Games Like Hinterland

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Why similar: RPG 53.5%, Strategy 35.6%, Fantasy 4.7%, Action 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the blend of managing a growing force and engaging in direct, skill-based action combat.

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: Dwarves 80.2% ★, City Builder 6.6%, Strategy 6.4%, RPG 4.8%, Fantasy 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines dwarf-themed colony management with exploration and combat in a way that feels very similar to Hinterland's core loop.

A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Why similar: RPG 45.6%, City Builder 27.6%, Strategy 24.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides an unparalleled sandbox experience where you manage a base and build a squad while surviving in a harsh, open world.

SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!

Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 28.3%, Fantasy 13.8%, Dwarves 13% ★, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title masterfully combines real-time strategy base-building with deep RPG character progression and combat.

Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Why similar: RPG 38.4%, Strategy 34.4%, Fantasy 19.1%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a gritty management experience where you lead a mercenary company through tactical combat and strategic map exploration.

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: Dwarves 73% ★, City Builder 15.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Fantasy 1%

Why You'll Like It: As the definitive dwarf management simulator, it offers the deep simulation and world-building depth that fans of Hinterland's setting will appreciate.

King’s Bounty: The Legend is a fan-favorite classic fantasy adventure and an early entry into the modern King’s Bounty era, built around tough battles, smart decisions, and turn-based tactics.

Why similar: RPG 47.2%, Strategy 37.8%, Fantasy 14%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on exploring a fantasy world and managing your army while engaging in tactical turn-based battles.

Regions of Ruin is a 2D pixel side-scrolling RPG with town-building, where you explore, fight and build into an open world that progressively challenges you and your settlement, and threatens the extinction of the dwarven race.

Why similar: Dwarves 71.8% ★, RPG 14%, Action RPG 7.3%, Fantasy 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: This 2D side-scrolling RPG features base-building and town management elements that mirror the settlement growth of the seed game.

HammerHelm is a unique blend of third-person adventuring and strategic town building. Create your dwarf character and build a flourishing town above ground. Complete quests, craft weapons and armor, defeat dangerous enemies and be the leader your townspeople need!

Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Strategy 23.8%, RPG 21.4%, Fantasy 15.3%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It allows you to build a town and explore the world from a third-person perspective, directly mirroring the action-RPG and building hybrid style.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: City Builder 50.8%, Strategy 28.7%, Fantasy 18%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building and defending a kingdom while exploring a side-scrolling world, capturing the management-meets-action feel.

Warlords Battlecry III is the next installment in the award-winning Warlords Battlecry series. Builds upon the famous features of previous Battlecry titles such as the outstanding AI, innovative gameplay and hero system that has made this brand renowned throughout the RTS genre.

Why similar: Dwarves 72.3% ★, Strategy 14.3%, RPG 8.8%, Fantasy 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: This classic title is a pioneer in mixing real-time strategy with persistent hero RPG progression.

Settle an untamed wilderness with the might of Dwarven engineering and thoughtful planning! Design and build your colony towards fame and fortune in a deeply-simulated fantasy world. Chill out in peaceful mode with a bustling settlement, or fight for survival against monsters and invasions!

Why similar: Dwarves 73.2% ★, City Builder 12.5%, Strategy 11.1%, Fantasy 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This colony-sim focuses on the management of a mountain settlement, emphasizing survival and growth in a fantasy environment.

A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.

Why similar: RPG 37.7%, Strategy 36.7%, Fantasy 22.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: This strategy game blends turn-based exploration with real-time combat, echoing the hybrid nature of Hinterland.

Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

Why similar: Strategy 61%, Fantasy 39%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a classic strategy experience with strong RPG elements, focusing on hero development and kingdom management.

Forge a new kingdom in a land recovering from the Fracture. Which of the surviving races will you lead to rebuild, explore, and conquer the unknown? The dwindling yet immortal Ancients? The bold and resourceful Humans? The life stealing Ardyn? Or the secretive Gwdir who shape living groves?

Why similar: City Builder 46%, Strategy 34.3%, Fantasy 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is a voxel-based colony-sim that emphasizes managing a group of settlers in a procedurally generated world.

The game brings a fresh new take on the city building/management genre by introducing many RPG features. 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?

Why similar: City Builder 55%, Strategy 26.2%, RPG 15.7%, Fantasy 1.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on building a town and managing its inhabitants, capturing the settlement-building aspect of the seed game.

Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.

Why similar: City Builder 49.9%, Strategy 30.4%, Fantasy 16.5%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game allows you to manage a kingdom and its inhabitants while personally controlling a character to interact with the world.

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!

