DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

Worth it · RPG · 2023

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

PLAY IT.

Worth it, and it costs nothing.

PriceS
Free to play
ReviewsS
99% of 1,166
Genre rank
Top 2% RPG

Players and genre

Online
115 now
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 2 percent. It is the best reviewed of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Heart of the Machine ($29.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats 主角 ($5.19, scores 80).

It is still busy. 115 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 5, 18:50 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Player count is unknown. We assumed a small player base, about 500 owners.
Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 98% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Extensions for Dwarf Fortress, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and other tools.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT, 51 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

Cite this score

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. Player count is unknown, so the score assumes a small player base; Steam shows 1,166 reviews, so it has at least that many owners. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2346660/dfhack-dwarf-fortress-modding-engine
Embed the live badge

Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 22. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperThe DFHack Team
PublisherThe DFHack Team
GenreRPG
Released2023