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Dwarf Fortress on Steam — Gift

About the game

Dwarf Fortress is the legendary dwarven colony sim from the Adams brothers (Bay 12 Games), built over 16+ years and brought to Steam by Kitfox Games with a proper tileset and music. You carve a fortress deep into the mountain, mine ore, brew booze, fend off goblins and watch your story turn into an epic — and then a glorious disaster. You receive the game as a Steam Gift straight to your account.

Once the gift is delivered it cannot be refunded. If Steam rejects the gift due to region mismatch, the full amount is returned to your site balance.
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Your Steam account region must match the gift region, and you must not already own the game. Enter your region at checkout and we'll match the right option.

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How to receive the gift

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Enter your Steam friend invite link and your account region.
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Where to get the link: open your Steam profile → “Add Friend”.
Where to get the link: open your Steam profile → “Add Friend”.
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Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
Copy the quick invite link (looks like s.team/p/...).
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Place the order. The bot adds itself as a friend and sends the gift — usually within a couple of minutes, no need to accept anything.
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Accept the gift in Steam — the game is yours. The bot then removes itself.

FAQ

Dwarf Fortress on Steam: build a fortress, live a legend

There are games, and then there's Dwarf Fortress — a story generator where losing is fun. It's the dwarven colony sim by brothers Tarn and Zach Adams of Bay 12 Games, refined over more than sixteen years, and in 2022 Kitfox Games brought a polished version to Steam — with a graphical tileset, a usable interface and music. You lead a handful of dwarves into the wilderness, dig a fortress straight into the rock, and watch your own tiny civilization grow out of ore, booze and sheer stubbornness. Here you buy Dwarf Fortress as a Steam Gift sent straight to your account.

What this game actually is

In short: you don't control a hero, you steer the fate of a whole settlement. You pick a spot in a procedurally generated world with its own history, gods and civilizations, drop in seven dwarves and start carving into the mountain. You dig tunnels, mine stone and metals, grow mushrooms, brew drinks (a dwarf without ale is a miserable dwarf), set up workshops, forge weapons and armor, organize a military and trade with caravans. Meanwhile the world lives on its own: goblins muster armies, something ancient stirs deep below, and your dwarves make friends, feud, fall in love and lose their minds grieving over a favorite statue.

Why the Steam version

The original Dwarf Fortress was famous for its ASCII-symbol "graphics" and a learning curve that tripped up even strategy veterans. The Steam version is the same bottomless simulation with a human face: real sprites instead of letters, a reworked menu, mouse support, Steam Workshop and a soundtrack. It's not a cut-down mobile port or a remake — it's the full Dwarf Fortress, finally friendly to newcomers. Every major free update released after launch (including the long-awaited Adventure Mode) arrives through Steam automatically — there are no separate paid DLCs to buy.

Two modes — two lives

The main mode is Fortress Mode: the fortress-building and colony management the game is loved for. The second is Adventure Mode: an RPG mode where you enter that same living world as a single character, roam it, talk to NPCs, fight in the revamped combat and can even reach the ruins of a fortress you once built and lost. Both modes share the same simulated world — that's the magic: everything connects.

What's included

This is the base, complete Dwarf Fortress for Steam — graphical tileset, music, both modes and access to Steam Workshop tilesets and community mods. No mandatory add-ons, no preorder perks: you get one whole game that already eats hundreds of hours on its own. You don't need to buy a separate base game — this is the full version.

How you receive the game

We deliver Dwarf Fortress via the Steam Gift system. At checkout you fill in two fields: your Steam friend invite link (grab it from your profile via "Add Friend") and your Steam account region. Our bot then adds itself to your friends, sends the gift, and automatically leaves once delivered — no need to accept anything manually. Steam Guard is not required. Delivery usually takes just a couple of minutes after checkout.

Region and a couple of conditions

The gift is available for a wide set of regions — around 47 — so it goes smoothly in most countries. Three things matter: your Steam account region must match the gift region, friend requests must be allowed in your profile settings, and Dwarf Fortress must not already be in that account's library (Steam won't let you accept a gift for a game you already own — the most common snag). Just enter your region in the field at checkout and we'll match the right option.

Who it's for

If you love RimWorld for its emergent colonist drama, Factorio for sprawling production chains, or simply thrive on deep systems you can dig into for weeks — Dwarf Fortress will swallow you whole. This isn't a one-evening game, it's a hobby. For something similar in spirit, check out RimWorld (also about a colony and its people's drama), Factorio (engineering obsession), and the sandbox Terraria if you want something lighter and brighter.

Common worries

"Isn't this the notoriously hard sim?" — yes, but the Steam version removes half the pain: a tutorial, mouse support, clear icons. "Does it update?" — yes, through Steam, automatically. "Is it the full game?" — yes, with all released free updates, nothing extra to buy. Grab it, settle in, and remember the community's golden rule: Losing is Fun.