DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine overview

Overview

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine comes from The DFHack Team and is published by The DFHack Team. It arrived on Steam on Apr 13, 2023, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 103 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:49:33 UTC, with a tracked peak near 447. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 99% positive across 1,119 reviews.

Language and system requirements

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine has sold up to 34,260 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine overview details

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

DFHack is an add-on for Dwarf Fortress (search for it here on Steam!) that enables mods and tools to significantly extend the game. The default DFHack distribution contains a wide variety of these tools, including bugfixes, interface improvements, automation agents, design blueprints, modding building blocks, and more. Third-party tools (e.g. mods downloaded from Dwarf Fortress Steam Workshop or the forums) can also seamlessly integrate with the DFHack framework and extend the game far beyond what can be done by just modding the raws. DFHack’s mission is to provide tools and interfaces for players and modders to: expand the bounds of what is possible in Dwarf Fortress reduce the impact of game bugs give the player more agency and control over the game provide alternatives to toilsome or frustrating aspects of gameplay make the game more fun Our online Quickstart Guide (see the "View the website" link in the sidebar) will help you get up to speed with how to use DFHack. It's also available in-game via the quickstart-guide command. The best way to make feature requests or report problems is to open an Issue on our GitHub issue tracker (see the "Stats" link in the sidebar). When reporting problems, links to your zipped, uploaded savegame and mods are immensely helpful, and issues with attached savegames and mods get fixed faster. We need a zip of your mods because we can't load your savegame without them. DFHack installs itself directly into your Dwarf Fortress installation . It does this the first time you launch it, so you must launch DFHack once for this to happen .…

SteamPulse editorial summary

DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with RPG, Simulation, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 103 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:49:33 UTC, a tracked peak of 447, and 99% positive reviews.

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.