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