20🌊18 has come and gone. The Gamer♏ News Team gave our picks for our favorite games of the year, but one of the most popula�🌟�r, best-reviewed games on Steam during 2018 managed to slip through the cracks. That game? You guessed it. Rimworld.
That’s right. It turns out that the top-down, sci-fi colony survival sim from Ludeon Studios was Steam’s number one player-revi🌸ewed title for 2018. Just as everyone would have predicted.
🐭The game - which 🐎is inspired by the “western vibe of Firefly, the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, and the epic scale of Dune and Warhammer 40,000 - has managed to live up to its 🥃aspirations t🔜hrough the eyes of fans and critics alike with .
The game’s 🍨creator, Tynan Sylvester, made the exciting announcement v🧜ia on New Year’s Eve. Not only did he provide the news, he back🐽ed it up by including a that proved the꧙ achievement. Sylvest🐭er also included a that analyzes the top-rated games on St🌱eam as a whol🐟e; not just for 2018. Rimworld makes another impressive showing, ranking eighth overa𓆏ll on the list.
Rimworld has managed to be a hit beyond Steam r🔯eviews as well. The game sits at a score of 93, wi꧃th a User Score ⛦of 8.8. For perspective, Rimworld’s Metacritic score is only one point below 201🐼8’s Game of the Year, God of War. Rimworld even managed to edge out ot🍷her indie darlings such as 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Subnautica, Return of the Obra Dinn, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dead Cells, and even Celeste - a game that actually held one of the nominations for the 2018 Game of the Year. It i💖s clear that the game has done something right to receive such acclaim from fans.
Therein lies one of the secrets to Rimworld’s success. Early versions of the game were initially released as a Kickstarter crowdf💧unded game beginning in 2013, before officiallyꦺ launching in October of last year. The game evolved through community feedback and , whi𓄧ch has allowed the game to become the intricate, yet charming game that players clearly enjoy▨.
If you've never played the game, now is as good a time as any to check out Rimworld. But don't take ♚our word for it. If player reviews are any indication, you won't be disappointed.
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