Bay 12 Games

Dwarf Fortress

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.

• RPG
• Simulation
• Strategy
• Indie
• 2022

Released

6 December 2022

Developer

Bay 12 Games

Publisher

Kitfox Games

Engine

OpenGL

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric · Text

Age rating

USK 16

Metacritic

93/100

Steam recommendations

29,164

Platforms

Linux · PC (Microsoft Windows)

Genres

Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Indie

Also known as

Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

Estimated owners

2,000,000–5,000,000 (est.)