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Dwarf Fortress

86 / 100 Indie Role-playing (RPG) Simulator

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.

World design Open World GameplayExploration StructureSandbox GameplayStealth GameplaySurvival

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Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.

GameplayExploration StructureSandbox GameplayStealth GameplaySurvival GameplayCrafting StructureRoguelike GameplayRole-playing GenreIndie GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreSimulator GenreStrategy GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) Theme4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) ThemeFantasy ThemeOpen world ThemeSandbox ThemeStealth ThemeSurvival Trait2.5d Trait8-bit Traitascii Traitattributes Traitbase building Traitbloody Traitbow and arrow Traitcat Traitcity builder Traitcommerce Traitconstruction Traitcrafting Traitdark humor Traitday/night cycle Traitdeath Traitdeliberately retro Traitdog Traitdwarves Traitelves Traitexploration Traitfree-to-play Traitfreeware Traitgoblins Traitgrid-based movement Traitgrinding Traithuman Traitkill quest Traitlevel by doing Traitloot gathering Traitmanagement Traitmerchants Traitmilitary Traitmining Traitmurder Traitnever-ending Traitnon-player character Traitnudity Traitone-man army Traitoriginal soundtrack release Traitparty system Traitpermadeath Traitprocedural generation Traitquesting Traitrandom encounter Traitrandomly generated dungeons Traitrandomly generated maps Traitrat Traitreligion Traitroguelike Traitseasons Traitshopping Traitsnow Traitstrategic dismemberment Traittraps Traitwar Traitwarriors Traitweapon workshops Traitwolf Traitworld map Traityou play as the villain

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Bay 12 Games
Publisher
Bay 12 Games
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Text
Themes
4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), Fantasy, Open world, Sandbox, Stealth, Survival
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Linux Aug 08, 2006
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Aug 08, 2006
  • Mac Aug 08, 2006

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