--- title: "Dwarf Fortress — Belly Score 9.7 | Belly Score" url: https://bellyscore.com/game/dwarf-fortress description: "Dwarf Fortress gets a Belly Score of 9.7/10. BELLY APPROVED" lang: en --- Image: Dwarf Fortress (https://base44.app/api/apps/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/files/mp/public/6a8733184599b395d22f69cf/c388b258e_DwarfFortress.jpeg) # Dwarf Fortress Belly Score 9.7 Platform PC: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/pc, Linux: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/linux, Macintosh: https://bellyscore.com/best/platform/macintosh Genre Simulation: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/simulation, Strategy: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/strategy, Adventure: https://bellyscore.com/best/genre/adventure Released Aug 8, 2006: https://bellyscore.com/best/year/2006 Developer Bay 12 Games Publisher Kitfox Games About Dwarf Fortress is less of a game and more of a digital engine for generating chaotic, emergent history. You are tasked with guiding a band of dwarves as they carve a civilization out of a procedurally generated world that tracks everything from geological strata to the specific personality quirks of every individual inhabitant. It is a notoriously complex, deep, and often brutal simulation where your most carefully laid plans will inevitably collapse into hilarious, tragic, or bizarre disaster. In this world, losing isn't just a possibility—it is the primary source of the game's legendary, unpredictable charm. The Belly's Verdict BELLY APPROVED Belly Score Calculation Category Weight Score Weighted Fun Factor 25% 10.0 2.500 Game Play 20% 10.0 2.000 Controls + Feel 15% 8.4 1.260 Creativity + Originality 10% 10.0 1.000 Presentation 10% 9.4 0.940 Content + Staying Power 10% 10.0 1.000 The Belly Factor 10% 10.0 1.000 Total 100% 9.7 Raw weighted sum 9.700 → rounded to 9.7 ### Prediction Results No predictions were made for this game. Vibe Tags Challenging: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/challenging Brutal: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/brutal Unforgiving: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/unforgiving Strategic: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/strategic Weird: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/weird Single-Player: https://bellyscore.com/best/vibe/single-player Themes Fantasy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/fantasy High Fantasy: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/high-fantasy Nature / Wilderness: https://bellyscore.com/best/theme/nature-wilderness Original Belly Score Video Related Games 9.9 ### The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Action-Adventure · RPG · Sandbox Nintendo Switch · Wii U · Nintendo Switch 2 Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Nature / Wilderness Adventurous Exploratory Discovery-Driven +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/zelda-breath-of-the-wild 9.9 ### Final Fantasy IX RPG · Adventure PlayStation · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation Portable · PC · Android · iOS · Xbox One · Nintendo Switch · PlayStation 4 High Fantasy Medieval Adventurous Whimsical Charming +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-9 9.9 ### FINAL FANTASY VI RPG Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PlayStation · Game Boy Advance · iOS · Android · Microsoft Windows · PlayStation 4 Fantasy Dark / Grim Steampunk Epic Emotional Melancholic +3 https://bellyscore.com/game/final-fantasy-6 9.9 ### Half-Life FPS · Action · Adventure Windows · PlayStation 2 · macOS · Linux Sci-Fi Alien Workplace +1 Atmospheric Eerie Intense +2 https://bellyscore.com/game/half-life ### Community Discussion 0 Threads Log in to join the discussion. 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