Dwarf Fortress Classic

Dwarf Fortress world simulator.

GameRole-Playing
Snap (recommended) Arch Linux Fedora Void Linux LutrisStandard: Stable Other builds: Spacefox, DFHack, v51.11-r1.2, LinuxDwarfPack 0.47.05-r8, Classic, v51.11

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A single-player fantasy game in which you build a dwarven outpost or play an adventurer in a randomly generated world

Additional information

Project

Publisher
William Whinn
License
Dwarf Fortress

Install

Available via
Snap (2) · Arch Linux (2) · Fedora · Void Linux · Gentoo · Lutris (3)
All 10 packagings

Snap Store, Snap Store (Nightly build), AUR (Spacefox build), Arch Linux, RPM Fusion, Void Linux, Gentoo (Candidate build), Lutris (DFHack, v51.11-r1.2 build), Lutris (LinuxDwarfPack 0.47.05-r8 build), Lutris (Classic, v51.11 build)

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Sources
Sources disagree on the name: dwarffortressclassic / dwarffortress
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (10)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
Snap StoreDwarf Fortress Classic0.47.05—ProprietaryDwarf Fortress world simulator.
Snap Store (Nightly build)Dwarf Fortress Classic0.47.05—ProprietaryDwarf Fortress world simulator.
AUR (Spacefox build)dwarffortress-spacefox0.47.05-1Community build, patchedcustom:dwarffortress-sfA single-player fantasy game. You control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated persistent world. Packed with Spacefox's tileset and graphics pack. Does not replace other dwarffortress packages.
Arch Linuxdwarffortress53.16-1Distribution buildLicenseRef-dwarffortressA single-player fantasy game in which you build a dwarven outpost or play an adventurer in a randomly generated world
RPM Fusiondwarffortress0.47.05Distribution buildDwarf FortressA single-player procedurally generated fantasy game
Void Linuxdwarffortress53.02_1Distribution buildcustom:ProprietaryControl a dwarven outpost in a randomly generated world
Gentoo (Candidate build)dwarf-fortress51.13Distribution buildfree-noncomm AND BSD-3-Clause AND BitstreamVeraSingle-player fantasy game
Lutris (DFHack, v51.11-r1.2 build)Dwarf Fortress———Add‐on for Dwarf Fortress.
Lutris (LinuxDwarfPack 0.47.05-r8 build)Dwarf Fortress———A simple ready-to-play pack for Linux that includes: Dwarf Fortress v0.47.05 DFHack + TwbT v0.47.05-r8 compatible DFGraphics tilesets: Spacefox, Ironhand, Phoebus, ...
Lutris (Classic, v51.11 build)Dwarf Fortress———Free “Classic” (aka “Vanilla”) version.
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