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Games like Dwarf Fortress
Bay 12 Games · 2022 · 94 % positive of 28,579
24 games that play like Dwarf Fortress and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Craft The World, A Game of Dwarves and RimWorld.
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At a glance
What games like Dwarf Fortress have in common
- The tags they share most often with Dwarf Fortress: Strategy (23 of 24), Simulation (19) and Colony Sim (17).
- They came out between 2011 and 2026, 6 of them after Dwarf Fortress (2022).
- Best rated by Steam players: RimWorld (97 % positive of 210,517).
- RimWorld both plays and looks like Dwarf Fortress.
By gameplay
Plays like Dwarf Fortress
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.
Craft The World
88 % positive of 15,952
Shared: Dwarf · Colony Sim · Strategy
A Game of Dwarves
63 % positive of 544
Shared: Dwarf · Strategy · Simulation
RimWorld
97 % positive of 210,517
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Embark
62 % positive of 380
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Hammerting
57 % positive of 2,518
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Odd Realm
85 % positive of 954
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Stonehearth
75 % positive of 12,729
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Grim Realms
78 % positive of 403
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Going Medieval
89 % positive of 18,506
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
Dwarfs!?
77 % positive of 1,040
Shared: Dwarf · Colony Sim · Strategy
DwarfCorp
54 % positive of 175
Shared: Dwarf · Colony Sim · Strategy
Against the Storm
94 % positive of 31,412
Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
More matches
- Founders' Fortune80 % positive of 2,114Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
- Dice Legacy68 % positive of 1,026Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Base-Building
- Gnomoria75 % positive of 3,514Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
- Settlement Survival86 % positive of 7,280Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
- Timber and Stone49 % positive of 858Shared: Strategy · Simulation · City Builder
- Castle Woodwarf84 % positive of 186Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Management
- Orebound78 % positive of 435Shared: Colony Sim · Simulation · Base-Building
- The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands76 % positive of 209Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Survival
- Dawnfolk96 % positive of 417Shared: Strategy · Base-Building · City Builder
- Rise to Ruins88 % positive of 7,652Shared: Colony Sim · Strategy · Simulation
- Towns26 % positive of 2,801Shared: Strategy · Simulation · City Builder
- HammerHelm80 % positive of 379Shared: Strategy · Simulation · Base-Building
By look
Looks like Dwarf Fortress
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.
Soulash
70 % positive of 532
Soulash 2
86 % positive of 2,040
Hero's Hour
79 % positive of 5,369
Necesse
93 % positive of 17,071
King in the Mountain
First Feudal
76 % positive of 608
Realms of Magic
80 % positive of 970
Songs of Syx
96 % positive of 5,822
KeeperRL
84 % positive of 1,664
Dredgers
89 % positive of 477
RimWorld
97 % positive of 210,517
Territory: Farming and Warfare
87 % positive of 415
More matches
- Voidspire Tactics96 % positive of 268
- Craftomation 101: Programming & Craft85 % positive of 515
- DarkStory Online66 % positive of 434
- Super Fantasy Kingdom86 % positive of 6,056
- Fantasy Tales Online68 % positive of 462
- Paleon82 % positive of 350
- Ingnomia71 % positive of 231
- Shattered Pixel Dungeon95 % positive of 1,606
- Rogue Fable IV93 % positive of 178
- It Lurks Below84 % positive of 1,239
- Nomad Idle63 % positive of 697
- Stuck In Time84 % positive of 921
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.