Mountaincore

Mountaincore is a dwarf colony simulator built around the satisfying process of turning a small group of settlers into a functioning settlement. Developed and published by Rocket Jump Technology, it combines construction, resource management, crafting, agriculture, trading, survival, and population management into a sandbox where careful planning matters. Its development ended before its original ambitions could be fully realized, but the resulting game still contains enough interconnected systems to make it an interesting experience for players who enjoy watching a settlement gradually grow from humble beginnings. Each colony begins with only seven dwarves, making the early stages feel personal and manageable. Basic shelter and essential resources quickly become priorities, but those simple concerns gradually evolve into much larger logistical problems. As the population increases, storage locations, workshops, housing, travel distances, and production efficiency become increasingly important. A settlement that works perfectly for a handful of dwarves can become inefficient once the population expands, encouraging players to redesign areas and think ahead instead of simply placin…

Mountaincore is the kind of colony game I can lose myself in because there are so many things happening at once. I build a settlement for dwarves in a fantasy wilderness, manage resources, organize production and try to keep everyone alive. I liked the feeling of starting with a small community and gradually turning an empty area into a functioning settlement. The colony management is the strongest part for me. Every settler has their own needs and desires, so I cannot treat the population as completely interchangeable workers. I have to think about food, housing, jobs and general wellbeing while also making sure the settlement produces enough resources to keep growing. I enjoyed watching the colony develop because every new building can affect the rest of the system. Crafting and production are also handled with a lot of depth. Natural resources feed into different production chains, and better tools and equipment become available as my settlement improves its skills. I liked the satisfaction of setting up a chain where raw materials are collected, processed and eventually turned into something useful. It gives the colony a sense of being an actual functioning place rather than …

Its a bit glitchy in startup and quitting. Have to force quit every time because it just hangs. Has an error for saving the game fairly often and flashes a message on screen. From that point on it wont save and you need to reload the game. The last time this happened, it completely deleted my save game directory and file somehow. I lost 30 hours of gameplay and really dont want to start again.

The tutorial is basically useless tok me 4 colonies that starved to get something that works and after 18 hours I would say I know most things but the game always finds new ways to screw me over. The game is good like really good. It has mechanics I won't spoil for anyone new but things you definitely wouldn't expect at first. Overall I'm having a great time playing it. Having small lag during winter on a medium map and max speed and max zoom out but its not much.

theres a bug where the ppl wont construct buildings but it only showed up two times so ether than that its fun top down dwarf city builder you can mine into the mountain and make buildings.

i know ive only had 6 hours on this game so far but im really enjoying it i always loved watching videos of rimworld and games like this where you grow your colony and i could never run rimworld this is laggy but a free awesome alternative so yeah you should try it out