Gnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes to build a new home. You direct them to dig, build, and craft as they establish their new settlement while defending themselves from periodic threats.
Gnomoria is a sandbox village simulator and management game developed by Robotronic Games. In Gnomoria, the player oversees a group of gnomes as they go about their daily lives, building up their new settlement.
Gameplay consists of designating areas for the gnomes to dig out rooms and tunnels, gather resources, craft tools and furniture, and build various workshop structures. The player does not directly control any individual gnome, but instead gives high-level commands and priorities for the gnomes to adhere to.
A major part of the game is resource management and base-building. As the gnomes gather materials and build up their village, they need food, drink, shelter, defenses against wandering enemies, and workshops to craft more advanced tools and machines. The player must balance labor across various tasks to ensure the gnomes' basic needs are being met.
Gnomoria has sandbox-style gameplay with no specific overarching objectives beyond keeping the gnomes alive and expanding the settlement. There is also a combat system where monster and enemy raiding parties will periodically invade the player's land, requiring defending and fortifications to be built.
With its cute graphics and whimsical premise but underlying complexity, Gnomoria scratches a similar itch to Dwarf Fortress but with a gentler learning curve and user interface.
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