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Re:Polygon sat down with one of the creators of Dwarf Fortress by redblacktree on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @03:39PM (#8076503)
You might be interested in Gnomoria[1]. It's not Dwarf Fortress, but is inspired by it.

[1] http://gnomoria.com/

Re:Polygon sat down with one of the creators of Dwarf Fortress by MrZongle2 on Wednesday July 23, 2014 @04:42PM (#8076843)
Gnomoria is one of the few "early access" games on Steam that seem to be working out well, despite the effort being a one-man operation. If Dwarf Fortress seems too intimidating, Gnomoria is a good place to start. It doesn't have anywhere near the depth of DF, but many of the core concepts are the same.

And it won't make your eyes bleed.