RimWorld/Similar games
Games like RimWorld
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like RimWorld” means here
Colony SimBase-BuildingSurvivalManagementBuildingCity Builder
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
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Oxygen Not Included
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · Management
97% of 142,808 reviews positive · 9,478 playing now
97%
match
2
97%
match
3
97%
match
5
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · Management
81% of 2,261 reviews positive
94%
match
7
92%
match
8
Settlement Survival
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Management
85% of 8,005 reviews positive
91%
match
9
Prison Architect
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Management · City Builder
89% of 73,608 reviews positive
91%
match
10
Surviving Mars
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Survival
80% of 28,648 reviews positive · 392 playing now
91%
match
11
Kingdoms and Castles
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Building
94% of 31,275 reviews positive
90%
match
13
89%
match
14
Banished
Colony Sim · City Builder · Survival · Sandbox
90% of 43,221 reviews positive · 693 playing now
89%
match
15
Surviving the Aftermath
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Survival
71% of 4,555 reviews positive
89%
match
16
88%
match
18
88%
match
20
87%
match
21
Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Colony Sim · City Builder · Survival · Building
66% of 6,006 reviews positive
87%
match
23
86%
match
24
Endzone - A World Apart
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Survival
77% of 9,935 reviews positive
86%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to RimWorld?
The closest matches to RimWorld on Steam are Oxygen Not Included, Colony Survival, Planetbase, Space Haven, Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with RimWorld's — shared tags include Colony Sim, Base-Building, Survival.
How are games like RimWorld chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Colony Sim, Base-Building, Survival count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches RimWorld's. Popularity never affects the ranking.