Editing Dwarf Fortress (section)

==The Rip-offs==
The chief problem with Dwarf Fortress, from the perspective of marketing, is that the interface is so goddamn hard to understand. Thus, a few developers (even the actual Dwarf Fortress devs, hence why the Steam version exists) have got it in their head to make "Dwarf Fortress, but playable by mere mortals". Here are a few identified so far, organized from most to least Dwarf Fortress-like:

* [[Rimworld|Rimworld]], a game which is basically DORF FORTRESS IN SPESS, almost as detailed, though it features no dwarves (or considering it's in space, no [[squats]]). Available on Steam, and has a thriving modding community which does everything from basic changes to incredibly handy utilities to overhauls. There's a WH40k mod on Steam; so instead of your usual colonists dying horrible deaths, you can have your usual guardsmen dying horrible deaths.

* Gnomoria.  While many long-time Dwarf Fortress player despise Gnomoria for stealing a dragon's-hoard-worth of features from Dwarf Fortress and subsequently departing from the Roguelike genre, it does have redeeming qualities.  Namely as a Dwarf Fortress lite.  It has a point-and-click interface (more so than DF), an isometric view, full-color GUI, a (relatively) simpler economy and production system, in-game explanations for several gameplay elements, and less options in general. However, there is a project ongoing to give dwarf fortress isometric graphics. (It costs about 8 bucks on Steam currently, so it isn't free, but that's the price you have to pay for being a [[Cato Sicarius|namby-pamby prissy little princess]] who needs training wheels on their Dwarven experience the first few go-arounds.)

* Amazing Cultivation Simulator:  A essentially Dwarf Fortress in a chinese Xianxia setting where you're tasked with making a sect of rice farmers cultivate into demigods.

* Craft The World: Basically dwarf fortress but sideways not top down [[fail| its mission based though and has dlc]] you dig down and build a fortress then defend it from monsters.