Dwarf Fortress has been available on Steam since December 6th. The development team has been working on the building game since 2003 and is once again captivating the players, as is also reflected in the positive reviews and purchases on Steam “>Dwarfs are now more than icons
In the building game Dwarf Fortress, the player must dig through procedurally generated worlds to house and manage a colony of dwarves. Similar to Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress is a huge sandbox game that never ends. Until now, this complex adventure was only available free of charge with symbol graphics, but with the 30-euro Steam version, pixel graphics and mouse control are now coming into play. In addition, the Dwarf game now has the benefits of the Steam workshop.
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Dwarf Fortress – Original (pic : Bay 12 Games)
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Dwarf Fortress – Steam Version (Image: Kitfox Games)Fans are excited
The fan community of the dwarf game is happy when it comes to giving the game a good rating and almost 30 euros. There is a post on the Dwarf Fortress Steam Discussions that responds to a user asking if “all these people played Dwarf Fortress for free for 25 years and then waited for an opportunity to pay $30 for it”. received a resounding “yes” as an answer. At least that's what the users write under the post, which thanks to the replies is now over 190 pages long.
With over 7,000 player reviews, 97% of which are positive, the game is doing extremely well on Steam. Likewise, the Steam charts are not spared by Dwarf Fortress: the dwarves conquer the top 10 best-selling titles there by total sales. That's particularly notable given that the $30 game shares space with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Incidentally, the latter appeared on Steam at the same time, having already been available on Ubisoft Connect and Epic Games.
Developers expected much less
The developers are delighted that the premium version of the game has been so well received by fans – they previously expected a modest sales figure of 160,000 units in two months. In the end, this was completely misjudged – the goal was already reached after 24 hours.