Best Dwarf Fortress Alternatives (34)

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What is Dwarf Fortress? Dwarf Fortress is a complex, ascii-graphics based city building and strategy simulation game focused around managing a dwarven fortress. Notable for its depth, expansive world generation, and steep learning curve.

Top Alternatives to Dwarf Fortress

Stonehearth is a strategy game and city builder where you control a growing settlement of settlers exploring and taming a …

Goblin Camp is a strategy, resource management and city building game where you control a tribe of goblins. You build …

Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game where you manage dupes and help them build an outpost on an …

Banished is a city-building strategy game developed by Shining Rock Software. You control a group of exiled travelers trying to …

Wiggles/Diggles/Gnomy is a whimsical and playful open-source vector graphics editor suited for children and hobbyists. It features a simple interface …

Castle Story is a block-building strategy game developed by Sauropod Studio. Players build castles block-by-block, manage resources, and defend against …

Veloren is an open-world, open-source multiplayer voxel RPG inspired by games like Cube World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the …

Towns is an open-source city-building simulation game for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It has pixel art graphics and lets you …

Spacebase DF-9 was a simulation video game developed by Double Fine Productions. It was an unfinished game in alpha state …

Evil Genius is a simulation and management game where players take on the role of an evil mastermind. The goal …

Blockyard is an open-source website builder and CMS that allows users to easily create websites without coding. It has an …

Prison Architect is a prison construction and management simulation game developed and published by Paradox Interactive. As the player, you …

Cubelands is a browser-based, massively multiplayer online sandbox game where players build structures using colorful cubes and compete in mini-games …

A Game of Dwarves is a strategy simulation game where players control a dwarf settlement, managing resources, building structures, and …

Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes to build a new …

RimWorld is a top-down construction and management simulation video game. Players are tasked with guiding a group of colonists who …

Startopia is a business simulation and real-time strategy video game developed by Mucky Foot Productions and published by Eidos Interactive …

Craft The World is a sandbox strategy video game developed by Dekovir for PC, Mac and Linux. Players control a …

Planetbase is a strategy simulation video game developed by Madruga Works and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. In the game, …

Space Haven is a sci-fi simulation, base building and strategy game focused on building spaceships and surviving deep space dangers …

Dungeon Keeper 2 is a classic PC strategy game where you build and manage an underground dungeon, recruit evil creatures, …

Tomb of the Mask is a fast-paced arcade game where players swipe to control a masked character running through a …

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Dwarf Fortress Overview

Dwarf Fortress is an indie fantasy city-building video game created by Bay 12 Games featuring text-based graphics. The full title is Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress.Gameplay revolves around building and expanding an underground dwarven fortress or city while facing threats such as goblins, titans, dangerous wildlife, cave-ins, starvation, flooding, and insanity. The game generates expansive and highly detailed randomly generated worlds with complex and self-sufficient ecosystems including creatures and landscapes reflecting climate conditions.Dwarf Fortress stands …

Quick Comparison

SoftwarePricingScore
Dwarf FortressN/A
StonehearthN/A
Goblin CampN/A
Oxygen Not IncludedN/A
BanishedN/A
Wiggles/Diggles/GnomyN/A
Castle StoryN/A
VelorenN/A
TownsN/A
Spacebase DF-9N/A
Evil GeniusN/A

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