Dwarf Fortress System Requirements

The minimum memory requirement for Dwarf Fortress is 4 GB of RAM installed in your computer. The cheapest graphics card you can play it on is an AMD. Furthermore, an NVIDIA GeForce 510 is recommended in order to run Dwarf Fortress with the highest settings. In terms of game file size, you will need at least 500 MB of free disk space available. An Intel Core 2 Duo Q6867 CPU is required at a minimum to run Dwarf Fortress. However, the developers recommend a CPU greater or equal to an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 to play the game.

Dwarf Fortress will run on PC system with XP SP3 or later and upwards. Additionally it has a Linux version.

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