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With Adventure Mode out now, the Dwarf Fortress team are looking ahead and it's sounding quite exciting with some big ...

Discover the latest updates for Dwarf Fortress including new features, graphics, and future plans from Kitfox.

Dwarf Fortress is entering a "new era" of development, bringing exciting new features and improvements to Fortress Mode and Adventure Mode.

Arguably even more intimidating than Dwarf Fortress's Fortress mode is its Adventurer mode. Allowing you to create a highly customizable character, this is an open-world roguelike experience that ...

Back in December 2022, I wrote in our Dwarf Fortress review that its Steam release is "a worthy revision of the legendary settlement sim." And I stand by that. But there was something missing ...

Get a deep dive into Dwarf Fortress' Adventure Mode update in this latest trailer, which brings the Adventure Mode (RPG campaign mode) to the game. The Adventure Mode update features a new ...

Dwarf Fortress is still the champion when it comes ... and explore to the furthest reaches of the world map. It’s a fantastic way to make use of a fortress world that might have run its course ...

The rest, as they say, was history. But for fans of the colony sim genre, it’s Dwarf Fortress reigning supreme as the inspiration for so many recent titles, and it’s only getting better with time.

During exploration, players will come across Map Fragments, an item that is described as “Crafting material. Combine two for a map.” The vast expanses of open-world games often necessitate a mount for ...

Charlie Hall is Polygon’s tabletop editor. In 12-plus years as a journalist & photographer, he has covered simulation, strategy, and spacefaring games, as well as public policy.

Caves of Qud is very much a roguelike title and not just because players can get permanently killed and end their run in a myriad of ways. It also looks a bit like the 1985 title that roguelikes are ...