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Games Like Dwarf Defense

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Dwarf, Indie, RPG, Adventure.

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Dwarf Defense! An RTS Tower Defense game where you play as a dwarf trying to defend a brewery from thirsty invaders by using magical towers and spells.

Reviews: Mixed — 66% — of 41 reviews
Released: 2024-02-10
Developer: Heavy Safe Studios
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,072 reviews2016
    Dev: KING ArtPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    A few heroes are facing hundreds of foes – are you even able to lead the coolest fantasy people to victory against the dark hordes? Explore a vast world, fight tactical real-time battles, and experience the fantastic story based on the bestseller "The Dwarves".

    Why similar: Dwarf 99.7%, Adventure 0.2%, Action 0.1%

  2. #2 Dwarf Journey
    96% matchVery Positive93% of 364 reviews2021
    Dev: Orube Game Studio
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Dwarf Journey is an action roguelite platformer with randomly generated levels. Defeat enemies, level up, assemble your rune build and collect minerals to forge better equipment on an epic journey in search of immortality.

    Why similar: Dwarf 98.9%, Adventure 0.5%, Action 0.5%, Indie 0.2%

  3. #3 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 46,522 reviews2025
    Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!

    Why similar: Dwarf 99.6%, Action 0.4%

  4. #4 Dungeon Marathon
    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 49 reviews2017
    Dev: Retro Army LimitedPub: paulstephendavis
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%

    Dungeon Marathon is a new style of game where you must run through Dungeons, no fighting allowed!

    Why similar: Dwarf 96.9%, Action 1.8%, Indie 1.2%

  5. #5 DwarfCorp
    94% matchMixed53% of 175 reviews2019
    Dev: Completely Fair Games LLC
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Build a colony of ruthless capitalist Dwarves in a strange fantasy land.

    Why similar: Dwarf 98.1%, Strategy 1.4%, Indie 0.5%

  6. #6 300 Dwarves
    94% matchMixed53% of 78 reviews2014
    Dev: Artifex MundiPub: Viva Media, Inc
    Windows · Mac

    The Kingdom of Fairbridge is under attack by Goblins, Orcs and Trolls. Use your towers weapons and command your warriors to push the invading Goblins lead troops out of the kingdom. Take the battle from the castle walls to the mountains, caves and desert valleys that surround the kingdom.

    Why similar: Dwarf 95.5%, Tower Defense 4.5%

  7. #7 Boozy Dwarf
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Mizar Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Classic fantasy RPG about dwarves Non-linear storyline Sandbox Around 40 hours of gameplay

    Why similar: Dwarf 97.3%, Adventure 1.6%, Indie 1.1%

  8. #8 The Dwarf Run
    92% matchMostly Positive73% of 160 reviews2015
    Dev: Alexander Mirdzveli
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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  9. #9 Dwarf Tower
    91% matchMostly Positive71% of 281 reviews2014
    Dev: iosoftware
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Dwarf Tower is a turn-based tactics game of tower building and spellcasting. Each turn you develop your tower by placing blocks, constructing rooms, and play various spells. Your tower can have Libraries (store spells), Crystals (generate mana), Dwarf Dwellings (give you dwarves to repair the tower) and some other rooms.

    Why similar: Dwarf 97.1%, Strategy 1.6%, Tower Defense 0.8%, Indie 0.6%

  10. #10 Beard & Axe
    91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2018
    Dev: Dwarfaparte
    Windows

    A top-down, action adventure rogue-lite. Each quest requires an oath, and bringing back one less flagon of ale than you promised brings dire consequence!

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  11. #11 Undholm
    90% matchMixed65% of 87 reviews2019
    Dev: Pixelmeal Games, LLC
    Windows

    A dwarfish colony sim set in a fantasy world. Inspired by Rimworld and Banished. Dig deep to uncover riches and challenges, recruit dwarves to produce goods, and trade with other settlements (or raid them) to help your colony succeed.

    Why similar: Dwarf 98.6%, Indie 1.4%

  12. #12 Lord of Dwarves
    89% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 reviews2020
    Dev: Stellar Sage Games
    Windows · Linux

    Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.

    Why similar: Dwarf 97.4%, Strategy 1.9%, Indie 0.8%

  13. #13 Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
    89% matchVery Positive87% of 393 reviews2008
    Dev: NivalPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 18 minMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. Introducing a brand-new Dwarves faction, made up of heroic warriors and rune magic adepts who stalk the deepest mountains and most hostile regions of...

    Why similar: Dwarf 95.9%, Strategy 4.1%

  14. #14 Dwarfs - F2P
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 1,692 reviews2012
    Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Dwarfs!? is an addictive, fast paced arcade-like experience, with plenty of difficulty levels and game modes, in the tradition of great games such as “Lemmings” and “Dwarf Fortress”.

    Why similar: Dwarf 94.9%, Strategy 3.9%, Indie 1.2%

  15. #15 Deep Rock Galactic
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 372,881 reviews2020
    Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 75.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!

