One of the most popular and emblematic indie games of all time,Dwarf Fortress, took its timecoming out on Steam. Its Steam release included afancy new GUI, but no single-dwarf Adventure Mode, which was a shame. Thankfully, that’s all changing right now. Indeed, Adventure Mode is now out!
More specifically,Dwarf Fortress‘s long-anticipated Adventure Mode isnow available on Steamin its beta form, allowing anyone intrigued by the prospect to give it a fair shake. Its appeal lies mainly in the fact that Adventure Mode doesn’t saddle you with a whole civilization’s worth of Dwarves to manage right off the bat. Instead, in Adventure Mode, it’s just your custom-built avatar and either one of your previously colonized worlds or a newly generated one instead. It is, therefore, a more focused and far simpler experience than you’d get in a regular Fortress Mode game ofDwarf Fortress.
Access Dwarf Fortress: Adventure Mode via Steam now
Anyone interested inDwarf Fortress‘s Adventure Mode can download its beta build by doing the following:
This will kickstart the updated download and get you into Adventure Mode in short order. Curiously, it would appear that Adventure Mode comes with its own exclusive soundtrack made by Dabu and Simon Swerwer. The OST is already purchasable on Steam, and it’s interesting to note that this suite of music “will not be in Fortress mode for now,” as per the official blog.
The reason Adventure Mode is only in beta at this time is that the developer Bay 12 Games has a lot more to do before the mode is polished up enough for full release. As per theofficial announcementfrom the devs, they still wish to do all of the following:
And this, as per the developer, is just scratching the surface of what else is coming to Adventure Mode andDwarf Fortressproper. A long list, then, but that’s just how it is withDwarf Fortress!
