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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 40 games similar to DwarfCorp down to the 10 that fit the “Fantasy” category. Rusty's Retirement, WorldBox and Cult of the Lamb top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to DwarfCorp.

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The best games with a fantasy setting like DwarfCorp

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to DwarfCorp. Each one has been evaluated across 7 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Rusty's RetirementClosest overall match

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyManagementBase BuildingIsometric

Steam👍 97%· 15K

Year 2024Dev Mister Morris GamesPlaytime ~18hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe casual, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Rusty's Retirement is an idle-farming simulator designed to sit at the bottom of your screen allowing you to work on other tasks while caring for your farm! Grow crops: Plant crops and watch Rusty get to work as he waters, nurtures, and harvests.

Where it drifts furthest from DwarfCorp: tone and setting.

Released 7 years after DwarfCorp.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingManagementIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 54K

Year 2018Dev Maxim KarpenkoOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, deep RPG systems and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from DwarfCorp: tone and setting.

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#3Cult of the LambClosest on setting

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingMeleeCozy

Steam👍 96%· 124KRAWG👍 86%· 447OC84· 141

Year 2022Dev Massive Monster · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~10hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and roguelike runs, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Start your own cult in a land of false prophets, venturing out into diverse and mysterious regions to build a loyal community of woodland worshippers and spread your Word to become the one true cult.

Where it drifts furthest from DwarfCorp: tone and visuals.

Released 5 years after DwarfCorp.

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GenreStrategySubgenreCity Builder

SoloFantasyBase BuildingCozyCasual

Steam👍 92%· 44KIGDB70· 10OC75· 70

Year 2019Dev Pathea Games · Team17On PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the city builders cluster, with deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and survival mechanics, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Where it drifts furthest from DwarfCorp: tone and visuals.

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#5Dwarf FortressClosest on visuals

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy

SoloFantasyBase BuildingManagementIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 31KIGDB84OC90· 13

Dev Bay 12 GamesOn Linux · PC · Mac

✓ If you enjoyed DwarfCorp, expect deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and deep RPG systems, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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GenreStrategySubgenreGrand Strategy

SoloFantasyBase BuildingManagementIsometric

Steam👍 75%· 3.5KRAWG👍 50%· 39

Year 2016Dev Robotronic GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with DwarfCorp: deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and turn-based strategy, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

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.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTower Defense

SoloFantasyBase BuildingManagementSandbox World

Steam👍 88%· 7.7KRAWG👍 68%· 40

Year 2019Dev Raymond Doerr · SixtyGig GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Shared with DwarfCorp: deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: tower defense planning, survival mechanics and sandbox freedom, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

Follow Development About the Game Rise to Ruins is at heart a godlike village simulator, but it also throws in plenty of familiar game play mechanics from classic 90s era real-time strategy games like Warcraft, along with some tower defense and survival elements in an attempt to create a new kind…

Where it drifts furthest from DwarfCorp: visuals.

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GenreStrategySubgenreRTS

SoloFantasyIsometricSandbox World

IGDB73· 3

Year 2005Dev Lionhead Studios · Feral InteractiveOn PC · Mac

✓ Shared with DwarfCorp: deep simulation, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: real-time strategy, deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

It predates DwarfCorp by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#9Disciples II: Dark ProphecyClosest on tone

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloDarkFantasyIsometricTactical

Year 2002Dev Strategy First · StardockOn PC

✓ Like DwarfCorp, it's known for dark, oppressive atmosphere, fantasy world and single-player focus

≠ Stands apart with turn-based strategy, combat tactical and ranged combat, while skipping deep simulation

It predates DwarfCorp by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#10Guardians of Graxia

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloFantasyIsometricThird Person

Steam👍 38%· 178IGDB60· 1

Year 2010Dev PetroglyphPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ If you enjoyed DwarfCorp, expect fantasy world, single-player focus and visual isometric

≠ Where it differs: brings turn-based strategy, card game strategy and visual third person, while skipping deep simulation

Guardians of Graxia takes on the form of a card-based board game set in a floating island environment high in the sky of the Graxia world. Releasing with four powerful Guardians that will guide your armies into battle, charge onto the battlefield by laying out your forces strategically.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly negative, against mixed for DwarfCorp.

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