dwarf-fortress ☆
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Description:
Single-player fantasy game
Type: Cask  |  Latest Version: 0.47.05@0  |  Tracked Since: Aug 5, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Other
Tags: game simulation fantasy management procedural
Install: brew install --cask dwarf-fortress
About:
Dwarf Fortress is a complex, single-player fantasy simulation and construction management game. It generates detailed, persistent worlds with deep histories and intricate physics for players to manage a dwarven settlement. Its primary value lies in its emergent storytelling and near-infinite procedural depth.
Key Features:
  • Procedurally generated worlds with deep history
  • Complex simulation with detailed physics and ecology
  • Construction and management of a dwarven fortress
  • ASCII/tile-based graphical interface
  • Emergent storytelling through simulation
Use Cases:
  • Playing a deep, open-ended fantasy simulation game
  • Exploring complex, procedurally generated worlds and stories
  • Managing intricate settlement economics and survival
Alternatives:
  • RimWorld – Similar colony sim but with a sci-fi theme and more accessible UI
  • Gnomoria – A simpler, more direct Dwarf Fortress-inspired construction and management game
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Aug 5, 2025 2:17pm 0.47.05 0 VERSION_BUMP e6ffa07f
Jul 2, 2024 11:09pm 0.47.05 0 VERSION_BUMP 7a6566cb
Nov 26, 2023 7:34pm 0.47.05 0 VERSION_BUMP 6efafdb1
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