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Dwarf Fortress

A colony simulation in a procedurally generated fantasy world. You guide a group of dwarves as they dig out a fortress, run workshops and food supplies, and fend off threats, or you play a lone adventurer in the same persistent world. Famous for its enormous simulation depth and unforgiving failures. Is it your kind of game?

Colony simProcedural worldDeep simulationPC

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86%

51 ratings

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94%

29,327 reviews

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you love colony management and want a world that generates its own stories.

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you want a quick, polished experience without a long learning period.

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Platforms: PC
Release date: Release date unknown
Difficulty: 4/5 (estimated)
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Indie
Themes: Fantasy · Survival · Stealth · Sandbox · Open world · 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric · Text
Modes: Solo only
Languages: 1 languages
Text in your language: Yes
Steam Deck: Playable
Microtransactions: None