DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine is a dwarf, simulation and software game developed and published by The DFHack Team.
Released on April 13th 2023 is available on Windows and Linux.

It has received 605 reviews of which 601 were positive and 4 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine into these genres:

Dwarf Simulation Software Utilities Moddable Colony Sim Building Procedural Generation Singleplayer Resource Management Management Strategy Pixel Graphics RPG Isometric Immersive Sim Choose Your Own Adventure Survival Mod

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: XP SP3 or later
Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.4GHz+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT
Storage: 50 MB available space
Additional Notes: Must be installed to the same Steam library and drive as Dwarf Fortress

Linux

Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.4GHz+
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT
Storage: 50 MB available space
Additional Notes: Must be installed to the same Steam library and drive as Dwarf Fortress. Both games must also have the same "Compatibility" setting (e.g. "Steam Linux Runtime 1.0 (scout)").

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Steam data	22 November 2024 08:10
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Steam price	22 November 2024 08:10
Steam reviews	21 January 2025 01:47

Free to play

9.2

601

Online players

281

Developer

The DFHack Team

Publisher

The DFHack Team

Release 13 Apr 2023

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