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Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. Source: IGDB

Platforms

PC

Release date 8 August 2006

Developers

Bay 12 Games

Genres

Indie
RPG
Simulation
Strategy
Strategy: Turn-Based Strategy

Publishers

Bay 12 Games

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Review: Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam

High score or ho-hum?

Caelyn Ellis

8 months ago

37
The best RPGs to play on PC in 2023

From older classics to brand new trail-blazers

Alice Bell

7 months ago

259
The Very Important List Of PC Games, Part 5/5

Kieron Gillen

12 years ago

184
Dwarf Fortress: The Detailed Roguelike That's Easy To Play

1 Weird Trick To Having Fun In 20 Minutes

Graham Smith

9 years ago

157

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The best free PC games

Put your wallet away

Rebecca Jones

3 days ago

34
RPS@PAX 2023: Tarn and Zach Adams chat to us about the runaway success of Dwarf Fortress' Steam release

Don't worry, we also asked about Zach's dog

Liam Richardson

3 months ago

4
These are your 25 favourite survival games of all time

As voted for by the RPS readership

Katharine Castle

4 months ago

57
Dwarf Fortress's "cutest update" ever will add baby sprites for every living thing

Animals, dwarves and monsters

Graham Smith

4 months ago

3
Supporters only: I am so very afraid of playing Dwarf Fortress

Lack of squad goals

Alice Bell

5 months ago

14
Dwarf Fortress's Steam release now has the excellent Arena mode

Fantasy battle royale simulator

Graham Smith

6 months ago

1
Dwarf Fortress developers share earnings report after releasing on Steam

A 462x month-on-month increase in revenue

Graham Smith

6 months ago

12
Where does Dwarf Fortress stand after a decade defined by its own successors?

It was inevitable

Sin Vega

6 months ago

49
Dwarf Fortress has sold half a million copies on Steam

"That’s it! We win... and it’s your fault!"

Graham Smith

7 months ago

19
The best RPGs to play on PC in 2023

From older classics to brand new trail-blazers

Alice Bell

7 months ago

259
The 20 best management games on PC

Avoid work with some relaxing simulated work

Graham Smith

7 months ago

41
For the first time in history, a non-Adams brother is now working on Dwarf Fortress code

Also, an update now lets you swap back to ASCII

Matt Cox

7 months ago

16
Review: Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam

High score or ho-hum?

Caelyn Ellis

8 months ago

37
Dwarf Fortress is available on Steam right now

Play Bay 12 Games' magnum opus with overhauled visuals and mouse support

Rick Lane

8 months ago

27
Dwarf Fortress will launch with Steam Workshop support next month

I can't wait

Graham Smith

8 months ago

13
Dwarf Fortress burrows onto Steam with its fancy new graphics in December

The original ASCII version will also remain as a free download

CJ Wheeler

9 months ago

11
Notoriously hard to learn Dwarf Fortress is getting a tutorial for the Steam version

I might play it now

CJ Wheeler

9 months ago

15
Latest Dwarf Fortress video highlights new art and menus by taking the bins out

Like the perfect fortmate

Graham Smith

12 months ago

5
Dwarf Fortress Steam edition video demonstrates convenience of seeing what's happening

The premium edition's graphics are so welcome!

Alice O'Connor

1 year ago

15
Dwarf Fortress's new UI looks so beautiful I could cry, despite still looking like this

A substantial upgrade

Graham Smith

2 years ago

41
Meet the 7 weirdest dwarves in the history of Dwarf Fortress

Nothing but contempt for oysters.

Nate Crowley

2 years ago

29
The Tarn Commandments: playing Dwarf Fortress with new rules set by its sadistic community

The Tarn Commandments

Nate Crowley

2 years ago

15
Watch Nate destroy a Dwarf Fortress live with the game's creator

It's bye bye Basement, and hello Tarn Commandments

Imogen Beckhelling

2 years ago

14
Dwarf Fortress shows off its new UI with a lunchtime shrine

A meal deal for the mountain king!

Natalie Clayton

2 years ago

21
The best building games on PC

Fortify your game library

Nate Crowley

2 years ago

79