Games like First Dwarf
If First Dwarf is your kind of game, the closest matches are Welcome to ParadiZe, Infinity Knights: Xross and Towers of Aghasba — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About First Dwarf: Pilot a dwarven mech and fly a dragon as you build and defend outposts across a shattered magical realm. Craft, explore, and survive the dangers of floating islands corrupted by the Taint in this action-packed survival RPG with base-building and co-op.
Players who liked First Dwarf also play
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Welcome to ParadiZe
WHY THIS
Top pick for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with First Dwarf.
Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.
Infinity Knights: Xross
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
A 3-player couch co-op action-adventure RPG. A King and his Infinity Knights wield The Armaments - weapons capable of reviving slain enemies. Xross, the newest Infinity Knight, will embark on a life-changing adventure as he experiences both the thrill and dark reality of what it means to be eternal.
Towers of Aghasba
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Third-strongest match for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with First Dwarf.
Explore a stunning open-world filled with majestic creatures and quirky characters. Nurture the barren land into vibrant ecosystems and flex your creativity as you build a thriving civilization in balance with nature.
Monster Outbreak
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with First Dwarf.
Ranked #4 for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
The King's dimensional orb has malfunctioned, bringing hordes of monsters into the Kingdom. Defend your safeground against the monsters by gathering resources, building defenses, upgrading your arsenal, and surviving long enough to find the source of monsters and destroy it.
The Riftbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with First Dwarf.
Ranked #5 for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Orebound
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Ranked #6 for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Chronicon
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with First Dwarf.
Ranked #7 for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Use the magical device known as the Chronicon to travel into the souls and memories of fallen heroes to re-live their grand tales! Epic adventures full of loot and monsters await!
Hammerting
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Ranked #8 for First Dwarf fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with First Dwarf.
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.
Reviewers mention these as similar to First Dwarf
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The Riftbreaker
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Volcanoids
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
A base-building open-world survival shooter that replaces your typical base with a giant drill. Alone or with friends, explore an island plagued by eruptions, upgrade your drill, and fight robots to uncover what's been hiding beneath the surface.
Abiotic Factor
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with First Dwarf.
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Enshrouded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.
Survival: Fountain of Youth
WHY THIS
Shares island exploration and an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
IfSunSets
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
「IfSunSets」 is a survival RPG adventure game. During the day, secure necessary supplies across the island, and survive the night against strong and terrifying monsters that track you down. You can utilize resources you've secured to build a base to fend off threatening monsters.
Grounded
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Reviewers of First Dwarf cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with First Dwarf.
The world is a vast, beautiful and dangerous place – especially when you have been shrunk to the size of an ant. Can you thrive alongside the hordes of giant insects, fighting to survive the perils of the backyard?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below First Dwarf at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Indie with First Dwarf.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Action and Early Access with First Dwarf.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Action with First Dwarf.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Indie with First Dwarf.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with First Dwarf.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under First Dwarf on Steam right now. Shares Indie with First Dwarf.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with First Dwarf.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with First Dwarf.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
Wires And Whiskers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Wires and Whiskers is a local co-op action-puzzle game where two players control a lab-engineered gerbil and its magnetic exosuit. Work together to fight mutated enemies, solve magnetic puzzles, and survive in a ruined, post-apocalyptic trench world.
SCP – Containment Breach
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
A procedural first-person horror adventure. You are on your own after something goes terribly wrong in this top-secret containment facility. Collect items to aid in your escape and try to uncover the truth, as horror lurks behind every door. Can you make it out alive?
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with First Dwarf.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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More from Star Drifters
Other recommendable Steam games by Star Drifters, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Driftland: The Magic Revival
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Another title from Star Drifters, the studio behind First Dwarf. Shares Indie and RPG with First Dwarf.
After a devastating war between ancient mages, a powerful spell is all that holds together the shattered planet of Driftland. Take on the role of a powerful mage capable of moving and connecting floating lands, develop a mighty empire, and restore Driftland to its former glory!
Brewpub Simulator
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Another title from Star Drifters, the studio behind First Dwarf. Shares Indie with First Dwarf.
Quit your day job, open a bar! Decorate the place, create your own beer and design your labels. Keep your kegs full and your customers happy, and never stop growing!
Danger Scavenger
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Another title from Star Drifters, the studio behind First Dwarf. Shares Action and Indie with First Dwarf.
Danger Scavenger is fast-paced action, cyberpunk-themed, roguelite skyline crawler. Blow up, cut, shoot enemy robots on the roofs of skyscrapers. Choose your way to higher levels, loot, buy stuff, upgrade yourself, fight against greedy corporations, be a rebel!
Nomads of Driftland
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with First Dwarf.
Another title from Star Drifters, the studio behind First Dwarf. Shares Indie with First Dwarf.
Not everyone on the planet Driftland is happy with the new order brought by the mages-rulers. Is this nothing more than an attempt to restore the apparent balance that has almost destroyed the entire planet once? Join the brave Nomads and fight for freedom on your own terms.
Frequently asked about First Dwarf
- Is First Dwarf verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — First Dwarf is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does First Dwarf cost?
- First Dwarf is listed on Steam at 14.24 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does First Dwarf have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — First Dwarf supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op).
- What games are most similar to First Dwarf?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside First Dwarf are Welcome to ParadiZe, Infinity Knights: Xross, Towers of Aghasba.
- Who developed First Dwarf?
- First Dwarf was developed by Star Drifters and published by Star Drifters, 4Divinity.
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