Games Like RimWorld Similar City Building Games like RimWorld

RimWorld is described as 'Follows three survivors from a crashed space liner as they build a colony on a frontier world at the rim of known space. Inspired by the space western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000' and is a city building game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to RimWorld for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Linux, Mac and Android Tablet apps. The best RimWorld alternative is Dwarf Fortress, which is free. Other RimWorld like games are Banished, Frostpunk, Oxygen Not Included and Settlement Survival.

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  1. Dwarf Fortress icon

    Dwarf Fortress

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    Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies...

    26 Dwarf Fortress alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    MasterMegi
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    it inspired RimWorld and these two games have many similarities.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Dwarf Fortress is a great RimWorld alternative.

    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to RimWorld.

    • Dwarf Fortress is the most popular free alternative to RimWorld.

    • Dwarf Fortress is Free and ProprietaryRimWorld is Paid and Proprietary
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    Banished

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    In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland.

    46 Banished alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Wine
    • Steam
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    • Most users think Banished is a great RimWorld alternative.

    • Banished is the most popular commercial alternative to RimWorld.

    • Banished is Paid and ProprietaryRimWorld is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Frostpunk

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    As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and its infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?.

    10 Frostpunk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  5. Oxygen Not Included icon

    Oxygen Not Included

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    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Manage your colonists and help them dig, build and maintain a subterranean asteroid base. You'll need water, warmth, food, and oxygen to keep them alive, and even more than that to keep them happy.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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    Settlement Survival

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    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Steam
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  9. Going Medieval icon

    Going Medieval

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    Stake your claim in this colony building sim and survive a turbulent Medieval age. Construct a multi-storey fortress in a land reclaimed by wilderness, defend against raids, and keep your villagers happy as their lives are shaped by the world.

    2 Going Medieval alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
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  10. Prison Architect icon

    Prison Architect

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    Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job­ lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your...

    17 Prison Architect alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
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    • Almost everyone thinks Prison Architect is a great RimWorld alternative.

    • Prison Architect is the most popular iPad & Android Tablet alternative to RimWorld.

    • Prison Architect is Paid and ProprietaryRimWorld is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Space Haven

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    Space Haven is a spaceship colony sim, where you manage resources and crew members in order to build and keep your spaceship. Then you'll be able to explore the universe with rewards and perils. Website: https://bugbyte.fi/spacehaven/.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Guest
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    Features a requirement to manage people as well as resources

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Its still in production but its supposed to be basically Rimworld but in a space-station/spaceship.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Space Haven is a great RimWorld alternative.

    • Space Haven is Paid and ProprietaryRimWorld is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Kingdom Game Series

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    Explore a procedurally generated pixel art realm as a king or queen. Build a kingdom by recruiting peasants, guarding against night threats, and discovering artifacts across desktop, mobile, and console platforms, including Steam, Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and more.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
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    It's fun, but not strikingly similiar.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Kingdom Game Series is a legitimate RimWorld alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Kingdom Game Series is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to RimWorld.

    • Kingdom Game Series is Paid and ProprietaryRimWorld is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Planetbase

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    Guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony.

    20 Planetbase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Xbox
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    Startopia

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    A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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