Over 13 years playing Dwarf Fortress, I’ve seen my share of legends. I’ve witnessed one-armed dwarven generals strangle dragons as old as time. I’ve watched in horror as an artisan emerged from months trapped in the caves below my fortress halls, clinging to life just long enough to craft one last work. Now, I get to see Dwarf Fortress arrive on Steam, the colony sim’s emergent storytelling more approachable than it’s ever been.
The ever-evolving life’s work of brother developers Tarn and Zach Adams, Dwarf Fortress is entering a new age, shedding its text-based graphics for proper pixels and the basic modernity of native mouse support. Still inscrutable Dwarf Fortress remains a treasure trove of procedural myth-making for those delving into it.
At its most basic level, is a settlement sim. With a small group of dwarves, you embark from the Mountainhomes to stake your claim on a plot of distant wilderness. It’s up to you to establish a fortress capable of
