Dwarf Fortress: Siege Update
New enemy weapons: Battering rams, trolls can now carry giant pickaxes and blocks for building New enemy behaviours: Enemy behaviour is now classified into different roles (charge, hang back, ambush) and can…
Dwarf Fortress: Siege Update is an indie developed by Bay 12 Games, released 3 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Dwarf Fortress: Siege Update is
Dwarf Fortress: Siege Update is an indie game developed by Bay 12 Games and released in 2025. It was published by Kitfox Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
New enemy weapons: Battering rams, trolls can now carry giant pickaxes and blocks for building New enemy behaviours: Enemy behaviour is now classified into different roles (charge, hang back, ambush) and can path around dangerous areas. Engineers can build floors and stairs. Enemies can break through fortifications and raised bridges. They can also dig underground through natural walls. Goblins also bring more kinds of mounts and their demonic leader New weapon: Bolt thrower. This is a siege engine with a fixed location but can be turned freely in any direction. It fires faster than a crossbow and the ammo bin can hold 100 bolts. Siege operator skill matters but unskilled operators can use…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Dwarf Fortress: Siege Update launched on 3 November 2025, within three weeks of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2 and Dispatch.
Released around the same time: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, ARC Raiders, The Outer Worlds 2, Dispatch.
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