Dwarf Fortress (2022)
- Developer
- Bay 12 Games
- Publisher
- Kitfox Games
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Genres
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.7 of 5, 31,267 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 73 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A painstakingly detailed and unforgiving colony simulator where every dwarf's story unfolds in a procedurally generated world that feels alive and doomed.
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What players say
Players describe a deeply simulated colony sandbox where losing is part of the appeal. Many praise the emergent stories and world detail, but the UI is widely criticized as clunky and tedious, requiring the DFhack mod just for basic tasks like building walls.
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