Probably my favorite type of game, I've played dozens of them but I'm always looking for something good I might have missed. My personal favorite for the past few years has definitely been Farthest Frontier but theres been a ton of good ones. And if anyone else is looking for recommendations let me what you like and I probably know something that fits.
Oh, Songs of Syx is really cool and good. Very dwarf fortress/ant colony feel. Active development, lots and lots of individual characters, like thousands.
Damn over a 1k reviews on steam and I've never even heard of it. Downloading it now.