Colony sims like First Dwarf

If the chaotic and atmospheric rhythm of First Dwarf stuck with you, this helps. These colony sims line up well for what comes next. You can bring friends along for most of these.

DwarfCorp
Build a colony of ruthless capitalist Dwarves in a strange fantasy land.
Chaotic
55% of 158 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Craft The World
Lead a tribe of dwarves on a randomly generated island, from one sleepy dwarf to a busy fortress. You give the orders to dig, build, gather and fight, keep them fed and clothed, and hold the walls when portals spit out zombies, skeletons and goblins.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
88% of 15,161 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 386$18.99
Regions of Ruin: Runegate
A hack-and-slash RPG with a rebuilding thread for colony sim fans: you play a lone dwarf clearing monster-held lands, rescuing allies, and slowly turning a ruined camp into a working haven that gathers resources while you are away.
Fast-paced, Mysterious, Dark
85% of 412 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Hammerting
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.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
57% of 1,736 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 18$24.99
TFM: The First Men
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?
Also in Survival crafting
55% of 372 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Mountaincore
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!
Also in Survival crafting
66% of 272 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
Towers of Aghasba
Towers of Aghasba puts you to work as a junior architect rebuilding Shimu villages on a blighted island. You raise settlements, plant strange ecosystems that draw in creatures, and clear back the Withered. A relaxed builder for colony sim fans who like growing a living place rather than managing hunger bars.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Atmospheric
67% of 1,914 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$29.99
Drake Hollow
Trapped in the blighted Hollow, you rescue small vegetable Drakes and build them a village that keeps them fed, watered and entertained. In return they hand out buffs and gifts. A colorful, cute colony sim crossed with exploration and base defense, solo or in co-op for up to four.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
77% of 1,162 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$29.99
A Game of Dwarves
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.
Also in Survival crafting
64% of 370 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
DYSPLACED
DYSPLACED is a top-down survival action-RPG where you play a summoned Guardian clearing corruption, smashing nearly everything for materials, and building outposts across a dying fantasy realm. For colony sim fans, the draw is the outpost network rather than managing settlers.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Chaotic, Fast-paced, Mysterious
86% of 314 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 21$24.99
Nested Lands
A dark medieval settlement RPG where you recruit peasants, give each one a job, and keep the whole village fed, doctored and defended through plague, winter and bandit raids, solo or in online co-op.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op · Dark
74% of 535 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 31$14.99
Orebound
Orebound is a first-person dwarven factory game in a voxel open world, not a settler colony sim. You mine, craft and automate your way toward the Emberstone, build a fortress and fight what lives below. Worth a look if colony sim fans want a break from managing needs and morale to just dig deep and make machines do the work.
Also in Survival crafting and Co-op
78% of 965 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$24.99

Cheaper than First Dwarf

DwarfCorp

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

$2.99

Craft The World

Lead a tribe of dwarves on a randomly generated island, from one sleepy dwarf to a busy fortress.

$18.99

Regions of Ruin: Runegate

A hack-and-slash RPG with a rebuilding thread for colony sim fans: you play a lone dwarf clearing monster-held lands, rescuing allies, and slowly…

$19.99

A Game of Dwarves

A Dwarven Prince on a quest to reclaim his people’s stolen land will take you on a great journey.

$9.99

Nested Lands

A dark medieval settlement RPG where you recruit peasants, give each one a job, and keep the whole village fed, doctored and defended through…

$14.99

Regions Of Ruin

Regions of Ruin is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG where you fight across a ruined continent and rebuild a dwarven town from nothing.

$11.99

Dwarf Fortress

Build a mountain fortress for seven dwarves and try to keep them fed, watered with beer, and reasonably sane while history, weather, goblins…

$23.99

Farworld Pioneers

Explore an open world, sci-fi sandbox – in PVP, PVE, and co-op.

$3.74

Outpost Zero

Outpost Zero blends the genres of Multiplayer Base Building Survival and Simulation games in a Sci-Fi universe.

$3.99

Journey Of Life

You have experienced the sudden loss of your wealth, which has compelled you to abandon your previous life and begin anew.

$14.99

Edge Islands

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…

$10.79

Fera: The Sundered Tribes

Fera: The Sundered Tribes is an enthralling mixture of monster hunting survival action RPG with village building and tribe management with…

$9.99

Hidden gems like First Dwarf

Regions of Ruin: Runegate

A hack-and-slash RPG with a rebuilding thread for colony sim fans: you play a lone dwarf clearing monster-held lands, rescuing allies, and slowly…

$19.99

DYSPLACED

DYSPLACED is a top-down survival action-RPG where you play a summoned Guardian clearing corruption, smashing nearly everything for materials, and…

$24.99

Nested Lands

A dark medieval settlement RPG where you recruit peasants, give each one a job, and keep the whole village fed, doctored and defended through…

$14.99

Orebound

Orebound is a first-person dwarven factory game in a voxel open world, not a settler colony sim.

$24.99

Romestead

Rome fell, the dead walk at night, and your camp needs dinner.

$13.99

Necesse

Necesse is a top-down survival crafting game where you found a village in an infinite procedurally generated world and grow it into a working colony.

$14.99

Grim Realms

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves?

$14.99

Ark of Charon

Build a mobile fortress on the back of a giant and mysterious walking Tree and embark on a journey in this merge of tower defense and colony…

$24.99

Darfall

Darfall is a hero-based RPG city-building game that puts you in the role of a hero who must protect their home and help it grow!

$24.99

Forever Skies

Forever Skies puts colony sim fans in charge of a flying base instead of a village: a customizable airship that works as home, workshop, and lab…

$29.99

Don't get lost

A procedurally-generated, open-world, first-person colony sim.

Free

Dream Engines: Nomad Cities

You house and feed your people, automate production lines, fortify against raids, then lift the whole town and fly on when the attacks get too rough.

$29.99

Newest colony sims like First Dwarf