Games like Dwarf Fortress
Looking for games like Dwarf Fortress? Here are top simulation recommendations with a fantasy focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Gnomoria, UnReal World or Wayward.
1 74%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaystability, grinding74% User Score 4,170 reviewsGnomoria is a sandbox village management game where you help lead a small group of gnomes, who have set out on their own, to thrive into a bustling kingdom! Anything you see can be broken down and rebuilt elsewhere. Craft items, build structures, set traps and dig deep underground in search of precious resources to help your gnomes survive the harsh lands. Build your kingdom and stockpile wealth t…
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2 94%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability94% User Score 1,806 reviewsUnReal World is a unique combination of roguelike roleplaying game and survival simulation set in the Far North long, long ago. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its depth, realism, atmosphere and immersion. The game is completely open-ended and you decide whether you wish to lead a life of a fisherman, a hermit searching for the peace, a brave adventurer, a rough hunter, a t…
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3 87%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, atmosphere87% User Score 984 reviewsWayward is a turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike in beta. In Wayward, there is a large focus on simulation, survival and openness. There are no classes; there are no levels. Progression of your character depends on individual skill and stat gains by your interactions with items or objects in the world. You are free to play and explore the game in any fashion you wish. Wayward wil…
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4 96%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability96% User Score 42,473 reviewsOxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.
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5 92%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability92% User Score 2,016 reviewsThe Amazing Cultivation Simulator is a China fairy-tale style simulation game with Roguelike and survival elements, and classic China culture background.
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6 95%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, stability95% User Score 9,997 reviewsCaves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations.
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7 96%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storygrinding, optimization96% User Score 3,109 reviewsSuccessor to the roguelike RPG "Elona". Adventure, survival, crafting, home-building, myths passed down, and stories of humans and Elea spun. What scars will you leave on the land of Ylva?
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8 91%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability96% User Score 63,685 reviewsCritic Score 81%5 reviewsIncludes: Maxwell’s Verdant Skin Set Wigfrid’s Verdant Skin Set Woodie’s Verdant Skin Set Wes’ Verdant Skin Set Winona’s Verdant Skin Set WX-78’s Verdant Skin Set All Verdant Spring ChestSpring has sprung in the world of Don’t Starve, and it’s brought several flourishing fashions with it! In this Spring Chest you can find the original six Verdant skin sets, wearable in-game by your favorite Don’t …
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9 93%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, optimization93% User Score 342 reviewsDinoSystem is a 2D ecosystem and survival simulation that allows players to manage the ecology of an evolving island and survive in it as a human, dealing with realistic survival mechanics and a deep character progression system.
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10 84%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability84% User Score 1,269 reviewsADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic and flexible combat. The Steam version adds various Deluxe features like achievements, difficulty level customization and various play modes (e.g. a story mode allowing to save and restore games, a weekly challenge game, an explo…
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