Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Fortress is a storytelling engine as much as it is a game, spitting out associations and facts and details that you can shape into a coherent and specific narrative. This is also what we do to our own lives, personifying random events so that they feel significant rather than a matter of chance. Life isn’t usually a satisfying narrative. It isn’t so much that “Dwarf Fortress” is a perfect simulacrum of life, but that it shines a bright light on the human tendency to look for meaning in everything. I care about my dwarves because the stories I make up about their lives are also the ones I make up about my own.

A dedicated renewal for an already-legendary video game, the 2022 release of Dwarf Fortress brings it to a level where the casually interested can finally dive in and Strike the Earth!

Dwarf Fortress is a very difficult, edgy game, but it is also an essential experience, a true celebration of the hidden potential of the videogame medium, which you will not find in any other game.

A truly masterful fantasy simulation.

Dwarf Fortress is, initially, a little daunting. Not because it’s inaccessible, but because you just know that it’s going to turn into a real time-sink. Is it the prettiest game around? No, but it’s wonderfully, ridiculously deep and a sheer joy to play. If you’re prepared to put the time in, Dwarf Fortress will drag you into its depths and you won’t regret it for one second.

A worthy revision of the legendary settlement sim. Slightly less impenetrable, just as engrossing.

The steam release may have a few rough edges that need work, but everything from the original has been drastically improved upon and is a joy to lose at.

Es un juego muy **** lo he pasado chachi piruli jugándolo. 19,62/10. Volvería a comprarlo

This game should have a better introduction into the game and a longer tutorial, so you better understand, what to do and how to help yourself. I watched a guide on youtube, but this is not fun, to do the same, what someone did on a video. The wikipedia seems to be outdated. Anyway I missed a manual. And this game is only in english, I prefered to play it in german, but there is no translation The graphic is clearly very bad. The sound is good, I like some of the music.

I have only played the game that was recently released, I have not played the previous ascii version. Its a very impressive game considering how small the team is, but it simply is not for me. Its clear that it has been the backbone of other games I enjoy more in this genre (Rimworld for example), but the original is not for me. Its not too difficult, and in quite a few ways I find it easier than other city management games. My main issue is that with all its depth its rather clunky. Trying to optimize a sick base or build walls of the same material just takes too much time. While i see how much is in there, and there are plenty of game mechanics I have not explored, all I see so far is how mundane it is. I'll probably return to give it another shot in a couple months. Its definitely good, but the user experience needs to be improved by a lot. If I want to build 4 simple houses, it shouldn't take me minutes to drag and click on what I need, it should take seconds.

Man the graphics are some of the worst ever...looks like a 1980 game AVGN would rage at. And its too complex IDK what is going on.

I don't understand how can be fun something so complicated, complex, huge and overwhelming.