Games like Dwarf Fortress
Games like Dwarf Fortress include RimWorld, Manor Lords, Kingdoms and Castles, Oxygen Not Included, and Prison Architect. We matched them by the tags players give Dwarf Fortress on Steam (Dwarves, Colony Sim, Base Building, Simulation, and Strategy): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.
RimWorld
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy
Manor Lords
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Simulation
Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Simulation
Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Survival
Prison Architect
Shared: Simulation · Base Building · Colony Sim
Against the Storm
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Base Building
Empires of the Undergrowth
Shared: Base Building · Simulation · Strategy
Banished
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Simulation
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Simulation
Frostpunk
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy
Craft The World
Shared: Dwarves · Colony Sim · Sandbox
Norland
Shared: Simulation · Strategy · Base Building
Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy
Cities: Skylines
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Strategy
Foundation
Shared: Simulation · City Builder · Strategy
Timberborn
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Sandbox
Settlement Survival
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Simulation
Factorio
Shared: Base Building · Strategy · Sandbox
Endzone - A World Apart
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Simulation
Ostriv
Shared: Simulation · Colony Sim · Strategy
Going Medieval
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · Strategy
Stonehearth
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Strategy
Planetbase
Shared: Colony Sim · Base Building · City Builder
Dawn of Man
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Simulation