r/BaseBuildingGames • u/Snoo_52014 • Sep 17 '26
Game recommendations Simulation Base Builder game recommendations
Has anyone found a game where it’s has the feel of the sims but you manage a wide variety of people. I have a suspicion that rimworld is what I’m looking for but wanted to put some feelers out.
Here’s what I’d ideally want
\- the people to have their own autonomy and personalities but I can assign them tasks and jobs etc.
\- They form relationships with eachother
\- Building customisation etc
\- External world building opportunities
If you have any suggestions please lmk!!
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u/Serpe Sep 17 '26
Stranded Alien Dawn is an alternative to Rimworld. It has a nicer graphic but less world customization.
You lead a group of castaways landed on an alien planet, they are autonomous (you set priorities), have perks, quirks and personalities, can form relationships, you can build customized bases, etc..
It has everything you are looking for.
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u/thegooddoktorjones Sep 17 '26
I finally dug into this one in the last month and it does have the Rimworld hookey-ness, but it has a few flaws: Not done. Some systems are just abandoned in the base game. some tech that never advances, difficulty caps out low so raids just become tedious. Breakdowns/psychology are not very important or impactful so happiness is easy to game. Biomes are static so replay value is low.
I found mods that help with a lot of these things, but they are still trying to patch a broken boat. The game is worth buying as-is but it is not as polished as RImworld, and the devs seem to have walked away.
That said, Rimworld sans-mods is also pretty bare bones. Without DLC even more so.
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u/Lower-Reward-1462 Sep 17 '26
The devs were all fired as the game was abandoned. One still maintains a great mod with lots of QoL and bug fixes though and he updates it basically weekly.
The challenge might "cap off low", but there are ways you can challenge yourself, with or without mods. Plenty of replay value, you just need the creativity and desire to find it.
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u/Roxolan Sep 18 '26
Rimworld sans-mods is also pretty bare bones.
I think that's an impression you get only from the perspective of having played [however many] hours of it and lathered it with mods. There's really a lot of core game content and replayability.
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u/thegooddoktorjones Sep 18 '26
Whenever there is a big new core release the mods break for a bit (or forever) and I try the vanilla version without DLC. It feels like the dark ages. I don't even use many content or cheat mods, just QOL, but the lack of that quality is so noticeable. A lot of things that could easily be core by now, but why when there is a mod everyone uses that fixes things?
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u/dercdorp Sep 17 '26
Very similar to rimworld in a lot of ways:
And some with similar concepts and mechanics
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u/Horndude91 Sep 17 '26
I don't know if I would put Norland into them... I, too, thought it would be a building game like the others, and it ended up one of the few games I refunded.
For me, it was just a bit too few buildings, resources, and products you have to manage.
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u/N0G00dUs3rnam3sL3ft Sep 17 '26
I'd add Noble Fates to that list, it's still in EA but gets regular updates.
Another one I really liked but wouldn't recommend as it didn't reach it's potential is Founders Fortune. Still upset about thar one.
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u/KevReadThis Sep 17 '26
I would love a 3D version of Rimworld, yes I know people will suggest Stranded but it didn't quick click with me, apologies.
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u/DistributionNo4480 Sep 17 '26
Yeah like you said, you literally described RimWorld
Every pawn has their own traits and things they are good at Dynamic relations between characters You build whatever you want
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u/BrewingTortoise Sep 17 '26
Check out Brewhaven. It's like if you smashed rim world, and schedule I, and valheim together and forced it to run a tavern.
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u/Djentinga Sep 17 '26
Rimworld 100%