Dwarf Fortress/Similar games
Games like Dwarf Fortress
24 matches, ranked by how much their player tags overlap
What “like Dwarf Fortress” means here
DwarfColony SimBuildingCity BuilderManagementBase-Building
Matches come from the tags Steam players vote on each game, weighted so a rare tag counts for far more than one that sits on half the store. A game's popularity never moves it up this list.
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93%
match
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RimWorld
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Management
98% of 243,436 reviews positive · 35,632 playing now
91%
match
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91%
match
5
91%
match
7
Kingdoms and Castles
Colony Sim · City Builder · Building · Base-Building
94% of 31,275 reviews positive
91%
match
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Banished
Colony Sim · City Builder · Survival · Sandbox
90% of 43,221 reviews positive · 675 playing now
89%
match
10
89%
match
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88%
match
12
Oxygen Not Included
Colony Sim · Base-Building · Building · Survival
97% of 142,808 reviews positive · 10,440 playing now
88%
match
13
88%
match
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Surviving the Aftermath
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Survival
71% of 4,555 reviews positive
88%
match
15
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony Sim · Base-Building · City Builder · Survival
81% of 2,261 reviews positive
88%
match
16
Endzone - A World Apart
City Builder · Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival
77% of 9,935 reviews positive
88%
match
17
Life is Feudal: Forest Village
Colony Sim · City Builder · Building · Survival
66% of 6,006 reviews positive
87%
match
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86%
match
21
Surviving Mars
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Survival
80% of 28,648 reviews positive · 389 playing now
86%
match
22
Anno 1404 - History Edition
City Builder · Colony Sim · Building · Management
82% of 3,560 reviews positive
85%
match
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Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Colony Sim · City Builder · Base-Building · Management
91% of 26,638 reviews positive
85%
match
Frequently asked
What games are similar to Dwarf Fortress?
The closest matches to Dwarf Fortress on Steam are Craft The World, Settlement Survival, RimWorld, Colony Survival, Planetbase. They rank highest because their Steam community tags overlap most with Dwarf Fortress's — shared tags include Dwarf, Colony Sim, Building.
How are games like Dwarf Fortress chosen?
Every game is described by the tags Steam players vote on it. Rare, specific tags such as Dwarf, Colony Sim, Building count far more than catch-all ones like "Indie" or "Singleplayer", and each game is scored on how closely its whole tag profile matches Dwarf Fortress's. Popularity never affects the ranking.