Rimworld

Personally I like Rimworld with mods better than Dwarf Fortress. Dwarf Fortress is really good but Rimworld has a better ui. In Rimworld the graphics are more fluid and complex. For example many things that happen in Rimworld are represented with graphics (i.e. a pawn on fire, a pawn missing an eyeball, a pawn not wearing a shirt in -80c weather). Understanding what's going on takes a lot less effort. Rimworld also has really good mod support. That C# and Harmony thing they have going on means literally anything that can possibly be thought of can be modded in.

My other reason for why I think Rimworld is better is a personal preference, but I like sci-fi better than medieval fantasy. I like being able to proliferate lasers and machine guns and nukes so I can completely destroy my enemies and be the one who gets the last laugh. I'd say the biggest factor for why I have over 3000 hours in Rimworld is because I was always grinding for that glorious moment when I can finally unleash squads of cyborg supersoldier space marines all over the world, send orbital nukes at all the population centers and laugh while all the now-helpless tribals and pirates that had been harassing me for hundreds of hours finally get what's coming and can do nothing but watch in horror as a well-deserved apocalypse unfolds. It's judgement day, motherfuckers.