Why similar: Strategy 38.7%, RPG 37%, Fantasy 21.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: It provides deep empire management and tactical combat within a rich fantasy setting that rewards both strategic and RPG-focused play.

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.

Why similar: Dwarves 79% ★, Strategy 9.5%, City Builder 8.1%, Fantasy 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a lighthearted take on managing a dwarven settlement with a focus on digging and building.

Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.

Why similar: Strategy 38%, RPG 36.1%, Fantasy 23.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the management and automation of a dwarven mining colony, appealing to the industrial side of the genre.

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: City Builder 47.8%, Strategy 32.3%, Fantasy 17.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It balances dungeon management with real-time strategy combat, appealing to those who enjoy the management side of Hinterland.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Strategy 37.9%, Fantasy 16.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: It combines town defense management with tactical turn-based combat, requiring careful resource allocation and hero development.

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

Why similar: City Builder 52.4%, Strategy 31.8%, Fantasy 13.8%, Singleplayer 2%

Why You'll Like It: This city-builder focuses on managing a medieval kingdom, emphasizing resource gathering and expansion.

Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.

Why similar: Dwarves 75.4% ★, RPG 10.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Fantasy 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG features dwarf-themed dungeon crawling and strategic management elements.

Gnomoria 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.

Why similar: City Builder 56.8%, Strategy 35.4%, Fantasy 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox colony-management game that focuses on building and defending a settlement with a similar aesthetic to classic dwarf-themed games.

Heroes of Hammerwatch is a rogue-lite action-adventure. Explore and battle your way through procedurally generated levels on your own or with up to 3 friends.

Why similar: RPG 74.4%, Action RPG 10.4%, Fantasy 8.7%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: While more action-focused, it features town-building elements that allow you to upgrade your base between dungeon runs.

Dwarf Shop is a Shop Simulator with, you guessed it, Dwarves! Help the Dragon Clan lure their very own dragon by amassing piles and piles of glorious gold. Send one dwarf deep into the caves to find ingredients while the others craft various equipment and sell them to unsuspecting customers!

Why similar: Dwarves 80.2% ★, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the economic management of a dwarven shop, providing a different perspective on dwarven life.

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: Dwarves 94.2% ★, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: It is a strategy-focused game about building and defending a tower, which shares the management and fantasy themes of Hinterland.

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

Why similar: Dwarves 94.8% ★, Strategy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: It blends colony management with exploration and combat, tasking you with building a profitable dwarven company.

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: Dwarves 84.9% ★, Strategy 13%, Fantasy 2.1%

Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!

Why similar: Dwarves 86.7% ★, RPG 6%, Strategy 4.7%, Fantasy 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Destroy the Demon and locate the lost Crown of Peace!

Why similar: Dwarves 76.1% ★, RPG 23.9%

Why You'll Like It: This isometric RPG features old-school mechanics and dwarf-themed adventuring that aligns with the classic feel of the seed game.

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: Dwarves 94.4% ★, Strategy 4.5%, Fantasy 1%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Colony building RPG with detailed characters, driven by procedurally generated Stories. Build a hut, a village, a town, a city, a kingdom. 5 different races. Ally with unique factions. Rule an Undead empire. Craft Legendary items. Tame creatures. Enslave enemies. It's all here.

Why similar: City Builder 40.7%, Strategy 27.2%, RPG 17.8%, Fantasy 12.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Embark on an explorative RPG hack-and-slash adventure where you attempt to re-establish a haven for the lost dwarven civilization. Journey across varied lands, help those in need, gather resources and fight off goblins and monsters as you slowly rebuild a home for your people.

Why similar: Dwarves 72.6% ★, RPG 10.7%, Action RPG 7.7%, Fantasy 6.3%, Action 1.9%

Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.

Why similar: Dwarves 83.4% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Fantasy 4.7%

With classic ARPG-inspired combat, this hack n' slash roguelike RPG puts you in the shoes of a powerful hero on the rise. Make your own creative decisions in epic battle encounters, ponder moral choices, acquire fantastical items, and even customize your own town.

Why similar: Dwarves 72.5% ★, RPG 24.1%, Action 3.4%

Skilltree Saga is the first Rogue-like RPG set in Aventuria - the world of The Dark Eye. Choose to play as human, elf or dwarf and battle randomly generated opponents in over 100 stages, developing a set of magical, enhanceable skills.

Why similar: Dwarves 60.7% ★, RPG 27.1%, Fantasy 8.1%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 1%

Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.

Why similar: Dwarves 50.3% ★, RPG 22.6%, Strategy 21.8%, Fantasy 5.2%

A rogue-lite action-rpg that offers extensive persistent progression. Build your town, upgrade and equip your heroes, before taking on the ever-changing Dark Citadel - either solo or with a team of friends.

Why similar: RPG 47.6%, Action RPG 29.1%, Fantasy 17.2%, Action 6.2%

In Beneath the Mountain, you play as the King of a new Dwarven civilization seeking to find their fortune beneath the mountain. You dig your way through the mountain, encountering many dangerous foes along the way, all while defending your kingdom from periodic Orc invasions.

Why similar: City Builder 42.3%, Strategy 27.9%, Fantasy 25.4%, Action 4.4%

Assume the role of a mighty (and mighty evil) Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical demesnes underground. 10 different classes of heroes dare to enter your dungeon where 15 different monsters lurk in the dark.

Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, RPG 42%, Fantasy 8.6%

A unique blend of City Building, Social Management, Exploration and Adventure gameplay, Distant Kingdoms brings a rich fantasy world to life. Help the Humans, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs of Talam, begin anew in the fabled land of Ineron.

Why similar: City Builder 58.3%, Strategy 31.4%, Fantasy 10.3%

For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.

Why similar: Strategy 62.6%, Fantasy 20%, RPG 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.

Why similar: Dwarves 89.9% ★, RPG 5.1%, Strategy 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Dungeons: The Dark Lord is the sequel to Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! There are a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in four modes!

Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, RPG 48.4%

Legends of Wastelands is an idle RPG where you shape your hero’s growth. Choose among six classes, master 100+ skills, and combine talents and gems for unique synergies. Idle for rewards or dive into boss fights and shifting wastelands, with pets and gear adding endless build variety.

Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Strategy 37.8%, Fantasy 23.5%

Delve Deeper is a turn-based Adventure/Strategy game for Windows that combines HD pixel art, tile placement, and RPG elements in a bright and humorous atmosphere. Up to four players take command of Dwarf mining teams in this fast and furious dungeon adventure meets devious puzzler, building the map as you play for an ever-changing,...

Why similar: Dwarves 83.6% ★, Strategy 10.4%, RPG 6%

Disciples GOLD takes the phenomenal gameplay, stunning graphics, over 100 spells and a powerful scenario editor of Disciples and adds new scenarios and gameplay features that set the new standard in Turn-Based Strategy.

Why similar: Dwarves 51.7% ★, Strategy 36%, Fantasy 12.2%

The prequel to Radon Labs' award-winning RPG, Drakensang: The River of Time introduces a brand new story within the Drakensang universe. The new story brings many innovations and new game elements for experienced as well for first time players, who will jump right into the fascinating medieval fantasy RPG scenario of Drakensang: The...

Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Dwarves 43.8% ★, Fantasy 11.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Flamebreak is a roguelite action RPG featuring a unique blend of twinstick meets MOBA arena combat. Each procedurally generated run presents new challenges while your randomized hero's race, weapon, and skills inspire new playstyles and character builds.

Why similar: Dwarves 88.5% ★, RPG 10.1%, Action 1.5%

Fantasy strategy RPG with roguelike elements. A game about choice: every mechanic is an alternative to another. Fight or bribe, craft or trade, build or cast. Find your own path and reach victory.

Why similar: RPG 35.4%, Strategy 30.3%, City Builder 21%, Fantasy 13.3%

Legends of Ellaria is a unique blend of sandbox action-RPG and real-time strategy. Build a new kingdom for your people, construct and manage its cities, command your troops in epic battles and join them fighting in third-person action, and live adventures in an immersive high fantasy world.

Why similar: RPG 41.4%, Strategy 35.6%, City Builder 12.9%, Action 5.3%, Fantasy 4.1%

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: Dwarves 74% ★, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Fantasy 5.1%, Action 1.5%

Based on traditional rogue-likes, Dredgers is a real-time dungeon crawler where you can play as 30 different races, each having their own stats and skills. With the unique class system you can mix and match classes as you desire, anything from an Archer-Knight to a Berserker-Summoner-Priest is possible!

Why similar: RPG 45.5%, Action RPG 30.4%, Fantasy 21%, Singleplayer 3.1%

Build shops, craft items with hundreds of customization options, and manage your resources wisely to lead your Heroes to success. Immerse yourself as proprietor of a medieval fantasy town in a world abounding with Heroes and Monsters.

Why similar: City Builder 47.8%, RPG 36.1%, Fantasy 14.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

An all-new standalone expansion to the hit RPG-Strategy game!

Why similar: RPG 50.4%, Strategy 49.6%

Life is Hard is a godsim town simulator game developed by a two-man-team. Your main aim here is to manage your town. Expand your domain, prevent famine, make war, trade with others, attract new people. Make history!

Why similar: Dwarves 69.7% ★, Strategy 30.3%