A masterpiece.

Endless possibilities. Not a single run is the same. Whether you wish to be a wicked and savage war lord or a righteous and merciful ruler, the game lets you choose your own destiny.

It's not the most in-depth colony management game, but it gives you enough to be satisfied without being overwhelmed.

Great replayability, good modding compatibility, excellent DLC expansions that bring a completely new spin to the game.Full control over the game's settings and content.

9/10 for me.

I played a bit

I have put so many hours into RimWorld I feel I should give it a review, though my positive review will feel like a drop in the bucket of other positive reviews.

I was not sure what to make of RimWorld when I started. Simply managing colonist priorities and making stockpile rules seemed daunting. I had to watch many video tutorials of RimWorld to figure things out. Now, hundreds of hours later, I still come back to the game regularly. I still haven't beaten a scenario.

Learning the game is the hard part, and I still look things up on the RimWorld wiki page often. Usually this is to remind myself what materials are better than other materials at certain tasks, etc.

Once you take the time to learn certain things in RimWorld, the game opens up and just becomes endlessly entertaining. You can either challenge yourself, or sit back and relax and build a colony, or anywhere in between. If you don't like how things are going, dial up the difficulty or dial it down, or just start over from scratch.

If you enjoy sandbox games, if you enjoy games like "The Sims" only more complicated and with cannibalism, then you owe it to yourself to give RimWorld a chance. Get past the learning curve, don't worry about winning or losing, fall in love with your pawns, and tear your hair out when they die and you can't save them. Or save scrum like I do and save them all the time.