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Rimworld system requirements

Rimworld is one of my favorite colony sims of all time, and the actual Rimworld system requirements are so accessible that most gaming laptops and PCs should have no issues getting the game to run. However, start packing on the DLCs or loading up some of the community's mods en masse and you'll encounter a CPU nightmare.

If, however, you're only interested in the vanilla Rimworld experience, the game runs incredibly well on old hardware, even with the inclusion of the Odyssey, Biotech, Anomaly, Royalty, and Ideology DLC packs. As a long-time player, I would, however, recommend checking out one of the processors on our buying guides for the best gaming CPU if you want to get the most out of the game. A good CPU isn't as necessary since multi-threading was added to the game in the 1.6 update, but the game can still put a huge demand on your processor once your colony reaches a considerable size, or you use a lot of the best Rimworld mods.

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Interstellar expansion Rimworld Odyssey blasts its Steam player count into orbit

While Dwarf Fortress is probably the most significant progenitor of the base-building colony sim, Rimworld certainly deserves similar recognition. Built by Tynan Sylvester and Ludeon Studios, it helped to define the unique blend of management and survival games that has given us other hits such as Oxygen Not Included and Frostpunk. Already rated 97% positive by Steam users, it's now set a new record player count on the Valve store as its just-launched spacefaring expansion Rimworld Odyssey takes us into orbit for the first time.

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New colony sim DLC Rimworld Odyssey is already on sale with a major discount

If you've never played Rimworld, it's a hybrid and monstrous mix of sandbox games, spontaneous stories, and tough survival, fueled by warped twists and turns. Set in the outer fringes of space, where chaos breeds even more chaos, Ludeon's colony sim is already endlessly replayable, and now it's gotten even bigger with the new Odyssey DLC. If you want to give it a shot, even though it's only just been released you can already get Rimworld Odyssey at a big discount.

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Odyssey expansion and update 1.6 out now!

[h2]The RimWorld - Odyssey expansion is out now![/h2]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3022790/RimWorld__Odyssey/ We’re celebrating Odyssey’s release with a sale on all past RimWorld products. Get 20% off RimWorld, 15% off Royalty and Ideology, and 10% off Biotech and Anomaly!

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[h2]Update 1.6[/h2]
RimWorld’s free update 1.6 is out now - you don’t need to own Odyssey to get it. This update brings massive performance improvements, reworked map generation, flying animals, and quality-of-life changes across caravans, plans, building, UI, and more. Read more about it here or check out the changelog here.

Compatibility FAQ

Unmodded savegames from 1.5 will load in 1.6.
If you want to keep playing on version 1.5, use Steam beta branch "version-1.5". To do this, right-click RimWorld in the Steam library, go to properties, open the betas tab, and select the version from the dropdown.
Many mods have already been updated to version 1.6 - thank you to our modders! However, some mods have not yet been updated, and they will not work in 1.6.

[h2]Odyssey original soundtrack[/h2]
You can also grab the RimWorld - Odyssey soundtrack on Steam. Created by RimWorld composer Alistair Lindsay, it features 10 thrilling, spacey tracks to accompany you during your orbital expeditions.

[h2]Odyssey merch collection[/h2]
We’ve just launched our new, limited-edition Odyssey collection on our official merch site: https://rimworld.store/

The collection includes:

RimWorld bomber jacket and patches: A stylish colonist jacket with iron-on patches so you can proudly display your favorite expansions.
Centipede plush: For such a heavily-armored murder machine, it’s very plump.
Odyssey T-shirt: This gravship tee is perfect for launching into the stars, digging through ruins, or fighting off pirates.
Hive queen plush: All the terror of the insectoid matriarch, bloated with cuteness instead of larvae.

[h2]Odyssey[/h2]
Odyssey enriches the world and expands your adventure beyond a single map. Build a gravship - your flying home - to travel across the planet. Settle in new biomes filled with diverse landforms and exotic wildlife. Go on quests to hunt the alpha thrumbo or raid ancient cryptosleep bunkers. Launch into orbit and scavenge tech from space stations and asteroids. But out in the void, an ancient machine mind stirs…

Tell us about your gravship adventures over on Reddit, X, and BlueSky.

Found a bug? Please report it in the RimWorld official development Discord.

Odyssey is available to play in: English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Russian, French, German, European Spanish, Latin Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Dutch.

We went over Odyssey’s content in our previews below, but you can also dive in blind!

Thank you very much for another awesome launch. RimWorld is nearly 12 years old, which is wild to say. What started as my alpha project and a Kickstarter now has this massive, thriving community of talented players, modders, testers, artists, translators, writers, creators, and developers. Couldn’t have done this without you guys.

I hope you have fun with Odyssey and I’m looking forward to the stories that come out of it. See you soon.
- Ty and Ludeon Studios
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