Gnomoria

Was a wonderful fun game with a lot of depth. Unfortunately abandoned many years ago. Do yourself a favor. Buy Rimworld.

Robert West kicked this out the early access door and stopped working on it before cleaning up the remaining bugs. He went on to work at Rockstar, then Respawn, then Wildlight... hard to turn down a steady job I guess, but it would have been nice if he put in a few cleanup patches instead of closing down the company. I wonder if he still collects any money from the occasional Gnomoria sale. It's super hard to recommend in 2025 with better colony sims out there and a dev that makes you frown ):

Abandonware

Had potential but abandoned by devs. Rimworld and Dwarf Fortress are much better quality games that cover a lot of the same stuff. Songs of Syx and KeeperRL are a little more different but also much better games that scratch a similar itch. I played more than steam shows. Had potential but not really worth it when there are much better and not abandoned colony management style games.

Abandoned and unfinished.

Abbandoned

Grab Rimworld or Dwarf Fortress. Maybe this project was too grand for this dev? It's not as bad as Towns, but it's not much compared to competitors.

dead and buried, rip.

The game is abandonware at this point. It was great, but now it's dead. Don't waste your money.

Unmaintained and unsupported game, basically almost abandonware. Numerous bugs still exist and will never be patched. Hope no one buys this expecting something like an alternative to Dwarf Fortress.