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There are a few games inspired in Dwarf Fortress, such as Gnomeria and Rimworld, for audiences that are a more casual.

Dwarf Fortress is hard to master.

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead also comes to mind. https://cataclysmdda.org/

I love CDDA, but it's not nearly about simulation as DF is.

Rimworld made me forget all my DF keyboard menu commands. From 2009 I had mastered DF keyboard shortcuts like a total maniac.

But then I discovered Rimworld, I bought it when it wasn't even on Steam yet so the author e-mailed the download link to you. But I stopped playing when they introduced a bunch of royalty, ESP and religion. Now I'm waiting for the new DF UI in Steam because I wouldn't want to re-learn all the shortcuts.

Well, “Royalty” adds quite interesting magic system, and “Ideology” adds belief systems, which are fun and are not required to be religious. You can have transhumanist female supremacists, who require their men to go around naked and really like weed parties.

Anyway, Royalty and Ideology are DLCs, so you can totally play without them.

The DLCs are welcome additions because once you complete the tech tree and spaceship, you were forced to start over.

Rimworld is an absolute masterpiece. As a long time DF player I highly, highly recommend Rimworld!

Minecraft was inspired in part by Dwarf Fortress as well.

Nice, I did not know this.

It's funny because I also feel like Rimworld is a really difficult game to play, but it's a blast once you get the hang of it.

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