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  16. #16 Bravada
    87% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2014
    Dev: Interbellum team
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    You play a young beardless dwarf who dreams about adventures and heroic deeds. Usually dwarves have beards, but for some mystical reasons beard of our hero is not grows. So he decide to make a journey with his friend the bat to solve this problem. During the game you control a group of units each with its own specialties and features.

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  17. #17 Delve Deeper
    86% matchMixed61% of 420 reviews2010
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    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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  19. #19 Land of Arxox
    84% matchNo user reviews
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  20. #20 Dwarven Brawl Bros
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  21. #21 New Age
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    Windows

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  22. #22 Idle Adventure
    82% matchMixed65% of 441 reviews2018
    Dev: zha7
    Windows
    Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 51.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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  23. #23 Hinterland
    82% matchVery Positive80% of 254 reviews2008
    Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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  24. #24 Warlords Battlecry III
    81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,003 reviews2016
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    Windows
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  25. #25 Clans
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    Windows
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  26. #26 Return to Nangrim
    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sycoforge
    Windows

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  27. #27 Battle Axe
    79% matchMixed60% of 149 reviews2021
    Dev: Bitmap BureauPub: Numskull Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 30%

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  28. #28 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
    75% matchVery Positive82% of 2,479 reviews2026
    Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%

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  29. #29 Beer Ranger
    79% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2018
    Dev: Mirthood Games
    Windows

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  30. #30 Might and Magic: Heroes VII – Trial by Fire
    78% matchMixed66% of 1,687 reviews2016
    Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 48%

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  31. #31 Bronzebeard's Tavern
    75% matchVery Positive94% of 6,720 reviews2023
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    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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    77% matchVery Positive91% of 186 reviews2020
    Dev: GZ Storm
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dwarf 90.6%, Strategy 6.8%, Indie 2.5%

  33. #33 A Game of Dwarves
    78% matchMixed63% of 549 reviews2012
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    Windows
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  34. #34 Herolike
    77% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2016
    Dev: Games HutPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows
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  35. #35 Lords of Magic: Special Edition
    76% matchVery Positive92% of 546 reviews2015
    Dev: Impressions GamesPub: Rebellion
    Windows
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    Urak, once peaceful, is now a land of darkness, chaos and death. The people yearn for a champion to drive away the forces of evil. That champion is you.

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  36. #36 We Are The Dwarves
    76% matchMixed70% of 1,605 reviews2016
    Dev: Whale Rock Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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    Why similar: Dwarf 96.5%, Indie 1.4%, Adventure 1.1%, Action 1%

  37. #37 BORE BLASTERS
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 735 reviews2024
    Dev: 8BitSkull
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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  38. #38 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 93 reviews2025
    Dev: Floodgate CrewPub: Awaken Realms
    Windows

    Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge is a mix of a simulator, strategy, and auto-battler. Become a master smith, craft various weapons, and enhance them with magical runes. Equip a team of adventurers with your hand-made tools, send them on missions, gather loot to upgrade your forge, and save the land!

    Why similar: Dwarf 99.1%, Indie 0.9%

  39. #39 Dwarf Block
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Perfoon
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dwarf 98.1%, Indie 1.9%

  40. #40 the Dwarf
    73% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2024
    Dev: Endless Entertainment
    Windows

    Fight against darkness and take Thaldoh's vengeance. And then accompany the hero Thaldoh's struggle and let grace fulfill itself. Discover mystery and revenge in a fantastical world with a new Role-playing game.

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  41. #41 Alebound
    71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
    Dev: Minimusmax
    Windows

    Alebound is a fast-paced, wave-based action brawler where you play as a battle-hardened dwarf, wielding fists of fury and drunken might. Unleash devastating melee combos and harness ale-fueled power-ups to crush relentless waves of orcs and skeletons. Survive as long as possible!

    Why similar: Dwarf 95.8%, Action 1.9%, Strategy 1.2%, Indie 1.1%

  42. #42 TAVERN GUARDIANS: BANQUET
    73% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2018
    Dev: WOMBO COMBO GAMES INC.
    Windows

    Welcome to Tavern Guardians, a strategic match three RPG! Every action you take will determine your success against countless monsters and magical creatures. Take up arms as a heroic guardian and claim victory against evil!

    Why similar: Dwarf 93.5%, Strategy 4.3%, Indie 2.2%

  43. #43 Dwarven Defense Prologue
    71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Darwin ZebandtPub: BrutalHack
    Windows · Linux

    Dwarven Defense Prologue is a grid based tower defense game. You build towers during the day and defend against the undead during the night.

    Why similar: Dwarf 89.5%, Tower Defense 6.7%, Strategy 3.7%

  44. #44 Dwarven Village TD
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: MetalStick
    Windows

    Dwarven Village is a tower defense game that you place your units to enemy paths and towers to the sides to support, Open chests, Unlock new troops & towers and use synergies between them

    Why similar: Dwarf 89.9%, Tower Defense 7%, Strategy 3.1%

  45. #45 Craft The World
    70% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
    Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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.

