Dwarf Fortress

In the first fort (that wasn't instantly killed by starvation or thirst) I played, my Military Captain was an awesome lesbian axedwarf who kicked and chopped the asses of every threat I encountered. Her wife was a tailor/poet and she would always perform in the tavern, which my captain adored. They even adopted some kids (who in hindsight were probably from a previous marriage) and I loved following their little family. And then the werehog came. Immediate chaos. It tore through a farmer who was gathering on the surface, and attacked several civilians before the army could go meet it. Despite their best efforts, one of the soldiers (not the captain, thankfully) and several civilians were bitten. I tried everything. Walling them in, even killing the old soldier when she turned and managed to cause havoc in the sideroom of the hospital she was locked in. That, combined with the arrival of a beast/giant(I cannot for the life of me remember, all I know it killed nearly everyone) left my fortress a ruin. The hospital was full. Even the wife of my beloved captain was in there, slowly perishing from her wounds. My captain, oh my poor, stubborn captain, Catten was her name, was severely injured but not cursed. She could still hold an axe. When a few more dwarves, including a child, turned into werehedgehogs, she dragged herself to the front of the hospital, and shouted "begone, fear!" before the werehogs were upon her. Somehow, someway, maybe due to her nature or willpower or the fact her wife was behind her in the hospital, she hacked and slashed and struck the werehogs down without getting bitten. Then, when all was quiet, she dragged herself to a hospital bed next to her wife, and collapsed. My doctor tried their best, but neither could be saved. Catten saw the life leave her wife's eyes, and seemed to accept her end, dying mere moments after her. I buried them together in a tomb, and made a statue in her honour. I genuinely took a break from the game afterwards. It affected me so much that I'm sure someone will find it ridiculous, but it was one of the best tragedies I've witnessed in...anything, let alone a game. 10/10, would cry my eyes out again

Quite unfortunately, Dwarf Fortress might as well be abandonware.

Game is literally unplayable, and it doesnt matter whether this (steam) or free version. I came back to dwarf fortress after a few years of not playing. Every version from 50.04 upwards causes either CTD or whole OS crashes. I tried every solution - installing C++/MSVC redistributables, running game in windowed/fullscreen mode, turning multithreading, administrador mode, windows DPI optimization on and off, updating drivers, but to no avail. Game crashes after at most 5-10 minutes, whether playing with or without tutorial after starting new world. Its a shame, especially considering i liked mouse support, new graphics and music a lot!

Karl would approve of this! PS Pro tip: dfhack is a must.

THE UI IS SO COMPLICATED: IF YOU WANT TO SPEND ALL YOUR TIME CONFUSED CLICKING RANDOM BUTTONS I COULDNT EVEN GET THRU THE TUTORIAL WITH MY ADHD AND I LEFT THE GAME "UP" SO I COULDN'T GET A REFUND. THIS GAME TRIGGERS MY ADHD FRUSTRATION BIG TIME AND I ALWAYS END UP RAGE QUITTING DURING THE TUTORIAL. GAME PLAY CONTROLS ARE WAY TOO COMPLICATED. I WISH ICOULD PLAY LOOKS INTERESTING.

Really wish i could figure out how to play this

Muy buen juego, literalmente ninguna partida se siente igual. Cada partida es una experiencia distinta y tan aleatoria que nunca sabes qué desastre te va a tocar. Eso sí, para entenderlo me tocó investigar bastante y aun siento que hay cosas que el juego se guarda para confundirte más. Tiene traducción al español, aunque va por separado y está como al 80%, pero aun así se disfruta bastante.

Whatever CPU you have, it's not enough

This is a no-go for me. The closest possible zoom on the map is way too far away, and the only way to change it is to lower your game resolution and keep hitting F11 to get the game to actually recognize the resolution change. And you have to do it every time you launch the game. I know it seems like a small complaint, but there are lots of other games out there that offer similar simulation experiences with settings that actually work properly. And from what I'm reading, this is just one of many glitches that have been around for a long time and the developer hasn't fixed. Refund requested.

Been playing since around February 2016 so add like +4000 hours or so to my steam playtime for a more accurate number. Even in ASCII form this game has been like crack cocaine, keeping me up all night. Telling myself "just one more hour, just one more season, just one more siege." But deep down? I am just lying to myself. You can dig. You will dig. You MUST dig deeper. You will slaughter those filthy goblins off the planet, you must cleanse it. You will unleash the circus and party with the clowns. And you will do it all over again. Because losing is fun.