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Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game with two modes: fortress and adventure.

Top 7 Open-Source Alternatives to Dwarf Fortress

0 A.D. Minetest The Powder Toy Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead Minecraft DayZ Widelands

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Dwarf Fortress are 0 A.D., Minetest, and The Powder Toy. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
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    0 A. D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers. Download 0 A. D.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games

  2. Minetest is a near-infinite-world block sandbox game and a game engine, inspired by InfiniMiner...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 12 social mentions

  3. The Powder Toy is a desktop version of the classic 'falling sand' physics sandbox game, it simulates air pressure and velocity as well as heat!
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 18 social mentions

  4. Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a Survival, Turn-Based, Post-Apocalypse, and Single-Player video game produced by CleverRaven.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Action #Adventure #Games 83 social mentions

  5. A block-building game that allows you to create and explore entire worlds from scratch.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Block-building Games #2D Simulator 62 social mentions

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    DayZ is an open world multiplayer survival game that tosses you in the midst of a zombie apocalypse.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Action Games #Adventure Games 3 social mentions

  7. Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Games #Strategy Games #Action Games

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