Genre City BuilderReleased Dec 6, 2022

Dwarf Fortress

Developed by Bay 12 Games · Published by Kitfox Games
Estimated lifetime revenue
$6.77M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$4.74M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
453.0K
≈ 14 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 31,587 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
31,587
Very Positive95% positive
Playing now
478
9-day peak 775 · low 478
New reviews, last 9 days
+18
≈ 2 a day since Oct 7

History

Oct 7 – Oct 16

31.6K31.6K31.6K31.6K
Oct 7Oct 11Oct 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Strategy →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Strategy games on Steam

Outearns 34% of them — below the group's median.

Median
$15.59M
114,721 reviews
Top 10% start at
$67.69M
This game
$6.77M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.

Developer
Bay 12 Games
Publisher
Kitfox Games
Genre
City Builder
Released
Dec 6, 2022
Steam app ID
975370
Data updated
Oct 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.