Dwarf Fortress, everyone’s favorite text-based colony management simulator is finally available on Steam after years of development.
Dwarf Fortress is available now on Windows PC (via Steam).This isn’t an early access or open beta, but a full release of one of the most enigmatic base building games in years complete with a massive visual overhaul.
Dwarf Fortress has enjoyed a cult following ever since its release in 2002 but the old school graphics kept many would-be players at bay, with this new release that should no longer be the case.
The “premium” version of the game (as opposed to the original text-based game which is free) includes features that bring the classic game in line with its contemporaries.
Some of these features we often take for granted like actual graphics or an easy to understand user interface which aren’t present in the original game will bring Dwarf Fortress to new players. You can check out the launch trailer here:
Dwarf Fortress
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!