    Why similar: Dwarf 95.5%, Strategy 2.1%, Tower Defense 1.4%, Indie 0.6%, Adventure 0.4%

  46. #46 Bloody Horror Plant
    72% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Funky Forest
    Windows

    Bloody Horror Plant – probably the bloodiest casual point and click adventure game ever! Help Horror Plant solve interesting and funny point and click puzzles, kill evil dwarfs, save the forest and its creatures!

    Why similar: Dwarf 98.2%, Adventure 1.8%

  47. #47 Seeker of the Ruins
    69% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
    Dev: LionEY Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    As a fearless dwarf delver, explore ancient ruins, uncover hidden treasures, and solve riddles. Use items and potions to outsmart monsters & environmental hazards in this stealthy non-combat adventure. Venture into the deeps in search of luck and fortune. Will you succeed?

    Why similar: Dwarf 96.7%, Indie 1.2%, Action 1.1%, Adventure 1%

  48. #48 Dark Swords
    71% matchMixed65% of 287 reviews2019
    Dev: High Tower Entertainment
    Windows

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    Why similar: Dwarf 95.6%, Adventure 2.6%, Indie 1.8%

  49. #49 Below the Stone
    69% matchVery Positive85% of 433 reviews2023
    Dev: StrollartPub: Apogee Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%

    Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.

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  50. #50 Rune Defender
    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Darwin ZebandtPub: BrutalHack
    Windows · Linux

    Rune Defender is a grid based tower defense game. You build towers during the day and defend against the undead during the night.

    Why similar: Dwarf 90%, Tower Defense 6.8%, Strategy 3.3%

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    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,029 reviews2023
    Dev: The DFHack Team
    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Dwarf 98.7%, Strategy 1.3%

  52. #52 They Who Dwell Below
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Dhuavuin Interactive
    Windows

    They Who Dwell Below is an exploration horror game set within the crumbling ruins of a lost dwarven city. The player is tasked with escaping the long abandoned vestige and along the way uncovering the truth of its fall. But be wary, spirits are not all that haunt these ancient halls.

    Why similar: Dwarf 98.2%, Indie 0.9%, Adventure 0.9%

  53. #53 Hold The Mine
    66% matchVery Positive85% of 254 reviews2026
    Dev: Hookaria GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Explore and defend your mine against waves of monsters in this innovative roguelike survival game! Collect and manage your resources, discover buildings with unique effects and unleash mighty heroes to hold monsters out of the mine until the sun rises.

    Why similar: Dwarf 90.8%, Tower Defense 5.9%, Strategy 3.3%

  54. #54 Dungeon Lords Steam Edition
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 750 reviews2015
    Dev: Heuristic ParkPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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  55. #55 Aurora Dusk: Steam Age
    68% matchVery Positive83% of 309 reviews2019
    Dev: Sylvain Harlaut
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

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    Why similar: Dwarf 83%, Strategy 8.4%, Tower Defense 4.6%, Indie 2.9%, Adventure 1%

  56. #56 Dwarf Tavern
    66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
    Dev: simulinatiPub: simulinati games
    Windows

    Manage an underground tavern tucked away in a side alley of an ancient dwarven mining city, where rough but jovial miners gather to fill bellies and lift their voices, mugs, and sometimes their fists.

    Why similar: Dwarf 96.4%, Strategy 1.4%, Indie 1.3%, Adventure 0.9%

  57. #57 Cave Crawlers
    65% matchVery Positive93% of 3,526 reviews2023
    Dev: Heroic Pyxel LLC
    Windows
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.

    Why similar: Dwarf 94.3%, Strategy 2.7%, Adventure 1.5%, Action 1.5%

  58. #58 Ruggnar
    67% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2022
    Dev: Sword N' WandsPub: PID Games
    Windows

    Ruggnar is a platformer without enemies, but many traps are hidden in the darkness. Help Ruggnar explore gloomy places with his bag and a few candles as his sole equipment.

    Why similar: Dwarf 94%, Action 2.2%, Adventure 2.1%, Indie 1.6%

  59. #59 Dwarf Fortress
    64% matchVery Positive95% of 30,806 reviews2022
    Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

    Why similar: Dwarf 96.4%, Strategy 3.6%

  60. #60 Deepstone Rift
    65% matchMostly Positive71% of 41 reviews2025
    Dev: Northend Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fight big battles in the mines, get to mining and collecting gold and minerals. build and upgrade your towers, power up with treasure chests. Defend your base from looting goblins! using variety of weapons and tower, from RPG, ak47, canons towers, to sawblade towers and more!

    Why similar: Dwarf 84%, Tower Defense 8.8%, Strategy 4.4%, Action 2.1%, Indie 0.8%

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