Single-player games like Dwarfs!?
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Dwarfs!?, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
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.
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Dwarfs - F2P
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
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”.
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Gnomes
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
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Hold The Mine
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwarfs!?.
Explore and defend your mine against waves of monsters in this innovative roguelike survival game! Collect and manage your resources, discover buildings with unique effects and unleash mighty heroes to hold monsters out of the mine until the sun rises.
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Hammerting
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
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.
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Gem Miner TD
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, stack buffs, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava!
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Drill Core
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dwarfs!?.
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
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They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwarfs!?.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Dwarfs!?.
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!
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Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Single-player alternative to Dwarfs!? — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dwarfs!?.
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.