Dwarf Fortress Alternatives

Dwarf Fortress is described as 'Single-player fantasy simulator. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is procedurally generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, multitude of towns, bodies' and is a popular city building game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Dwarf Fortress for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Steam, Mac, Linux and Wine apps. The best Dwarf Fortress alternative is RimWorld. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Veloren or eSoclife. Other Dwarf Fortress like games are Gnomoria, Stonehearth, Oxygen Not Included and Banished.

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  1. Prison Architect icon

    Prison Architect

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    Build and manage a Maximum Security Prison. As the sun casts it’s early morning rays on a beautiful patch of countryside the clock starts ticking. You’ve got to crack on and build a holding cell to detain the job­ lot of maximum security prisoners that are trundling to your...

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    • Mac
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    Comments about Prison Architect as an Alternative to Dwarf Fortress
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    Completely different stories, controls, graphics, goals, and gameplay.

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    It's a simulation game like DF which runs itself. Player changes the environment but doesn't directly control any of the humanoids.

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    its quite literally about building a prison, there are no elements of survival at all

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Prison Architect is Paid and ProprietaryDwarf Fortress is Free and Proprietary
  2. Wiggles/Diggles/Gnomy icon

    Wiggles/Diggles/Gnomy

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    Diggles: The Myth Of Fenris is a game released by Innonics on 27 September 2001.[1] The game is a side-scrolling strategy game which is based on a 3D-engine.

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  4. Craft The World icon

    Craft The World

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    Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.

    12 Craft The World alternatives

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    • Paid
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    • Mac
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    • Steam
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  5. Evil Genius icon

    Evil Genius

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    Build a secret base, gain notoriety by completing daring missions, repel the forces of justice in real-time combat, and develop evil super-weapons to complete your nefarious master plan. As a malevolent mastermind bent on achieving global domination, through the construction of...

    16 Evil Genius alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  6. Startopia icon

    Startopia

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    A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse. Into this age of darkness comes light. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. Spacebase DF-9 icon

    Spacebase DF-9

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    In Spacebase DF-9, you'll build a home among the stars for a motley population of humans and aliens as they go about their daily lives.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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  9. Castle Story icon

    Castle Story

     5 likes

    Castle Story is a creative voxel-based strategy game in which you can build castles one brick at a time using an army of little characters called "Bricktrons".

    18 Castle Story alternatives

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    • Wine
    • Steam
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  10. Clockwork Empires icon

    Clockwork Empires

     2 likes

    Take on the role of a colonial bureaucrat sent to build a steampunk colony in the far corners of the world faced with threats of Lovecraftian horrors and cults, all the while dealing with complex AI colonists with their own quirks and personalities.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim icon

    Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim

     1 like

    In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes.

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Steam
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  12. Patron icon

    Patron

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    Patron builds upon the foundations laid out by the staples of the survival city builder genre and enhances the experience with a large research tree and by introducing intricate social dynamics into the game and the genre in general.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  13. A Game of Dwarves icon

    A Game of Dwarves

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    A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey. Explore a continent filled with buried treasures and unearth mysteries that have laid hidden since the Great War.

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    • Paid
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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  14. Towns icon

    Towns

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    In Towns you manage a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Steam
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