RimWorld
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Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
Developers | |
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Ludeon Studios | |
Engines | |
Former | Unity 5[Note 1] |
Unity 2019[Note 2] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 17, 2018[3] |
macOS (OS X) | October 17, 2018[3] |
Linux | October 17, 2018[3] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
OpenCritic | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Point and select, Menu-based |
Genres | Simulation, Building, Survival, Strategy |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Sci-fi |
RimWorld is a singleplayer top-down view simulation, building, survival and strategy game.
General information
- Developer forum
- Official Discord server
- Official Wiki
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Official website | Can be redeemed on Steam using an automated system. | |||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
- The redemption system is automated; no Steam key is provided. Information on the redemption system can be found here.
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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DLC | Each DLC includes new gameplay mechanics. |
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | Game does not contain any microtransactions. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Name in Game Access | Allows players to submit their own custom colonist name via Ludeon's creative rewards system. Steam only. | |
Royalty | Introduces the Empire and psychic powers. | |
Ideology | Introduces options for your colony to have their own belief system. | |
Biotech | Introduces childbirth, gene modding and mechanoids colonist. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld\ %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld by Ludeon Studios\Config\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/RimWorld/ |
Linux | $HOME/.config/unity3d/Ludeon Studios/RimWorld by Ludeon Studios/ |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld\ %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Ludeon Studios\RimWorld by Ludeon Studios\Saves\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/.config/unity3d/Ludeon Studios/RimWorld/Saves |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Game allows resizing the window to any size. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use the -popupwindow command-line argument.[4] |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FSAA only. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | Only with the Graphics+ plugin. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is capped at the monitor's refresh rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Windows 11 only. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | No speech. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Off by default. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Romanian | ||||
Russian | ||||
Slovak | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Ukrainian |
- Translated by community members on GitHub.
Issues fixed
New Colony button not working in Linux
- This is a bug with the Unity engine and may not be fixed in the future.
Launch RimWorld with the locales reset[5] |
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#!/bin/bash
Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c, 11 | D3D9 was replaced with D3D11 in v1.1 update. |
Shader Model support | 3, 5 | SM3 was replaced with SM5 in v1.1 update. |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i7-2600K |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.12 | 10.15 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | Intel Core i7-2600K |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 500 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-03-01
- ↑ Verified by User:Jams3223 on 2023-08-22
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 RimWorld :: RimWorld 1.0 released - Steam Community - last accessed on 2018-10-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2018-11-25
- ↑ Fix: New Colony button not working in Linux - Ludeon Forums - last accessed on May 2023