Gnomoria

Love this old indie game, unfortunately the developer had to step away so the bugs that are in remain. But it's a fun one when you want a light simulator of guiding your gnomes to survive; digging out the earth and farming the surface while holding out against animals, goblins, and other critters.

This game turned out to be a full clone... well, replica of DF. truly speaking, i'm not the master of DF. I was dying by first encounters, and it was hard pain to understand how military part of DF should work. so I can't get back to it ) Gnomoria is easier to handle. After 3 or 4 restarts of Gnomoria i was able to live long enough to meet 1st beasts. and my Militia was able to understand that they need to take sword and fight. so 3 or 4 died this day ) Wohooo! I big UI progress comparing to original. well, there is still some pain with UI, menus, help (it's absent, right?) but it's definitely playable and fun. Any disadvantages? you need to pay for this, while DF is free. And once you master Gnomoria, you might want DF deepness (may be DF will have some UI/UX improvements by this moment. the more we pay for clone, the more chances DF will be improved to market level)

The only reason it doesn't have 5 stars is cause DF exists. But it's the next best thing. Get it if you're having problems with DF, or in my case if you're PC is not strong enough and experiences lag-death in DF, this game doesn't. Also, very moddable, I once replaced all the animals with insects, seemed more gnomish.

If you have to get this, get it as an introduction game to Dwarf Fortress. It's decent in its own right, but is basically the quicker and easier to get into version of DF.

yeah but.. i like it but.. It's fun but... IDK but...