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A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.

Release DateOct 17, 2018
Price$ 34.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)98% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 2% / 98.1%  Top 1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96.7% Top 1% / 96.8%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)146.8K  Top 1% / 173.9K  Top 1%
Curators083 reviews  Top 10%
Median Play Time330.6 hours  Top 1%
Play Time per Dollar9.5 hours  Top 1%
Followers543.7K  Top 1%
Owners± 4.3M  Top 1%
Copies Sold± 3.7M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 104.1M  Top 1%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of RimWorld steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows RimWorld's Steam rating and reviews between July 2016 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 97.5% (August 2016) to 98.4% (November 2020).

With 173.9K reviews Top 1%, RimWorld is definitely a major AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for RimWorld and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows RimWorld's review languages. The most popular language is English (61%), followed by Simplified Chinese (12%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game is translated in 24 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying RimWorld percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in RimWorld depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. It also shows the reviews during Early Access. Notice how the time in game reaches a stellar 939 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.1 times less than the median for positive reviews. Some RimWorld players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 550 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it.

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