
Dwarf Fortress is an exceptional RPG/Strategy that raises the bar for the genre.
93
Verdict
95%
Steam
84
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 31K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (84/100 critic average)
Standout indie gem
No significant drawbacks reported
Dwarf Fortress is a construction and management simulation and roguelike indie video game created by Bay 12 Games. Available as freeware and in development since 2002, its first alpha version was released in 2006 and received attention for being a two-member project surviving solely on donations.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
Hard to learn. Most of it is intuitive if you think about it. Most things are pretty obvious, but we are just lazy to really think and figure things out, bcs the game explains some of it, people just need to click on stuff and read. When I learned the game, I could really enjoy it. Stopped building like youtube tutorials, made stuff as I felt it was right and the game allows that. Can do pretty much anything the way you want. The freedom in this game is unique. Just take some time to learn it, and you wont see City Builders the same after Dwarf Fortress :heart:
very steep learning curve, but once you are far enough in, all of a sudden time ceases to exist. It is 1:05am, 30 minutes ago it was 8pm.
I legit thought i was going to have a miserable time.. No, no i didn't. What a deep, interesting, well desighned SIM. Its a sims game.. on deluxe mode with a right history that has been created and that you are creating. Are you gonna work real hard and everyone is gonna die. Yup. Thats the price. Are you gonna believe you did everything right and find out you couldnt make soap and a disease ran rampant through the burrows.. ah huh. The goal isn't to win. The goal is to try and self set the next goal, the next history.. watch a dwarf forge you a piano on a whim and install it in the church for all to worship. It's neat. Get at it.
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