimWorld Deluxe Pack	1	$68.14

ID	Name	Price (US)
367680	Not on the store yet	—
367681	Not on the store yet	—
367682	Not on the store yet	—
1149640	Not on the store yet	—
1392840	Not on the store yet	—
1826140	Not on the store yet	—
2380740	Not on the store yet	—
3022790	Not on the store yet	—

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
294101	—	Windows	540.8 MB	207.3 MB	3697444565859751508
294102	—	macOS	573.1 MB	217.0 MB	8166456850675751939
294103	—	Linux	550.6 MB	209.2 MB	3402513235443928324
294104	—	Windows	550.6 MB	210.3 MB	3464668865934009251
294105	— DLC 1392840	Windows	54.5 MB	27.5 MB	7137154558148931256
294106	— DLC 1392840	Windows	54.5 MB	27.5 MB	7975096610581311259
294107	— DLC 1392840	macOS	54.5 MB	27.5 MB	5000286937174313334
294108	— DLC 1392840	Linux	54.5 MB	27.5 MB	8450443384469689145
294109	— DLC 2380740	Windows	100.1 MB	82.7 MB	224027018515144909
294110	— DLC 2380740	Windows	100.1 MB	82.7 MB	2130273063254326731
294111	— DLC 2380740	macOS	100.1 MB	82.7 MB	2578559749618437519
294112	— DLC 2380740	Linux	100.1 MB	82.7 MB	5458951638725268137
294113	— DLC 3022790	Windows	90.6 MB	71.0 MB	8879854873916272507
294114	— DLC 3022790	Windows	90.6 MB	71.0 MB	3762571110834931121
294115	— DLC 3022790	macOS	90.6 MB	71.0 MB	7790451553883463784
294116	— DLC 3022790	Linux	90.6 MB	71.0 MB	5172633558563476264
367680	— DLC 367680	All	—	—	—
367681	— DLC 367681	All	—	—	—
367682	— DLC 367682	All	—	—	—
367683	— DLC 1826140	Windows	66.1 MB	46.1 MB	1566507422692223415
367684	— DLC 1826140	Windows	66.1 MB	46.1 MB	70831690190040109
367685	— DLC 1826140	macOS	66.1 MB	46.1 MB	8393386789813835541
367686	— DLC 1826140	Linux	66.1 MB	46.1 MB	6113253881722372820
1149641	— DLC 1149640	Windows	58.2 MB	43.3 MB	1504522313165833059
1149642	— DLC 1149640	macOS	58.2 MB	43.3 MB	6817342519290018766
1149643	— DLC 1149640	Linux	58.2 MB	43.3 MB	6754113656273761557
1149644	— DLC 1149640	Windows	58.2 MB	43.3 MB	7712315113955907793

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	23969874	Jun 30, 2026	Open
unstable Public testing	26115268	Oct 21, 2026	Open
version-1.6.4633 Previous 1.6 version	20659247	Nov 4, 2025	Open
version-1.5 Old version	17845517	Jul 7, 2025	Open
version-1.2.3005 Previous 1.2 version.	19056178	Jun 30, 2025	Open
version-1.4.3901 Previous 1.4 version	12600961	Apr 9, 2024	Open
version-1.4.3563 Previous 1.4 version	10040613	Dec 17, 2022	Open
version-1.4.3542 Previous 1.4 version	9894900	Nov 21, 2022	Open
version-1.3-latest Old version.	8893752	Oct 16, 2022	Open
version-1.3.3287 Previous 1.3 version	8281346	Apr 6, 2022	Open
version-1.2 Old version.	7038895	Jul 16, 2021	Open
version-1.1 Old version	5115624	May 24, 2021	Open
version-1.0 Old version	4729620	Mar 2, 2020	Open
beta19 Old version	3068678	Sep 11, 2018	Open
beta18 Old version	3080657	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha17 Old version	3080643	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha16 Old version	3080628	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha15 Old version	3080612	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha14 Old version	3080589	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha4 Old version	3080566	Aug 31, 2018	Open
alpha13 Old version	3080545	Aug 31, 2018	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/RimWorld

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
RimWorldWin.exe	-disable-compute-shaders	Windows · 32-bit	Launch
RimWorld.app		macOS	Play 1.7 Unstable
RimWorld		Linux	Play 1.7 Unstable
RimWorld.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Play 1.7 Unstable
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Beta 18
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 17

All 17 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 16
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 15
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 14
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 13
RimWorldWin.exe		Windows · 64-bit	RimWorld Alpha 4
RimWorld.exe		Windows · 64-bit	Launch - Phoenix
RimWorld		Linux · 64-bit	Launch - Phoenix
RimWorld.app		macOS	Launch - Phoenix
RimWorldWin64.exe	-disable-compute-shaders	Windows · 64-bit	Launch
RimWorldMac.app	-disable-compute-shaders	macOS	Launch
start_RimWorld.sh	-disable-compute-shaders	Linux	Launch

Space per player9.31 GB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations6

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.rws	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.rsc	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.rid	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.xtp	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.xgm	All
WinAppDataLocalLow	Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios	*.rml	All

Screenshots

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 13:01 #40144931
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed
- config.launch.1.config.BetaKey added unstable
- config.launch.1.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.10.config.BetaKey added alpha4
- config.launch.10.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.11.config.BetaKey added phoenix
- config.launch.11.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.12.config.BetaKey added phoenix
- config.launch.12.config.betakey removed
- config.launch.13.config.BetaKey added phoenix
- and 17 more

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