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The Dwarves

The Dwarves

A few heroes are facing hundreds of foes – are you even able to lead the coolest fantasy people to victory against the dark hordes? Explore a vast world, fight tactical real-time battles, and experience the fantastic story based on the bestseller "The Dwarves".

Released Dec 1, 2016 Developer KING Art Publisher THQ Nordic, EuroVideo Medien Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux DwarfRPGFantasyReal-Time with PauseTactical RPG
View on Steam ↗ $39.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

73.9%positive2,023 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The Dwarves is a charming little fantasy romp that plays similar to a table of DnD. While the combat is a bit weird like baldurs gate and dynasty warriors had a disfigured child the overall charm wins over. If anything this has convinced me the books might be worth a look in the…”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“I can say i loved the story, The art work, the music. But there are so many bugs i found in the game. npc's stuck in T pose. The controls are horrible. Like it felt like i should have more control over my character but somewhere down the line they changed the controls. Because…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“The games story is well written, however i find the combat and most events to be extremely buggy to the point where they just stop working meaning u have to reload old saves or members of your party just dont respond in combat causing u to fail and redo it all over and over…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:27 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
624-hour peak
958all-time peak
0 100 200 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 170 avg · Dec 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

34achievements
18.8%median completion
1.5%rarest: Chase Master
80.1% of players 60.3% of players 43.2% of players 41.8% of players 41.4% of players 40.1% of players 37.2% of players 36.9% of players 35.0% of players 27.2% of players 23.6% of players 22.3% of players 22.1% of players 21.0% of players 20.7% of players 19.4% of players 19.2% of players 18.8% of players 18.7% of players 18.4% of players 16.6% of players 15.5% of players 14.6% of players 11.1% of players 10.8% of players 9.0% of players 7.5% of players 7.1% of players 6.7% of players 6.4% of players 3.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 80.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
80.1%Victory and Defeat — Defend the Stone Gateway
60.3%Making Friends — Gain the first two companions for your group
43.2%A warm bed — Persuade the guards in Goodwater to let you in
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Chase Master — Win three stars in a chase.
1.7%Time Challenge Master — Win three stars in a time challenge.
1.9%Horde Mode Master — Win three stars in a horde mode battle.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$39.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$39.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US39.99 USD
EU39.99 EUR
UK34.99 GBP
Australia56.95 AUD
Canada49.99 CAD
Japan3,980 JPY
Brazil69.99 BRL
China139.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$14 China Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$47

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 13, 2017
The Dwarves - Update

Dear community, next to a range of minor fixes, the recently released update brings the following new changes to the game: - New game mode "Challenges" - Three different challenges on six maps to test

Mar 13, 2017
The Dwarves - Update

Dear community, next to a range of minor fixes, the recently released update brings the following new changes to the game: - New game mode "Challenges" - Three different challenges on six maps to test

Dec 01, 2016
The Dwarves are now available on Steam!

The Dwarves have arrived. The coolest fantasy race of all time finally has their own, great adventure. Heroic dwarf Tungdil – scholar, smith and blessed with a gentle heart – has to gather a group of

Dec 01, 2016
The Dwarves are now available on Steam!

The Dwarves have arrived. The coolest fantasy race of all time finally has their own, great adventure. Heroic dwarf Tungdil – scholar, smith and blessed with a gentle heart – has to gather a group of

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRPG
Player tagsDwarf · RPG · Fantasy · Real-Time with Pause · Tactical RPG · Adventure · Kickstarter · Gore · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Open World · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements34
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.dwarves-game.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Window 7, 8, 8.1, 10 Processor: Q9650 / AMD Phenom II X4 940 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: GTX660 / Radeon 7870 / 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space