The colony simulation RimWorld is one of the highest-rated games on Steam. Out of over 151,000 reviews, 98% are positive. The sandbox tells fantastic stories. Now the creator has announced: A fourth expansion is coming.
What is RimWorld?
- RimWorld is a simulation where players control the members of a colony on a hostile planet and have to deal with a narrative AI that regularly unleashes new disasters on the players: bandits, underground aliens, plagues, cannibals, volcanic ash, pigmen with machine guns, all that sort of thing.
- RimWorld was released in 2018 and is considered a unique gaming experience because exciting stories arise repeatedly through random mechanics. Players are faced with problems that they must solve.
- At its core, RimWorld is a role-playing game mixed with a building game. It is permeated by dark humor and a
Anything goes, as long as it makes sense
mentality. It is possible to capture enemies, gut them, freeze their organs, and sell them later. However, prisoners can also be enslaved, sold, or ritualistically consumed.
After expansions in 2020, 2021, and 2022 that have already significantly expanded the base game, a fourth expansion has now been announced.
What is known about the expansion: Almost nothing. The creator of RimWorld, Tynan Sylvester, has posted just an image of a woman on Twitter and the phrase “It will awaken…”.
A release date for the expansion or the features that will come has not yet been disclosed.
Many are waiting for the other 3 DLCs to go on sale on Steam
How is this being discussed? In fact, reactions on Reddit are somewhat mixed.
Some people say: RimWorld is already such a hit that they haven’t bought any DLCs so far. They have already spent 300 hours with the base game. They are waiting for a sale on the DLCs – but RimWorld simply never goes on sale on Steam.
Others, who view the DLC more critically, are mainly concerned that it will break thousands of mods that will all have to be updated.
However, there are also people who are looking forward to the DLC and say that they will again pour another 100 hours into RimWorld:
There go the next 100 hours!
, writes one.- They are countered: 100 hours is what casuals do!
DLCs for RimWorld are a mixed bag, developing the game unpredictably
This is why it is special: The “DLCs” in RimWorld have a lot of substance and bring new gameplay elements to RimWorld that one wouldn’t expect.
At its core, RimWorld is an innovative and crazy game that has been expanded in many possible directions. The last DLC brought, for example, animal-human mutants like pigmen, gene manipulation, but also vampires to RimWorld.
Who knows what the crazy geniuses behind RimWorld will come up with this time.
Many are put off by RimWorld at first glance because it uses some unusual gameplay mechanics, being a spiritual successor to Dwarf Fortress, that one has to get used to, like a prioritized task table or specific automation permissions or schedules.
However, once you have learned and understood the systems in RimWorld, you can expect an unusually deep and engaging gaming experience.
The expansion is called Anomaly and will be released in April
Update March 14, 10:42 AM: It is now known what features the RimWorld expansion will bring. It will be released in April 2024:
In a great game on Steam, you will soon no longer be able to trust your own characters
