Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Prepare for the deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that has ever been created.
Not just generated geometry -- a whole simulated world. Generated rise and fall of civilizations, personalities, creatures, cultures, etc. Infinite hours of gameplay.
Now with beautiful pixel graphics!
Learn the basics with in-game tutorials
A lifetime “living” project - created/updated since 2003, with no end in sight
Generate your unique world and manage a bustling colony of dwarves, even as they probably mine towards their eventual demise.
A new endless hobby, just for you!
The legendary Dwarf Fortress is now on Steam! Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive, despite threats of starvation, dragons, and madness.
In this complex construction/management/roguelike simulation, every generated world brings a unique challenge, whether it’s dwarves with their own simulated personalities or aquifers. Observe what makes your civilization fall into eventual decline, and learn for next time… until something else inevitably goes wrong.
The combat model includes skills, body parts, material properties, aimed attacks, wrestling, pain, nausea, various poison effects, and much more.
It’s difficult to convey the depth of the generation. Hundreds of animals and monsters, many of which are randomly created for each world, as well as generated poetry, musical forms, instruments, and dances for your dwarves to practice and perform. A dynamic weather model tracks wind, humidity, and air masses to create fronts, clouds, storms, and blizzards. Over two hundred rock and mineral types can appear, in their proper geological environments.
Remember: Losing is fun!
This is still good old Dwarf Fortress, but with graphics support and music provided. A few bells and whistles won’t change its essence.
Classic Dwarf Fortress mod-artist Jacob "Ironhand" Bowman collaborated with artists Carolyn Jong and Neoriceisgood to create an all-new sprite pack for the game, which they continue to add to regularly.
Dwarf Fortress also has hours of music in a two-volume soundtrack by Dabu and Simon Swerwer, including tracks in the Dwarvish language!
It's never been easier to start playing! We've improved the new player experience with the addition of tutorials to guide you through building your first fort and keeping your dwarves happy.
Command your dwarves as they search for wealth in their generated mountain. Your dwarves will need a steady supply of food and beer, but they’ll also need your guidance in surviving attacks from hostile civilizations, the wilderness, or even the dead.
Craft treasures and furnitures from various materials
Establish a barony and support the increasingly demanding nobility
Read your dwarves’ thoughts to keep them happy
Build floodgates to divert water for farming, and/or prevent magma mishaps
Build structures and watch your dwarves discover and build their culture, like taverns, libraries, temples, honey, wax, pottery, animal training, bookbinding, and more.
Go anywhere! Explore any civilization, earn a reputation, and recruit followers to join you
Experience your fortress and the simulation in a new, more embodied way
Explore mythical dungeons to find magical items, artifacts, and fill your quest journal
Hints of mythology and magic as a start of future simulation enrichment to come
An additional hour of music from Dabu and Simon Swerwer, presented as a second volume of the original soundtrack
The original inspiration for RimWorld, Prison Architect, Minecraft and more.
One of the first video games acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York
Updated for over 16 years by two brothers, Tarn “Toady One” and Zach “Threetoe” Adams, and with the support of Kitfox Games since 2020.
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Stats
All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 618 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 615 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
I thought Factorio was addictive. Well, if Factorio is Cocaine, this is Walter Whites Baby Blue. Can't stop. Will overdose before I can even sort out my stockpiles. All joking aside - great sim. Love it. I am learning to play it without looking at tutorial videos and just using the wiki. It's a science and chaos all rolled into one.
С первого взгляда сразу ясно: одна из лучших игр начала третьего тысячалетия.
If there would be one game that I could take with me to deserted island to entertain me to the rest of my life, it would be Dwarf Fortress, no guestions asked. I actually bought the game twice and not regret a single cent. The game is complete middle finger to current game industry such as Minecraft or Terraria is. No DLC (outside of OST, that is included in the game), no microtransactions, no paywalls. You buy it, you got it. This is important when you compare it to for example Rimworld or other colony building games. The gameplay is not for everybody. You either love it with your entire heart or hate it. Both positions are equally understandable. Game has some bugs, tutorial is about reading a lot of text and there is no endgoal or something to strife towards. But the level of simulation of fictional worlds is just fascinating in every sence of the word. Tolkien or G.R.R Martin, for deep respect I hold towards them, can't simply compare to level of worldbuilding done by one procedurally generated world. Game mechanics are beyond anything you expect based on other games you might have played in the past. Every individual has their own motivations, personality and desires. Crafting and specializing tasks is very complicated, but incredibly fun ones you understand it. With my 30 - 35 hours combined, I saw like 1% or less of what the game offers and from that tiny amount alone, I am in constant awe, just thinking about it. It can be played casually with few hours here and there or you can spend thousands of hours "striking the ground". It's completely up to you! I can't recommend it enough for everybody reading this interview. As a person with past of gaming addiction, this is only game I can play and safely enjoy. No gatcha techinques keeping you glued to the screen for extended period of time other then pure fun alone. Loosing is fun!
Рекомендую ли я эту игру? А ее нужно рекомендовать? Давайте лучше я расскажу историю о том, что когда я начинал играть деревья можно было рубить деревянными топорами, а первый артефакт, который создал мой дворф - это платиновая булава украшеная кабашонами и шипами из агата!
Dwarf Fortress can be really challenging to get into, but it's worth it. Once you're at least starting to get familiar with the game and can appreciate some of that complexity is when it really starts to shine. The GOAT when it comes to colony sim sandbox experiences.
Best Game Ever! Difficult and hard but loosing is Fun!
fun game. a lot going on.
Купил, чтобы поддержать разработчика, так как за такой шедевр не жалко отдать фулл прайс. По сути игра являет собой очень глубоко проработанный генератор историй в фэнтезийном мире. Имеет крайне высокий порог входа, не смотря на то, что в steam-версии добавили небольшое обучение. Первое время без гайдов не обойтись, но зато после освоения даже базовых механик перед вами откроется такое бесчисленное количество историй и ситуаций, которые никакому Rimworld-у не снились. Так же стоит помнить что steam-версия этой игры - это по сути ремастер бесплатной ASCII-версии, которую разработчики распространяют у себя на сайте. Обе игры идентичны по механикам и разработчики обновляют и поддерживают их по сей день. Но именно steam-версия имеет более удобное управление, более приятную для современных реалий графику и более интуитивно-понятный интерфейс. Да, это всё можно обеспечить и на ASCII-версии с помощью модпаков и сторонних утилит, но стоит ли оно того, когда есть steam-версия? :) Так что всем, кто не знаком с этим шедевром - рекомендую ознакомиться, это стоит того. Главное помнить, что проигрывать - это часть веселья :)
Très bon jeux j'aime beaucoup la profondeur du gameplay juste dommage que il y et pas de text Français deja implémanté de base
weretapirs are a problem also amazing game
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