SIMILAR GAMES

Games like RimWorld

Enjoyed RimWorld? Here are 6 games that play in a similar way – such as Space Haven, Oxygen Not Included, Starmancer. Each shows the cheapest key price from the stores we compare.

About RimWorld: RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim in which an intelligent AI storyteller shapes the random events that befall your settlement. You start with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world and manage their moods, needs, wounds, illnesses and addictions. You build bases in forests, deserts, jungles and tundra, follow relationships between colonists, and fight pirates, tribes, giant insects and ancient killing machines. You also trade with passing ships and caravans, and each playthrough generates a new world to explore.

Updated 12 Nov 2026, 00:00 UTC · similar games are picked by AI from our catalogue based on game content (play style, setting, co-op) · descriptions based on official publisher information on Steam

About these games

Space Haven

A spaceship colony sim in which a ragtag crew of civilians sets out on a voyage in search of a new home. Players build a ship or station tile by tile, placing hull, walls, doors and facilities as they see fit. An isometric gas system simulates gases, temperature and crew comfort, and humans, plants and facilities all react to the conditions around them. Crew members have their own skills and traits plus a mood shaped by food, sleep, comfort, safety and friends; too much stress can lead to a mental break.

Oxygen Not Included

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation set deep inside an alien space rock. Players oversee excavation, resource allocation, plumbing and power systems while keeping oxygen, warmth and food supplies under control. The game also tracks colonists’ stress, ambient temperatures and the flow of gases and liquids through the base. Waste can be recycled into fuel and unbreathable gas converted into air, and new worlds are procedurally generated.

Starmancer

Starmancer is a space station management sim from a small two-person team. You play as an A.I. commanding a lost space ark and must keep your colonists alive. The station warps between stars, salvages derelict stations and fends off space monsters, zombies and pirates.

Surviving the Aftermath

Set in a post-apocalyptic future with scarce resources, the game has the player run a colony of survivors after a world-ending event. You put up more than 130 buildings, brace for natural disasters, and recruit over 80 unique specialists, each with their own skills and motivations, to manage resources and equip them with gear against bandits and wildlife. Specialists head into a procedurally generated world, meet leaders of rival colonies, trade with them or compete for survival, set up outposts and gather materials, while uncovering the secrets of the apocalypse. Every choice affects the colony’s happiness and its future.

Going Medieval

After a plague devastates civilization, a lucky few look for a home in a wilderness reclaimed by nature. This colony management and survival strategy starts with three lost travellers and can grow into a walled town: 3D terrain tools let you shape the land, raise multi-storey forts or dig winding caverns, and stone and clay go into chambers, workshops and chapels. Each settler is a character of their own — Grimbold the swineherd is unmatched at animal handling, while his savage temperament makes him a strong brawler. The player meets their needs, researches medieval tech, sets traps and defends the settlement from bandits and beasts.

Catizens

Catizens is a colony management simulation inspired by RimWorld and The Sims. The player watches over cats with quirky personalities, helping them build and grow a settlement while exploring new lands, facing wildlife and the challenges of each environment. Combinations of traits and moods affect proficiency and obedience, and the cats form relationships and sometimes make personal requests. Players create their own cats, decorate the town with furniture and plants, teach them professions such as farming, blacksmithing or guarding against wildlife, and can make a few outstanding cats town leaders.