- #1 Dwarf Fortress
97% matchVery Positive95% of 31,162 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 38.8 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: Dwarves 43.9% ★, Colony Sim 24.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Sandbox 10.4%, Strategy 4.3%
- #2 Dwarf Block
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Perfoon
Windows
First-person dwarf colony simulator! Gather resources, upgrade the fortress, hire dwarves and defend the colony!
Why similar: Dwarves 57.6% ★, Colony Sim 34.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Indie 1.7%
- #3 DwarfCorp
96% 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: Dwarves 77.8% ★, Colony Sim 13.3%, Base Building 3%, Strategy 2.9%, Simulation 2.3%
- #4 Dwarf Things
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex Makes Games
Windows
Manage and expand a colony of dwarves. Decide where to dig and how to build a settlement. Choose what items to craft and what skills to learn and master. Keep your dwarves alive and survive goblin attacks, famine, harsh winters and wild beasts.
Why similar: Colony Sim 35.1%, Dwarves 23.5% ★, Base Building 16.2%, Sandbox 9.2%, Strategy 7%
- #5 Craft The World
94% matchVery Positive88% of 16,931 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 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: Dwarves 53% ★, Colony Sim 27.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 2.9%, Simulation 1.6%
- #6 Lord of Dwarves
94% 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: Dwarves 80.1% ★, Colony Sim 6.6%, Base Building 3.7%, Sandbox 3%, Strategy 2.7%
- #7 Stonebound
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Purple Button
Windows
Establish and grow a dwarven colony. Mine deep into the rock for precious ores and gems, then craft the finest wares to trade. Attract more dwarves as your renown spreads and your gold hoard increases.
Why similar: Dwarves 40.4% ★, Colony Sim 26.6%, Base Building 13.1%, Sandbox 9.7%, Simulation 3.4%
- #8 Mountaincore
91% matchMixed65% of 262 reviews2025
Dev: Rocket Jump Technology
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 46%
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 43.8% ★, Colony Sim 24.9%, Base Building 11.4%, Sandbox 8%, Strategy 4.6%
- #9 Dwarfs!?
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,078 reviews2011
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!
Why similar: Dwarves 47.7% ★, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 9.9%, Sandbox 7%, Fantasy 3.3%
- #10 Underground Nomads
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Funzen Games
Windows
You command a drilling train, leading a dwarf clan through the underground depths toward the planetary core. Manage the crew, complete expeditions, gather resources, upgrade gear, and make tough choices to reach the abandoned city and bring your people back home.
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.1%, Dwarves 32.1% ★, Base Building 17.1%, Simulation 4.9%, Strategy 4.5%
- #11 Dwarf Tower
90% 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: Dwarves 87.4% ★, Sandbox 8.1%, Strategy 3.7%, Indie 0.8%
- #12 Dwarfs - F2P
89% matchVery Positive86% of 1,693 reviews2012
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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: Dwarves 83.5% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Sandbox 5%, Indie 1.4%, 2D 1.4%
- #13 Undholm
89% 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: Dwarves 91.1% ★, Simulation 6.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #14 Dwarf Defense
87% matchMixed66% of 41 reviews2024
Dev: Heavy Safe Studios
Windows
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.
Why similar: Dwarves 96.2% ★, Strategy 3.2%, Indie 0.7%
- #15 A Game of Dwarves
88% matchMixed63% of 554 reviews2012
Dev: Zeal Game StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 86.6% ★, Strategy 7.1%, Fantasy 3.7%, Simulation 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #16 Land of Arxox
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Advent RPG
Windows
Explore the 8-Biomes of Arxox. Live the life of a Dwarf, Elf, or Human folk hero. Hunt. Fish. Master spell runes of the ancients and defeat a powerful Arch Villain.
Why similar: Dwarves 83.6% ★, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 5.2%, Indie 1.6%
- #17 Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
86% matchVery Positive87% of 407 reviews2008
Dev: NivalPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.0 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: Dwarves 88.3% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Fantasy 2.4%
- #18 Return to Nangrim
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sycoforge
Windows
Return to Nangrim is a dark first-person fantasy adventure with survival and RPG elements. Craft, explore, and survive an abandoned world. So grab your axe and shield and reclaim the mountains together with your animal companion! The epic world of Nangrim awaits you, also in VR.
