Games like RimWorld
Looking for games like RimWorld? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. RimWorld is a indie game from 2018; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Oxygen Not Included with 142,787 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Oxygen Not Included
2019 · Indie
142,787 reviews · 97% positive
Colony SimBase-BuildingSurvival
Same: shares Colony Sim and Base-Building. Different: leans more into resource management.
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Space Haven
2026 · Indie
10,128 reviews · 86% positive
Base-BuildingSpaceColony Sim
Same: shares Base-Building and Space. Different: leans more into resource management.
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Planetbase
2015 · Indie
9,494 reviews · 80% positive
Colony SimCity BuilderBase-Building
Same: shares Colony Sim and City Builder. Different: leans more into resource management.
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Going Medieval
2026 · Indie
16,830 reviews · 89% positive
City BuilderColony SimSingleplayer
Same: shares City Builder and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into rpg.
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Ratopia
2025 · Adventure
4,507 reviews · 88% positive
BuildingColony SimBase-Building
Same: shares Building and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into difficult.
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Dyson Sphere Program
2021 · Indie
83,095 reviews · 97% positive
SpaceBase-BuildingBuilding
Same: shares Space and Base-Building. Different: leans more into automation.
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Prison Architect
2015 · Indie
59,960 reviews · 89% positive
SimulationBuildingSandbox
Same: shares Simulation and Building. Different: leans more into top-down.
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Banished
2014 · Indie
37,798 reviews · 90% positive
City BuilderColony SimStrategy
Same: shares City Builder and Colony Sim. Different: leans more into medieval.
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Foundation
2025 · Indie
22,753 reviews · 87% positive
City BuilderSimulationStrategy
Same: shares City Builder and Simulation. Different: leans more into medieval.
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Endzone - A World Apart
2021 · Indie
8,225 reviews · 77% positive
City BuilderSurvivalStrategy
Same: shares City Builder and Survival. Different: leans more into post-apocalyptic.
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Factorio
2020 · Casual
193,619 reviews · 98% positive
Base-BuildingSandboxStrategy
Same: shares Base-Building and Sandbox. Different: leans more into automation.
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IXION
2022 · Indie
15,003 reviews · 79% positive
SpaceCity BuilderStrategy
Same: shares Space and City Builder. Different: leans more into resource management.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like RimWorld?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to RimWorld by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Oxygen Not Included (142,787 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like RimWorld" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with RimWorld, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.