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Dwarf Fortress

by Bay 12 Games

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Indie
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Excellent

About

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.
Publisher
Bay 12 Games
Engine
OpenGL
Modes
Single player
Themes
Fantasy, Survival, Stealth, Sandbox, Open world, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Text

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