Charming art and nostalgic appeal
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The dwarves are cute and the aesthetics are pretty :)”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
Craft The World
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Dekovir Entertainment, Sibear Games2014Colony Sim · Sandbox · Survival
$18.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A cozy, addictive dwarf colony sim with a solid dig-build-defend loop and lots of replayability. Skip it if dumb dwarf AI, clunky UI or DLC-gated features would bother you.
Great for
Fans of relaxing base building, Terraria-style digging and tower defense who can tolerate rough edges
Main risk
Dwarf AI and clunky UI frustrate, and multiplayer and other features are locked behind pricey DLC
What players love
Cozy, relaxing comfort game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“It's the game I go to when I need a comfort game.”
Steam review · 841.3 h played ↗
Addictive dig-build-defend loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“the core loop of diggy hole, mine, refine, construct, to diggy better hole remains very solid and rewarding in itself, with near endless playability”
Steam review · 1124 h played ↗
Devs keep supporting it with updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I'm impressed that the devs are still releasing updates with new objects and features after all these years.”
Steam review · 405.4 h played ↗
Great replayability across worlds
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Its replayability is amazing! I can't count the hundreds of times I've started new worlds, but it's still exciting each time I do.”
Steam review · 405.4 h played ↗
Mods and Steam Workshop extend the game
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Use of mods keep it fresh also.”
Steam review · 1309.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dumb dwarf AI and pathfinding
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“I can't believe how horrible the Dwarf AI is!”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Too many DLCs, base content gated
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“DLC seems like it was cut from the original release just to be sold separately later.”
Steam review · 154.5 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it keeps randomly crashing and after trying several fixes I am just done.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Clunky UI and missing QoL
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“i've honestly never seen such a bad interface, it's comically bad to the point i stopped playing after i realized i spent more time figuring it out instead of having fun.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Multiplayer broken or locked behind DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Basically unplayable multiplayer with base game. Even with DLC, you can't Campaign together.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Poor tutorial, unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“As a new player the tutorial is utterly useless.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista or later
Processor2.0 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel Graphics
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
Processor2.4 Ghz Dual Core CPU
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB graphics memory (Radeon HD 4600, GeForce 8600)
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows Vista or later
Processor2.0 GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel Graphics
Storage2 GB available space
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