Lord of Dwarves
Stellar Sage Games · 2020 · Dwarves, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Building
PC
Mostly Positive77% · 70
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About Lord of Dwarves
Lord of Dwarves is a game about helping a band of dwarves survive, build, and defend themselves against hordes of monsters. You need to gather resources, secure food sources, craft weapons & armor, build structures, and defend those structures against monster sieges. All in a completely rearrangeable 3D voxel world.
Campaign
Lord of Dwarves features a full campaign which also acts as a tutorial. No need to turn to wikis just to learn to play, everything is explained in game. Enjoy the well paced campaign instead of having to create custom levels from the get go.
Sandbox
Lord of Dwarves also has an extensively customizable sandbox mode. Control terrain size, height, roughness, and topology. Customize monster type and frequency, or turn monsters completely off and concentrate on sandbox building. Even select a climax event like a demon invasion or an attack by an elite monster which gives every sandbox game an exciting conclusion.
Challenge
Challenges are independent scenarios with a specific objective to accomplish. Challenges often highlight a small set of game mechanics allowing the player to focus on those mechanics. Challenges generally have a unique starting state or special game rules which allows the player to focus on the challenge and not be bogged down with unrelated tasks.
Fresh Gameplay Objectives
Build an archer tower at least 8 blocks tall. Decide what it will look like and where the stairs will go. Train extra lumberjacks to chop down an evil forest. Or build a structure around your village to keep the goblins out.
Monsters & Sieges
Build walls to hold off goblin invasions. Train archers to fend off orcs as they climb your walls. Muster all your forces to defend against an elite creature that has taken an interest in your settlement.
Customizable World
Play in a different procedurally generated terrain each time and modify that terrain however you see fit. Every block, tree, and workshop is completely constructible and destructible. Build a castle, an underground dungeon, or big "Studville" sign - anything is possible.
Features
Campaign
Lord of Dwarves features a full campaign which also acts as a tutorial. No need to turn to wikis just to learn to play, everything is explained in game. Enjoy the well paced campaign instead of having to create custom levels from the get go.
Sandbox
Lord of Dwarves also has an extensively customizable sandbox mode. Control terrain size, height, roughness, and topology. Customize monster type and frequency, or turn monsters completely off and concentrate on sandbox building. Even select a climax event like a demon invasion or an attack by an elite monster which gives every sandbox game an exciting conclusion.
Challenge
Challenges are independent scenarios with a specific objective to accomplish. Challenges often highlight a small set of game mechanics allowing the player to focus on those mechanics. Challenges generally have a unique starting state or special game rules which allows the player to focus on the challenge and not be bogged down with unrelated tasks.
Fresh Gameplay Objectives
Build an archer tower at least 8 blocks tall. Decide what it will look like and where the stairs will go. Train extra lumberjacks to chop down an evil forest. Or build a structure around your village to keep the goblins out.
Monsters & Sieges
Build walls to hold off goblin invasions. Train archers to fend off orcs as they climb your walls. Muster all your forces to defend against an elite creature that has taken an interest in your settlement.
Customizable World
Play in a different procedurally generated terrain each time and modify that terrain however you see fit. Every block, tree, and workshop is completely constructible and destructible. Build a castle, an underground dungeon, or big "Studville" sign - anything is possible.
Features
- Fully constructible/destructible 3D block world
- Full Campaign and tutorial
- Extremely customizable Sandbox mode
- Objective based Challenge mode
- Fresh game play objectives like "build a stone tower 8 blocks tall" or "chop down an evil forest"
- Control over 100 dwarves
- Assign and skill up dwarves in a variety of professions
- Invaders siege your custom built structures
- Tiered resource system allows for ever more powerful weapons, armor, & crafts
- Random procedurally generated terrain with millions of blocks
- Focus on interface for ease of construction in the 3D world
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Abandoned after a short cash grab by the developer7 found this helpful
No updates since it came out of early access, almost 4 years ago. The game itself is fun, but limited, clearly not finished.7 found this helpful
Need a maybe hand for recommending - flat have moving back and forth. I like the game - got it on sale at some point. I would not pay $20 for it. For $10ish maybe, for $6 or less yes please. It is good for what it is. I am sure that others will complain that it does not have enough content, the graphics are this that or the other thing, blah blah blah. Like I said for $6 I would have not issues giving this one a thumbs up, at $20 it is a thumbs down. This is more like a well done student project from game design school.1 found this helpful
I’ve sunk 300 hours into Lord of Dwarves, and it’s incredibly addictive. A voxel-based builder with strong Dwarf Fortress vibes, the game offers endless fun in its sandbox world. The graphics are basic, think hand-drawn-in-paint feeling and simple voxel art, but the gameplay is solid! The campaign serves as both a tutorial and a series of sandbox missions, and I’ve spent at least 50 hours just getting lost in my own plans. Some of the challenge mode maps are great fun too! The developer is no longer working on the game, though, and technical issues can make it hard for some to get it running. I wish they would return to patch it and get it into working order for everyone, because it's quite a forgotten gem. Despite the technical issues and no additional updates in sight, I strongly recommend it to fans of sandbox games. It’s a charming, addictive experience if you can get it to run.1 found this helpful
Great Game1 found this helpful
The game is fun and has lots of mechanics allowing for total control of your dwarfs would like to see more engineering machines and forges for stuff pullies mechanical advantage contraptions
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