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Dwarf Fortress — system requirements & benchmark status

This game is in the catalog, but no published review benchmarks have been collected for it yet — so this page carries no frame-rate numbers, no verdicts and no estimates. Below are the publisher's own system requirements and what they say about the hardware the game targets. A game joins the calculator only when published review benchmarks cover both its CPU and GPU sides.

Developer: Bay 12 Games · Publisher: Kitfox Games · Released: Dec 6, 2022 · Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Game facts and system requirements are as published on Steam (checked 4 November 2026).

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System requirements — Dwarf Fortress

As published by the publisher on Steam (checked 4 November 2026). Requirements are the publisher's target figures, not measurements — they describe the hardware the developer aims at, not the frame rate any part delivers.

ComponentMinimum (Steam)Recommended (Steam)
NotesRequires a 64-bit processor and operating systemRequires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OSXP SP3 or later—
ProcessorDual Core CPU - 2.4GHz+Dual Core CPU - 4GHz+
Memory4 GB RAM4 GB RAM
Graphics1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT—
Storage500 MB available space500 MB available space
Additional NotesRequires 64 bit processor and operating system—

Hardware demand level

Low — estimated from the graphics card named in the minimum requirements above (integrated graphics). The demand level classifies the publisher's published requirements only; it is not a benchmark result and predicts no frame rate.

Benchmark status

Not yet measured. Bottleneck Verdict adds a game to the calculator when published review benchmarks cover both sides at the game's highest settings, native resolution, no upscaling — the same bar the measured games met. Until then this page claims no performance figures for Dwarf Fortress.

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