Why similar: Dwarves 78.6% ★, Base Building 8.6%, Sandbox 8.5%, Fantasy 3.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #19 Dwarf Journey
84% matchVery Positive93% of 367 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.0 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: Dwarves 98.4% ★, Fantasy 0.7%, 2D 0.6%, Indie 0.2%, Singleplayer 0.1%
- #20 Beard & Axe
84% 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!
Why similar: Dwarves 95.7% ★, Fantasy 1.8%, Indie 1.3%, 2D 1.2%
- #21 Embark
83% matchMixed61% of 388 reviews2019
Dev: Overly Complicated Games
Windows
Inspired by the deep simulation of Dwarf Fortress, the open world survival of Minecraft, and the social interactions of The Sims. Embark is a colony management game with a focus on complex simulation in a huge living 3D world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.6%, Base Building 20.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Simulation 4.8%
- #22 Bravada
82% matchVery Positive82% of 61 reviews2014
Dev: Interbellum team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 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.
Why similar: Dwarves 88.7% ★, Strategy 9.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #23 Realm Keep
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Harry Mahal
Windows
Realm keep is a turn based tactical RPG where you build and defend your settlement. You lead your colonists, plan battles, explore distant dungeons and destroy them.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.2%, Base Building 20%, Sandbox 15.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Simulation 6.4%
- #24 Delve Deeper
82% matchMixed61% of 420 reviews2010
Dev: Lunar GiantPub: Lunar Giant Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 90.9% ★, Strategy 7.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #25 Dungeon Marathon
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: Retro Army LimitedPub: paulstephendavis
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 27%
Dungeon Marathon is a new style of game where you must run through Dungeons, no fighting allowed!
Why similar: Dwarves 98% ★, Indie 2%
- #26 Boozy Dwarf
79% 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: Dwarves 98.2% ★, Indie 1.8%
- #27 The Dwarf Run
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 160 reviews2015
Dev: Alexander Mirdzveli
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The Dwarf Run is an old-fashioned RPG featuring turn-based combat, elements of point-n-click adventure and intriguing story line.
Why similar: Dwarves 96.8% ★, Fantasy 2%, Indie 1.2%
- #28 On & Under
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crabtr1
Windows
Build a fantasy settlement, guide unique villagers, reshape a fully destructible world, and lead your people in real-time battles against monsters, raiders, and rival factions. Raise a homestead, a druid's grove, a wizard's spire, a necromancer's deep lair—or something only you can imagine.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.5%, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Simulation 10.4%, Base Building 10.2%
- #29 Regions of Ruin: Runegate
76% matchVery Positive86% of 341 reviews2026
Dev: Gameclaw StudioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
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 53.4% ★, Colony Sim 23.1%, Base Building 14.7%, Fantasy 4.9%, 2D 2.9%
- #30 They Who Dwell Below
77% 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: Dwarves 90.8% ★, Multiple Endings 5.7%, Fantasy 2.2%, Indie 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #31 Hinterland
78% matchVery Positive80% of 255 reviews2008
Dev: Tilted Mill Entertainment, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 60%
June 11, 2009 - Update Two new playable Orc classes: Lord (Warrior) or Shaman. Expanded gameplay: Orcs consume twice as much food, learn martial skills faster, manufacture items slower, and the Shaman uses totems to summon creatures. Several new items regardless of character class.
Why similar: Dwarves 83.2% ★, Strategy 10.8%, Fantasy 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #32 Dingletopia: Nation Under Siege (by Orcs)
77% matchVery Positive91% of 187 reviews2020
Dev: GZ Storm
Windows
It's a nice sunny day in Dingletopia and Prince Dingle Dorfen and his wise adviser Forlorn Gumpel are slurping up the gorpulsen and planning their next conquest. Their life of luxury is soon interrupted however when Orcs burst into the lands with rattling sabers.
