Best Dwarves Games on Steam
Games featuring dwarves, underground halls, mining clans, craft, or fantasy labor.
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1Deep Rock Galactic
- Players say: Lead a team of space dwarves through shifting alien caves, mining resources, fighting bug swarms, and escaping together. Players like: Co-op Teamwork · Procedural Cave Runs · Class And Weapon Builds
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Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
May 13, 2020
In this game, you can…
- drink a round that rockets the whole team forward, then slam into each other and the station while shouting and tossing mugs.
- freeze enemies solid, drill them to pieces, and heal off them while they can't move or fight back.
- hit the drop pod with seconds left, spot a teammate down far away, and turn the escape into a full rescue run mid-extraction.
- turn a pre-mission lobby into a hangout with beer, dancing, minigames, and physical goofing around instead of menus.
- grapple to impossible-to-reach minerals, then have a teammate shoot a platform under you so you can mine safely and get out.
- finish the objective, call extraction, then carve a brand-new tunnel straight to the drop pod while bugs race you through it.
- fight off swarms in caves that aren't preset arenas, so every defense turns into a new improvisation based on cliffs, tunnels, and open voids.
- bring a solo drone that mines, lights caves, carries minerals, digs paths, and can revive you so you can still finish missions alone.
2Total War: WARHAMMER II
- Players say: Lead one of four fantasy factions in a turn-based campaign, building an empire and commanding real-time battles for the Great Vortex. Players like: Distinct Faction Playstyles · Replayable Campaigns · Large Fantasy Battles
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The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.
Sep 28, 2017
In this game, you can…
- get ambushed, eat a tactical nuke minutes into the fight, then rebuild your entire battle line mid-chaos and still win.
- lead an army of thousands of rats with poison bombs, lightning cannons, and rapid-fire guns that can erase units fast.
- play on a stitched-together mega-map where every race from both games is in one campaign with wildly different starting situations.
- race other empires to complete world-shaking rituals, then hold off enemy counterattacks long enough to finish yours.
- set up a chokepoint defense where one perfect position and timed spells lets you beat multiple elite armies at once.
- send a single hero into the front line to fight whole groups alone, then swing the battle with healing or devastating magic.
- slam cavalry into a line hard enough to rip it open, then follow up with hydras, dragons, and phoenixes to finish the collapse.
- pull 10,000 gold from a shipwreck, drop it straight into new buildings, then use the upgrade to launch your next conquest.
3Dwarf Fortress
- Players say: Lead a band of dwarves in a generated fantasy world, building an underground fortress and managing its people, supplies, and defenses. Players like: Emergent Fortress Stories · Deep World Simulation · Creative Building Freedom
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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.
Dec 6, 2022
In this game, you can…
- build a coin-launching minecart track that works like a cannon, then use it to train dodging by pelting your own soldiers at high speed.
- see a miner dodge a forgotten beast's attacks and crack its skull open with a pickaxe in three hits, then later solo a werebeast too.
- have a child punch a giant once, explode its head instantly, get a nickname, and grow into the fortress's most terrifying fighter.
- raise a drawbridge, repel thieves, and later get haunted by the stolen baby's ghost drifting through walls at your front gate.
- watch kidnapped war animals turn on an invading army and tear through dozens of enemy soldiers before your commander even arrives.
- design custom kill-zones with bridges that drop invaders into drowning traps, steel spikes, magma, or pits full of captured monsters.
- lock one dwarf underground for two years of nonstop training, then release him to wipe out attackers and calmly return to the basement.
- shoot a necromancer full of holes while rescuing a baby, then watch your mayor leap an entire moat with a battleaxe like physics is optional.
4LEGO® The Lord of the Rings™
- Players say: Join Frodo and the Fellowship to fight, solve character-based puzzles, and explore LEGO Middle-earth on a quest to destroy the Ring. Players like: Faithful Trilogy Retelling · Middle-earth Exploration · LEGO Humor
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Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO® The Lord of the Rings follows the original story-lines of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, taking players through the epic story events re-imagined with the humor and endl
Nov 27, 2012
In this game, you can…
- walk from the Shire to Mordor in one connected open world.
- forge Mithril into bizarre gear like the Disco Phial that makes everyone dance.
- split the story with a Palantír so one player follows Frodo while another simultaneously plays Gandalf in a different location.
- play through the Balrog showdown, including falling with it the whole way down.
- start in Hobbiton, get chased through a cornfield, dodge Nazgûl in the woods, then bolt for the ferry as the journey kicks off.
- instantly swap characters to levitate objects, smash blocked paths, or shoot arrows into walls to build your way forward.
- run goat and pig races, then pick up NPC errands that send you clear across Middle-earth for rare rewards.
5Absolum
- Players say: Lead four outcast heroes in a fantasy rebellion, chaining beat-'em-up combos and spell builds across branching roguelite runs. Players like: Weighty Combo Combat · Branching Secret Routes · Distinct Hero Styles
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Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
Oct 9, 2025
In this game, you can…
- turn enemies you grab and throw into magical grenades that explode for area damage.
- revisit an early area and find it transformed by quests, with new set pieces, split paths, and tougher enemies roaming in.
- stack crit effects so rifts shoot lasers, spawn monsters, and drop items every time you crit.
- parry, clash, and perfect-dodge through fights until combos chain like a rhythm game.
- build an army of cosmic-horror summons you can run with just two buttons.
- rebuild a bridge to unlock new travel, then deal with midgame enemies wandering back into starting zones because of it.
