A new, graphical Dwarf Fortress map. (Image credit: Bay 12 Games) The new map has a big readability upgrade for even experienced players. The shift from 8x12 ASCII to 16x16 pixel art tiles evens ...

Most Dwarf Fortress players have likely never touched its roguelike mode, but when it finally arrives on Steam, it'll be a major update. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Dwarf Fortress is ditching ASCII for its upcoming Steam release--here's an example of a map in the new art style. By James O'Connor on May 15, 2020 at 7:26AM PDT Where to buy ...

Dwarf Fortress Devs Will 'Blow Everyone's Mind' With Adventure Mode. The devs of Dwarf Fortress explain why the game's true ...

My first attempt ended up with me flooding my fortress in only a few minutes. I had expected that to happen, so I didn’t mind too much. I got myself into a pretty serious mindset, trying to ...

Dwarf Fortress is …complicated. More ... (despite being first released in 2006), wherethe same keys do different things on different maps. Dwarf Fortressis not just a game. It’s a lifestyle. ...

It’s a Java mapping program, used to make hex maps. What it allowed me to do was create a layer of Dwarf Fortress map, which I then put hexes on. So a spot of Dwarf Fortress badlands became a ...

Breaking a 16-year-old tradition in Dwarf Fortress. For almost two decades, there was only one programmer working on Dwarf Fortress. Now, following a big launch on Steam and Itch.io, that’s ...

One of the biggest conceits in Dwarf Fortress is that you can't directly control your dwarves, outside of actively mobilized military squads. You're a kind of central planner, setting up labor ...

If you're bogged down by the complexity of top games like RimWorld and Dwarf Fortress, here are some awesome management and survival games you should check out.

Dwarf Fortress, the endlessly complex fantasy simulation about building a dwarf colony and economy, ... “Your own mind is a story-building engine, and we can help that,” he said.