Why similar: Dwarves 71.3% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Simulation 11.1%, Indie 3.1%
- #33 TFM: The First Men
76% matchMixed61% of 410 reviews2022
Dev: Gathering Tree
Windows
An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8%, Base Building 24.7%, Sandbox 11.7%, Strategy 4.8%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #34 300 Dwarves
78% 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: Dwarves 100% ★
- #35 Deep Rock Galactic
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 377,011 reviews2020
Dev: Ghost Ship GamesPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 76.2 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!
Why similar: Dwarves 97.9% ★, Combat 2.1%
- #36 Oxygen Not Included
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 141,608 reviews2019
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 68.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Oxygen 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.
Why similar: Colony Sim 53.5%, Base Building 26.6%, Sandbox 9.4%, Strategy 3.6%, Simulation 3%
- #37 Skyberry Garden
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Catculus
Windows · Mac
Skyberry Garden is a cozy sky colony sim where space is your most precious resource. Design a thriving sanctuary on floating islands, master complex production chains, and harness ancient magic. Can you build a lasting home above the clouds?
Why similar: Colony Sim 46.6%, Base Building 20.4%, Sandbox 18.6%, Strategy 5.7%, 2D 3.1%
- #38 Warlords Battlecry III
75% matchVery Positive84% of 1,012 reviews2016
Dev: Infinite InteractivePub: Retroism
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 101.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 83.1% ★, Strategy 11.3%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #39 DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 1,085 reviews2023
Dev: The DFHack Team
Windows · Linux
Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Why similar: Dwarves 66.9% ★, Colony Sim 25.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Strategy 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #40 MediAevi
72% match1 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Brian De La FranierPub: Tavarin Games
Windows · Mac
A medieval fantasy colony sim based on Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, MediAevi features multiple playable races in a procedurally generated world. Make a sustainable colony and keep your colonists alive through raids and attacks. Research and Advance, to make better weapons, armors, spells, and more.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.8%, Sandbox 11.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Fantasy 8.5%, Simulation 7.7%
- #41 Founders' Fortune
73% matchVery Positive80% of 2,183 reviews2020
Dev: Dionic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.
Why similar: Colony Sim 56.2%, Base Building 20.9%, Sandbox 11.5%, Strategy 5.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #42 New Age
73% matchMixed63% of 137 reviews2019
Dev: G-type
Windows
New Age is a turn-based strategy-RPG with nonlinear quests, team PVP turn-based battles, coop mode and open world.
Why similar: Dwarves 90.5% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #43 Terra-7
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gamyeon
Windows · Mac
A sci fi business colony simulation on an alien planet. Extract resources, create production pipelines, research new buildings and trade resources with the Earth as you manage the expectations of your employees and defend from the alien flora that inhabits this world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 39.1%, Sandbox 19.5%, Base Building 17.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 9.8%
- #44 Fosoria
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Decoy Duck
Windows
Carve out and manage vast underground colonies! Build chambers, mine resources, and watch your settlement thrive. Assign specialized roles to your residents, then dig deeper to uncover ancient caves, precious resources, and mysterious tombs that unlock new possibilities.
Why similar: Colony Sim 52.1%, Base Building 24.3%, Sandbox 11.1%, Strategy 6.6%, Simulation 5.5%
- #45 Gridmax
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dream Gears
Windows
Survive a hostile alien world, gather resources, build a settlement, and grow your colony. Craft tools, construct defenses, and adapt to harsh environments in this open-ended survival colony simulator.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.7%, Sandbox 18.4%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 7.3%, Simulation 5%
- #46 Orc Colony
71% matchMixed60% of 42 reviews2019
Dev: Luzon Games
Windows
Take command of your first colony as the Orc Prince. Dig, Build and Expand your colony deeper underground.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Sandbox 10%, Simulation 9.8%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #47 Our Dear Kingdom
70% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Alex Voxel
Windows
Build and Manage your city. Raise your island from a small village to a big kingdom!
