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Dwarf Fortress on Twitch — competition and audience

Bay 12 Games· Kitfox Games· 2022· Linux · PC
RPGSimulatorStrategyIndieFantasySurvival

In this complex construction/management/roguelike simulation, every generated world brings a unique challenge, whether it’s dwarves with their own simulated personalities or aquifers. Observe what makes your civilization fall into eventual decline, and learn for next time… until something else inevitably goes wrong. The combat model includes skills, body parts, material properties, aimed attacks, wrestling, pain, nausea, various poison effects, and much more. It’s difficult to convey the depth of the generation. Hundreds of animals and monsters, many of which are randomly created for each world, as well as generated poetry, musical forms, instruments, and dances for your dwarves to practice and perform. A dynamic weather model tracks wind, humidity, and air masses to create fronts, clouds, storms, and blizzards. Over two hundred rock and mineral types can appear, in their proper geological environments.

Trailer

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23Room for youThin
4Live streamers
55People watching
#3Your spot at 10 viewersof 5

Should I stream Dwarf Fortress on Twitch?

23/100 · Thin· 14 viewers per streamer on paper

Not really. Most of the 55 people watching Dwarf Fortress in English are already committed to the streams they are on, leaving about 10 across 2 other English streams. You would start around #3 of 5.

About 10 of the 55 English viewers here are not watching the two biggest English streams — roughly 3 each if you split it with the 2 other English streams below them. With ten viewers you would sit at #3.

Most of the audience here is not watching in English, is committed to the biggest streams, or you would start too far down the list to be found.

This reads the room as it is right now — how much of the English-speaking audience is reachable and where you would land — not how many followers you would gain. That depends on you.

Where to buy

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How many people stream Dwarf Fortress?

Right now

4 right now, to 55 viewers between them. Counted live from Twitch and refreshed every 15 minutes.

Is Dwarf Fortress too saturated on Twitch?

No. 4 people are streaming Dwarf Fortress to 55 viewers, 4 of them in English to 55 — about 14 each — and you would open at about #3 of 5.

Who you're up against

Biggest streams of 4 live right now

Is Dwarf Fortress any good?

Players score it 83 out of 100 from 35 ratings, and critics 84 out of 100.

84Critics1 outlets
83Players35 ratings

Streamer reviews

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Details

Released
Dec 6, 2022 · 4 years ago
Time to finish
No ending — ongoing game
Playing on Steam
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Price
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Modes
Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric, Text
Rated
USK 16
Biggest stream
25 (46% of the category)
Typical stream
14 viewers (median)
Count accuracy
Exact — every live stream counted

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Updated Oct 19, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC