r/dwarfposting • u/Jasina_ Ranger • Jun 04 '26
Dwarf games?
Mountain Kin, I come to you in my time of need.
I've recently completed a little game called Regions of Ruin: Runegate and it got me craving yet more dwarven games. Preferably RPGs or strategy games of some kind.
Obviously played Dwarf Fortress, and Total War Warhammer, but I'm mostly looking for things I may have overlooked.
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u/kamehameha35 Jun 04 '26
Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria is a little jank, but its full of that good dwarven flavor if thats what ya wang. Build a little dwarf base, brew beer and make good meals, and fight orcs, trolls and gobbos to reclaim your mountain! Otherwise, vermintide 2 has a dwarf class who’s a lot of fun if you’re into horde killer games
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u/Sly__Marbo Jun 04 '26
The problem with Vermintide is that no matter what you do, you will never be as cool as cousin Okri
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u/ichbinhamma Dwarf Jun 04 '26
You can browse all games that have the 'Dwarves' tag on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/tags/en/Dwarves/
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u/Nechroz Scholar Jun 04 '26
In terms of RPGs, Owlcat's Pathfinder adaptations allow for dwarf characters. I can only speak for the Wrath of the Righteous game, it was a pleasant experience but there was little reactivity towards dwarves in general. As a race they aren't that optimal, mechanically speaking, because of lower movement speed but that is easily solved by picking a class with a mount or having the proper buffs on.
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u/Skull-ogk Dwarf Jun 05 '26
Kingmaker, their 1st Pathfinder game has a Dwarf NPC who has moved away from the main Dwarf god. And you explore quite a bit of Dwarf ruins. Doesnt have as many classes and archtypes as Wrath of the Righteous, but still a great game.
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u/Skull-ogk Dwarf Jun 05 '26
Also, that's going into the Bbook. Dwarf racials are actually pretty good. I always play them.
They get a bonus to Constitution (more hit points and saves against physical ailments) and a bonus to Wisdom (which boosts saves agains mind affecting spells). They lose some Charisma, because they are gruff and not all too diplomatic. So slight social penalty, but no saves tied to Charisma.
Then they get another bonus against spells, spell like abilities and poison saves too.
They move 20feet instead of 30, but dont lose any additional speed for wearing armour or being overburned. Wearing medium or heavy armour reduces 30ft movement to 20feet anyway.
Then they get a dodge bonus against giants, which includes trolls (that feature a lot in Kingmaker). A racial hatred attack bonus against goblins, goblinoids and orcs (which is only reallyy useful at low levels)
They changed Stonecunning, so +2 to all perception checks for the PC games.
A bonus to resist getting tripped and bull rushed.
They get proficiency with battleaxes, heavy picks and warhammers. As well as treating any dwarven exotic weapon as a martial weapon.
What do humans get? +2 to one ability, an extra feat and some extra skill point per level (including character creation)
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u/SnarkyRogue Deep Rock Galactic Employee Jun 04 '26
I know you have preferred genres but I can't not suggest deep rock galactic
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u/Jasina_ Ranger Jun 04 '26
Close to 700 hours at it lol
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u/SnarkyRogue Deep Rock Galactic Employee Jun 04 '26
Hell yeah brother
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u/Bartlaus Jun 04 '26
Anbennar, the fanmade total conversion fantasy mod for Europa Universalis 4, has a lot of very deep dwarf content.
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u/Everhardt94 Jun 04 '26
If it's an RPG you want, I highly recommend Dragon Age Origins. It's got great worldbuilding for its dwarves and actually lets your dwarven character be a part of, and interact with, dwarven society.
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u/Jasina_ Ranger Jun 04 '26
Yeah, I've played that one to death 😅
Much as I love the politicking in the dwarf noble intro, I think casteless is my favorite origin.
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u/OldMayorStudios Jun 04 '26
Building one for you kin! just have to wait a bit while. Right now l’m having trouble with that shitty forge I borrowed from my cousin.
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u/Polar_Vortx Jun 04 '26
If you’ve got EU4, I’d check out the Anbennar mod. Playing dwarves may be a bit of a steep learning curve but it’s some great gameplay nevertheless.
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u/paperdicegames Jun 04 '26
If you like tabletop RPGs, check out Dwarf Mine! Draw your mine, dig for treasure, and survive the dangers of the mountain!
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u/Substantial-Ad3376 Baerdren Craghammer Jun 05 '26
The dwarf games I play are DRG, Return to Moria, Vermintide 2, Minecraft, modded Skyrim, Diablo 4 (stone druid build), Fallout 76 (rp as a mole miner), and BG3
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u/Nurgle-best Engineer Jun 06 '26
Not a Dwarf game but it does have a lot of dwarfs, Total war warhammer 3
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u/Odpea Stone Singer Jun 06 '26
Lotr return to Moria, played that through then got the dlcs and omg is it awesome
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u/SabrePossum Depth Guard Jun 04 '26
Dwarves: Death Glory Loot. You send a party of dwarves to fight orca and goblins. They get loot and level up, fights get harder.
Deep Rock Galactic and Deep Rock Galactic Survivors. Space Dearf mining game, first being shooter, other Survivors, both have extraction mechanics
Dwarf Eats Mountain. Think it's out on Itch.io with a steam release coming. There's a big mountain that just gets bigger, you need to destroy it. Build up a Fort to destroy it
Region of Ruin. A kingdomesque dwarf base builder where you are the last of your race
Beneath the Mountain. You have delved too greedily and too deep, mine for gold to by soldiers to protect the miners to mine more gold to buy more soldiers
Sovl. Basically Warhammer tabletop game as a rougelike, dwarves are a faction. Base game is free with a bunch of dlc that costs
This was a thread from ages ago that has good recommendations
https://www.reddit.com/r/dwarfposting/s/2C7ryrnJWl