Why similar: Colony Sim 79%, Sandbox 8.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Simulation 5.1%, Indie 1.4%
- #48 Grim Realms
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 reviews2024
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.
Why similar: Colony Sim 42.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Sandbox 13%, Strategy 6.5%, Simulation 4.7%
- #49 Might and Magic: Heroes VII – Trial by Fire
71% matchMixed66% of 1,706 reviews2016
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Five years after the epic events of Might & Magic Heroes VII, lead the new Fortress faction to define the destiny of the Dwarves and shed light on some of the darkest chapters of their history.
Why similar: Dwarves 86.9% ★, Strategy 13.1%
- #50 Edge Islands
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 44%, Base Building 23.8%, Sandbox 15.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Simulation 5.4%
- #51 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
67% matchVery Positive86% of 47,714 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 29.1 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: Dwarves 98.4% ★, Combat 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #52 SuperColony
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antic Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
A real-time ant colony simulation game set in the hostile world of insects. Fight for resources, build underground networks, learn from the environment, harvest DNA from defeated foes, evolve new ant abilities, and guide hundreds of ants toward building a global SuperColony. Add to Wishlist now!
Why similar: Colony Sim 46%, Base Building 22.4%, Sandbox 16.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Simulation 5.8%
- #53 The Colony
71% matchMostly Negative32% of 22 reviews2018
Dev: Rusty Swain
Windows
The Colony is a city building game where the player must manage their resources in order for the population to survive and thrive. Constructing buildings and assigning jobs to villagers, you can gather resources like wood, food, stone, tin, and copper and use them to grow your village.
Why similar: Colony Sim 79.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Simulation 9.3%
- #54 Dig In
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vitar Games
Windows
A WW1 trench warfare colony sim where you build an evolving trench network with layered defenses, manage soldiers under pressure while holding a fragile sector of the front in real-time tactical battles.
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1%, Base Building 18.5%, Sandbox 14.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Simulation 7.5%
- #55 Dwarven Village
67% 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: Dwarves 70% ★, Base Building 17.5%, Strategy 6.4%, Fantasy 4.5%, 2D 1.1%
- #56 Maia
69% matchMixed44% of 1,064 reviews2018
Dev: Simon RothPub: Machine Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Maia is a colony building game set in the not-so-distant future. Your colonists make planetfall on a hostile world and you must ensure their survival and their safety, constructing their off-world habitat from almost nothing and sheltering them from a dangerous, often deadly environment.
Why similar: Colony Sim 57%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 9%, Sandbox 8.3%, Simulation 7.2%
- #57 Idyll
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IdyllWorks
Windows
A 3D voxel fantasy colony sim with online co-op. Build a settlement block-by-block, mine deep for rare resources, craft powerful gear, and defend your colonists from monsters and rival factions.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.6%, Base Building 26.4%, Strategy 7.9%, Simulation 6.1%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #58 Bronzebeard's Tavern
65% matchVery Positive94% of 6,925 reviews2023
Dev: Mermaid MenZ Games Limited
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Bronzebeard's Tavern is a goofy and playful restaurant manager sim where 1-8 players can work as a team with multiplayer co-op. Fulfill a number of different roles, serve a diverse range of customers and cook up delicious dwarven cuisine.
Why similar: Dwarves 86.1% ★, Simulation 6%, Comedy 4.8%, Fantasy 3.1%
- #59 Arc of Icarus
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 13B Productions
Windows
Build and lead your colony on a lost ringworld, where deadly conditions await on both sides while the world keeps turning! Progress through technological evolution, survive cultural revolution, and govern with a wise and steady hand!
Why similar: Colony Sim 49.3%, Sandbox 15.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Simulation 8.3%, Strategy 6.2%
- #60 Meowdieval Clowder
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DrillMind
Windows
Build a medieval colony… with cats! Progress from a wooden club to a steel claymore, build a dynasty with inheritable traits, and defend your clowder from mice, rats, and dogs. Send brave squads to explore the world and remember: here, sharp claws and a fluffy tail rule.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.4%, Base Building 22.8%, Sandbox 11.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Simulation 5.7%