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Review: Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam
High score or ho-hum?
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Dwarf Fortress's Adventure mode getting tutorials and more direction in the sandbox
Help for new demigods
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From older classics to brand new trail-blazers
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Dwarf Fortress's accessible Adventure mode will arrive in the Steam version in April 2024
The easiest way to play
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![A fortress as viewed in Adventure Mode in Dwarf Fortress.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dwarf-fortress-adventure-mode.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dwarf Fortress's Adventure mode getting tutorials and more direction in the sandbox
Help for new demigods
![A fortress as viewed in Adventure Mode in Dwarf Fortress.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dwarf-fortress-adventure-mode.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dwarf Fortress's accessible Adventure mode will arrive in the Steam version in April 2024
The easiest way to play
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Kitfox and Bay 12 share plans for Dwarf Fortress Adventure Mode update on Steam
From kobold portraits to minimaps and much more
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RPS@PAX 2023: Tarn and Zach Adams chat to us about the runaway success of Dwarf Fortress' Steam release
Don't worry, we also asked about Zach's dog
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Dwarf Fortress's "cutest update" ever will add baby sprites for every living thing
Animals, dwarves and monsters
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![Some people stand around and some other people lie in pools of blood, rendered in topdown pixel art, in Dwarf Fortress.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dwarf-fortress-arena-mode.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dwarf Fortress's Steam release now has the excellent Arena mode
Fantasy battle royale simulator
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Dwarf Fortress developers share earnings report after releasing on Steam
A 462x month-on-month increase in revenue
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Where does Dwarf Fortress stand after a decade defined by its own successors?
It was inevitable
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Dwarf Fortress has sold half a million copies on Steam
"That’s it! We win... and it’s your fault!"
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For the first time in history, a non-Adams brother is now working on Dwarf Fortress code
Also, an update now lets you swap back to ASCII
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Dwarf Fortress review: the legendary colony sim gets a welcome facelift for Steam
High score or ho-hum?
![A screenshot from the Steam and itch.io version of Dwarf Fortress, launching December 6th, 2022.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dwarf-Fortress-release-date.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dwarf Fortress is available on Steam right now
Play Bay 12 Games' magnum opus with overhauled visuals and mouse support
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Dwarf Fortress burrows onto Steam with its fancy new graphics in December
The original ASCII version will also remain as a free download
![Notoriously difficult to learn fantasy construction sim Dwarf Fortress is getting a tutorial for its Steam version.](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Dwarf-Fortress-Steam-tutorial-main.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Notoriously hard to learn Dwarf Fortress is getting a tutorial for the Steam version
I might play it now
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Latest Dwarf Fortress video highlights new art and menus by taking the bins out
Like the perfect fortmate
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Dwarf Fortress Steam edition video demonstrates convenience of seeing what's happening
The premium edition's graphics are so welcome!
![Dwarf Fortress’s new mouse menus make it so much easier to dig deeper](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dfhead.jpg?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
![Dwarf Fortress's new UI looks so beautiful I could cry, despite still looking like this](https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/dwarf-fortress-new-ui.png?width=320&height=180&fit=crop&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp)
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Dwarf Fortress's new UI looks so beautiful I could cry, despite still looking like this
A substantial upgrade
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Meet the 7 weirdest dwarves in the history of Dwarf Fortress
Nothing but contempt for oysters.
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