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7 Games Like RimWorld With Cloud Gaming Options

Games like RimWorld can emphasise individual survivors, settlement design or the systems keeping everyone alive. These seven alternatives explore those different directions rather than repeating the same colony in a new setting. Each has a positive PC cloud catalog entry in our 27 October 2026 check.

1. Stranded: Alien Dawn — looking after a small survivor group

Defensive machines fighting in a dark outdoor area in Stranded: Alien Dawn.
Stranded: Alien Dawn · Screenshot source: Steam.

Stranded: Alien Dawn puts a marooned group’s survival in your hands. Its clearest connection to RimWorld is the need to make practical decisions for people facing an unfamiliar environment. Choose it when the fate of the survivors matters as much as the settlement’s layout.

Cloud options: Boosteroid (Steam). View Stranded: Alien Dawn listings.

2. Going Medieval — a castle settlement to shape

A medieval settlement with cultivated fields and multi-level buildings in Going Medieval.
Going Medieval · Screenshot source: Steam.

Going Medieval gives the colony project a medieval setting and a castle-building focus. It is a good direction if constructing a place that can keep its inhabitants safe is your favourite part of RimWorld. The appeal is the growing settlement rather than a science-fiction backdrop.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Steam / Epic). View Going Medieval listings.

3. Surviving Mars — keeping a colony alive off Earth

Domed settlements connected across the surface of Mars in Surviving Mars.
Surviving Mars · Screenshot source: Steam.

Surviving Mars puts the settlement on a planet where keeping people alive is a substantial planning problem. Pick it if RimWorld’s infrastructure and expansion decisions were more appealing than its individual dramas. It offers a different scale of responsibility and a distinct science-fiction setting.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Steam / Epic) · Boosteroid (Steam / Epic Games Store). View Surviving Mars listings.

4. Surviving the Aftermath — rebuilding after a catastrophe

A settlement of makeshift buildings in a post-apocalyptic landscape in Surviving the Aftermath.
Surviving the Aftermath · Screenshot source: Steam.

Surviving the Aftermath makes the colony part of a post-apocalyptic recovery effort. It is a relevant alternative if creating a functioning community from difficult circumstances is the main attraction. Choose it for settlement survival and rebuilding rather than expecting RimWorld’s particular simulation of individual lives.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Epic / Steam) · Boosteroid (Steam). View Surviving the Aftermath listings.

5. Timberborn — engineering a different kind of settlement

A riverside settlement with wooden buildings and planted areas in Timberborn.
Timberborn · Screenshot source: Steam.

Timberborn changes the inhabitants to beavers and makes building a functioning settlement feel distinctive. It suits players who enjoy shaping a place around the needs of its population. The attraction is an engineering-led project with a different tone from a vulnerable human outpost.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Steam) · Boosteroid (Steam). View Timberborn listings.

6. Oxygen Not Included — a tightly connected survival simulation

A cutaway view of rooms and machinery in an underground colony in Oxygen Not Included.
Oxygen Not Included · Screenshot source: Steam.

Oxygen Not Included focuses attention on the systems sustaining a crew inside an alien space rock. Choose it if a failing colony makes you want to understand the underlying problem and rebuild better. Its appeal is how the survival challenges connect, rather than a matching RimWorld setting.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Steam) · Boosteroid (Steam). View Oxygen Not Included listings.

7. Space Haven — a crew and a home in space

A cutaway view of connected spaceship rooms and equipment in Space Haven.
Space Haven · Screenshot source: Steam.

Space Haven makes a spaceship the place you build and the crew the people depending on it. It is a useful next choice when you want colony responsibilities in a mobile science-fiction home. Consider it for the crew-and-habitat relationship rather than another planetary settlement.

Cloud options: GeForce NOW (Steam). View Space Haven listings.

Which should you try first?

For a small group of vulnerable survivors, start with Stranded: Alien Dawn or Space Haven. Going Medieval suits a castle-building project, Timberborn an engineered settlement, and Oxygen Not Included a colony where understanding the systems becomes the central challenge.

Before you play

Availability check: 27 October 2026, using positive entries in the importer’s source catalogs. Global source scope is not a promise of access in every country. Confirm your region, exact store version, required plan and input support before buying. A matching game license may be required; install-to-play can involve setup. Multiplayer features must be checked separately with the provider.

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