- uncover secret routes and special events mid-run, then have those discoveries change what can appear on later runs.
- fight on mounts, using mounted combat for a different angle on brawls, and pet the mounts afterward.
6Bronzebeard's Tavern
- Players say: Run a dwarf-run tavern alone or with up to seven others, planning menus and juggling cooking, service, and upgrades. Players like: Co-op With Friends · Chaotic Teamwork · Tavern Progression
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Bronzebeard's Tavern is a goofy and playful restaurant manager sim where 1-8 players can work as a team with multiplayer co-op. Fulfill a number of different roles, serve a diverse range of customers and cook up delicious dwarven cuisine.
Nov 30, 2023
In this game, you can…
- run a tavern with up to seven other dwarves.
- fling yourself over counters, throw plates out the service window, punch customers, and toss ale at your coworkers.
- feed a special guest multiple plates to earn a buff for their table, or race to satisfy a boss customer before they punish the whole run.
- design the day's menu in the morning, then realize someone set the board wrong and you're serving desserts as main courses.
- serve goblins, dragons, and little kids, and try to match race-specific snack requests for extra tips.
- deal with chain-reaction emergencies where a goblin wrecks tables, the power goes out, everyone demands burnt fish, and you still have to seat more customers.
- burn coal to keep the lights on, then scramble back to cooking and serving when the kitchen and seating bottleneck at the same time.
7Battle for Wesnoth
- Players say: Lead fantasy armies through story campaigns and hex-grid battles, balancing terrain, unit growth, and risky combat odds. Players like: Tactical Positioning · Campaign Variety · Community-Made Content
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The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
May 1, 2018
In this game, you can…
- fight battles with up to nine commanders and hundreds of units spread across a huge map.
- create and share entire new campaigns, factions, and game modes, turning the base game into dozens of different genres.
- carry veteran survivors from one scenario into the next, then spend village gold to recruit fresh troops around them.
- time full offensives around day and night, pushing at dawn and falling back to villages before undead surge after dark.
- turn forests, hills, and mountains into near-untouchable strongholds, then watch a barely-alive unit level up mid-fight and flip the flank.
- play missions where the goal is to survive, escort, or hold out until reinforcements arrive, then break out when the script turns.
- level a rookie into a powerhouse, choosing upgrade paths until your former expendable soldier becomes the core of your army.
- sacrifice waves of cheap units to grind down an enemy leader through pure attrition until they finally collapse.
8Cave Crawlers
- Players say: Lead a dwarf through procedurally generated caves, shaping weapon talents and fighting enemies and biome bosses solo or in co-op. Players like: Co-op Cave Runs · Flexible Weapon Builds · Cave Exploration
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Cave Crawlers is a 1-10 player rogue lite set deep underground in a system of randomly generated caves. Players use weapons, spells, and talents to defeat the unique bosses and enemies found in each biome.
Jul 10, 2023
In this game, you can…
- team up with up to 10 players in co-op, with bigger squads making the caves harder and the run louder.
- build a run around 100+ weapons, each with its own talent effect and weapon-specific talent tree.
- fight in pitch-black caves when your torch burns out, then strike flint and steel to get light back mid-combat.
- enter trapped rooms for big rewards, then hit a ladder into an abandoned mine shaft and keep pushing deeper.
- reach deep floors like 25 in a single run, where bosses and enemy encounters ramp into unexpectedly complex fights.
- use a torch to heal allies, then swap to a weapon and keep the team alive while the cave keeps spawning trouble.
- stack talents, spells, gear, and room discoveries until your playstyle shifts mid-run into a totally different build.
9Rampage Knights
- Players say: Fight through a spellbound castle alone or in two-player co-op, adapting to changing gear and spells in randomized dungeons. Players like: Chaotic Co-op · Randomized Builds · Replayable Runs
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Rampage Knights is a cooperative beat 'em up game mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.
Sep 4, 2015
In this game, you can…
- turn into a chicken mid-fight and only attack again after you lay an egg.
- pick up an enemy, spin them into the crowd, then throw them into a wall or straight into a pit for an instant kill.
- fight bosses while dead as a ghost, and revive yourself by killing enough enemies in the arena.
- get cursed with a giant foot that stomps your exact spot on a timer.
- uppercut an enemy into the air, juggle them with hits, then slam them back down.
- hit a Wheel of Misfortune that gives both co-op players the same curse at once, forcing you to survive the chaos together.
- stack a weapon's damage based on how many curses you have, then pair it with lifesteal and a constant bleed to go on a reckless room-to-room rampage.
- drink random potions that might heal you, curse you, or become powerful only when they combine with your other gear.
10Gnomes
- Players say: Move gnome defenders, grow crops for gold, and reshape procedural maps to hold off goblins in turn-based tower defense runs. Players like: Strategic Maze-Building · Movable Gnome Towers · Varied Roguelike Runs
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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
Apr 4, 2025
In this game, you can…
- rebuild your whole defense every day as the map expands and new goblin routes appear.
- unlock wizards who can move rocks, then reshape rock-filled maps into new paths and chokepoints.
- stack eight coffee plants around one gnome to massively speed it up.
- reroute goblins into a single kill corridor by placing obstacles and gnomes.
- pick up and reposition your gnomes each round to respond to shifting spawn points.
- turn crops into frontline defenses, where goblins trample them and trigger damage or debuffs.
- keep playing after you clear the map in endless mode until the waves finally overwhelm you.
- take a daily challenge run and compete for leaderboard placement with the same puzzle map.
