Soundtrack

This article is about the soundtrack to RimWorld. For the recreation type, see Musical instrument.

The soundtrack of RimWorld is a collection of music by composer Alistair Lindsay, ^[Only?] that plays at various points throughout the game. Additionally, each DLC,^{[Verify All]} adds additonal tracks by the same composer.

Conditional play

Some tracks only play when conditons are met.

Track listing

Core

Track	Track name	Track length	Play conditions
1	RimWorld Trailer Music	1:46	N/A
2	Entry Screen	3:47	Main Menu
3	Terraformer	3:02	Any time of day*
4	Moving On	4:44	Any time of day*
5	I Like It Here	3:25	Any time of day*
6	Night and Day	4:08	Any time of day*
7	Mirage	6:50	Any time of day*
8	Planetfall	5:04	Only during the day*
9	Starscape	4:48	Only during the night*
10	Here It Comes	4:42	There is an immediate threat present*
11	Chaos Bringer	4:40	There is an immediate threat present*
12	Riding Out	5:10	There is an immediate threat present*
13	Close the Gates	4:00	There is an immediate threat present*
14	Tribal Assembly	5:32	Any time of day*
15	Ice Shaman	4:28	Only during winter*
16	New Day	1:31	Only during the day*
17	Don't Freeze Up	4:55	There is an immediate threat present*
18	Alpaca	3:59	Any time of day*
19	Ceta	4:12	Any time of day*
20	Jovian Cycle	4:48	Any time of day*
21	Rough Trail	4:24	Any time of day*
22	Moon Harvest	5:05	Any time of day*
23	Space Junk	4:02	Any time of day*
24	Barnstar	4:06	Any time of day*
25	Cruel Sunrise	0:50	Any time of day*
26	Gathering In	3:44	Any time of day*
27	Seasons Turn	3:51	Any time of day*
28	These Lands	5:04	Any time of day*
29	Traces	4:48	Any time of day*
30	What Gravity	4:08	Any time of day*
31	Waiting For The Sun	3:10	During the credits, after the ship is launched. Persists into gameplay until the song ends.

Royalty DLC

27/02/2020

Track	Track name	Track length	Play conditions
1	Basileus	4:28	There is an immediate threat present*
2	Succession	6:35	Any time of day*
3	On the Surface	4:54	Any time of day*
4	String Theory	4:06	Only if a colonist has the title of Baron or higher*
5	Information Entropy	4:05	Any time of day*
6	Meditate on It	4:19	Any time of day*
7	Fealty	4:25	Any time of day*
8	Mind Map	6:35	Any time of day*
9	Architect	5:12	Any time of day*
10	Believe	3:53	Any time of day*
11	Block Universe	5:12	Any time of day*
12	Alignment	4:52	Any time of day*
13	Detached Viewpoint	5:38	Any time of day*

Anomaly DLC

12/04/2024

Track	Track name	Track length	Play conditions
1	A Twisted Path	5:03	During a passive Anomaly event*
2	Spent Introject	5:43	There is an immediate Anomaly threat present*
3	Shambler's Blues	5:53	During a passive Anomaly event*
4	Death Pall Rising	5:39	There is an immediate Anomaly threat present*
5	Abandoned By The Light	5:17	During a passive Anomaly event*
6	Blood Rain Falling	6:20	During a passive Anomaly event*
7	They See You	4:30	There is an immediate Anomaly threat present*
8	Shadow Work	5:12	There is an immediate Anomaly threat present*
9	Anomaly End Credits	2:19	After interacting with the void node and triggering Anomaly's credits
10	Have They Come For Us	7:55	After advancing the monolith, when performing a psychic ritual, or unnatural darkness*
11	Is It Truly Alive	5:14	After advancing the monolith, when performing a psychic ritual, or unnatural darkness*

Odyssey DLC

11 july 2025

Track	Track name	Track length	Play conditions
1	Wabi Sabi	5:01	Only in orbit*
2	Impermanent Waves	5:18	Any time of day*
3	Is There Still Time	5:28	During a raid in orbit
4	Sky Farmer	4:57	Only in orbit*
5	Baubles	3:56	During a raid in orbit
6	Floating Points	5:08	Only in orbit*
7	Low Planetary Orbit	5:08	Only in orbit*
8	RimWorld Odyssey End Credits	3:34	After triggering the Odyssey credits

Release as DLC

On 15 January 2019, the soundtrack became available to purchase on Steam, with all proceeds going directly to the composer, Alistair Lindsay. It includes 31 tracks from Core^[Verify] in high-quality MP3 format as well as lossless FLACC format.

Version history

• 0.4.460 - Added tension music from Alistair Lindsay when a combat situation is in progress
• 0.6.532 - Spacey new menu music from Alistair Lindsay. More in-game music and sound effects from Al added as well.
• 0.8.657 - Added several new songs from Alistair Lindsay.
• 0.10.785 - New end credits song from Alistair Lindsay.
• 0.12.906 - Added a bunch of new music from Alistair Lindsay.
• Royalty DLC Release - Added a full album worth of new music by Alistair Lindsay, with 13 new tracks totaling 1:04:14 in length.
• Ideology DLC Release - Added a new endgame credits to a new epic song by Alistair Lindsay.
• 1.3.3081 - Fix: Music doesn't play for about 2 minutes after loading a game.
• Anomaly DLC Release - Added a full album worth of new music by Alistair Lindsay, with 11 new tracks totaling 0:59:10 in length.
• 1.5.4062 - Added a new music system which can change between songs based on current game state. Fix: Rare music error when choosing a new song.
• Odyssey DLC Release - Added an album of new music by Alistair Lindsay, with 8 new tracks totaling 0:38:30 in length.
• 1.6.4543 - Changed Odyssey’s end credits music to use the correct track. Changed music track “Impermanent Waves” to be a non-combat song on the planet and in-orbit.