RimWorld
2018 video game
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| June 11 2025 | Fifth DLC, Odyssey, was announced to be released with the 1.6 update, focusing on expanding exploration with player-built gravships, new environments, landmarks, animals, and gear. |
| April 11 2024 | Fourth DLC 'Anomaly' was released, accompanied by a free major update that integrated popular mods. |
| March 13 2024 | Fourth DLC 'Anomaly' was announced on X, focusing on adding horror gameplay aspects. |
| January 2024 | Palworld, a game inspired by RimWorld, was released in early access, combining action-adventure, survival, and monster-taming gameplay. |
| November 2023 | Planned initial early access release of Ascent Of Ashes, a colony simulation game inspired by RimWorld, which was subsequently postponed. |
| November 2023 | RimWorld modders working on Combat Extended mod originally planned to release their new game Ascent Of Ashes in early access. |
| October 21 2022 | Third DLC 'Biotech' was released with the 1.4 update, introducing mechanoid building mechanics, colonist pregnancy and family systems, genetic modification of xenohumans, new factions, and pollution mechanics that can impact colony survival. |
| July 29 2022 | RimWorld Console Edition was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with development and publishing handled by Double Eleven. |
| June 29 2022 | Console version of RimWorld was announced. |
| April 20 2022 | RimWorld was reclassified as R18+ in Australia and reinstated on Steam, resolving the previous classification issue. |
| February 2022 | RimWorld was refused classification by the Australian Classification Board due to depictions of drug use, resulting in the game being pulled from Steam for Australian users. |
| July 20 2021 | Second DLC 'Ideology' was released with the 1.3 update, introducing belief systems based on memes, new buildings, apparel, quests, social roles, raid types, animal pens, mortar barrels, and caravan reworks. |
| 2020 | Rock Paper Shotgun ranked RimWorld as the best management game on PC, highlighting its excellence in the game management genre. |
| August 2020 | RimWorld was estimated to have accumulated over 100 million dollars in revenue, establishing itself as one of the most successful indie games on the Steam platform. |
| February 24 2020 | First downloadable content (DLC) 'Royalty' was released with the 1.1 update, adding a new empire faction, psylink technology, royal titles, mechanoid clusters, additional soundtrack songs, quests, body implants, and weapon types. |
| 2018 | RimWorld was nominated for 'Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year' at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. |
| 2018 | RimWorld was voted Steam's Top User-Rated Game across all categories, demonstrating its popularity and high player satisfaction. |
| October 17 2018 | RimWorld was officially released for PC platforms after its early access period. |
| February 2018 | Ludeon Studios founder Tynan Sylvester announced that RimWorld had sold over one million copies, marking a significant milestone for the indie game. |
| November 18 2017 | First beta version of RimWorld was released. |
| 2016 | RimWorld was voted Indie DB's 'Indie of the Year', recognizing its significant achievement in the independent game development scene. |
| November 4 2013 | First public alpha build of RimWorld was released. |
| October 2 2013 | Kickstarter campaign for RimWorld launched, successfully raising $268,132 in 30 days. |
| September 15 2013 | RimWorld was first publicly revealed. |
| February 2012 | Sylvester left Irrational Games to become an independent game developer. |
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