DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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 692 reviews of which 687 were positive and 5 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System 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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DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
9.2
687
5
Online players
282
Developer
The DFHack Team
Publisher
The DFHack Team
Release 13 Apr 2023
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