There are no dwarves for which we must deduct 10 points, but some settlers can still have beards which helps this game on the road towards redemption. At its core Rimworld is a compelling build-and-survive-em-up with a very reasonable learning curve depending on far into the deep end you wish to be cast. Difficulty can be changed on the fly by selecting a "storyteller" - one of three decision-making systems which time & set the intensity of random encounters, events and missions. Overall, they work well to add excitement, threat and interest but I often get the sense that events are almost purely random; this is in comparison to Dwarf Fortress in which events are driven by the aggregation of the world's history and population. Even so, Rimworld is a well-crafted simulation which will not punish you unfairly unless you want it to.
This is one of those rare games that dared to do things differently and managed to get it all right on the first go - sound, artwork and gameplay mechanics are all solid and offbeat merry humour is pevalent throughout the singleplayer plot to offset what is otherwise a story of how power corrupts, betrayal and vengeance.
