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Dwarfs!? cover art

Dwarfs!?

Power of 2 · Tripwire Interactive · 2011-05-04

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 04, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 04, 2011 (Linux), May 04, 2011 (Mac)

Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!

Dwarfs!? is a Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 1082 reviews).

1
playing now
78%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Dwarfs!? is a 2011 real-time strategy game developed by Power of 2 and published by Tripwire Interactive. In the game, the player acts as the overseer for an underground Dwarf colony, as the player must defend them by doing things such as building walls, solidifying rock, and bombing holes as they mine for resources. The game features multiple game modes, which range from an arcade mode, where the goal is getting the highest score, to a tower defence mode. Power of 2's Robin Flodin and Teddy Sjöström conceived the game in late 2009 while studying video game design.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,082 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.41 at GamersGate (2022-01-07) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 44 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
441Jul 2012Aug 2024Jul 2012 — avg 9 · peak 21Nov 2012 — avg 13 · peak 43Mar 2013 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2013 — avg 8 · peak 23Nov 2013 — avg 6 · peak 20Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2014 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2014 — avg 5 · peak 17Mar 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Jul 2015 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Mar 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2023 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.442015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $4.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-07-06 — best price $5.992019-02-04 — best price $1.192019-11-21 — best price $0.902020-05-29 — best price $5.992020-07-29 — best price $5.992020-09-18 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $5.992020-12-28 — best price $5.992021-02-11 — best price $0.902021-03-29 — best price $5.992021-05-08 — best price $5.992021-06-21 — best price $5.992021-08-16 — best price $1.862021-09-29 — best price $4.992021-11-17 — best price $5.392022-01-23 — best price $5.392022-02-28 — best price $0.892022-04-25 — best price $5.392022-06-14 — best price $4.402022-08-03 — best price $5.392022-09-19 — best price $5.392023-01-02 — best price $0.892023-05-08 — best price $5.992023-10-09 — best price $0.442024-02-05 — best price $9.992024-05-16 — best price $4.992024-09-09 — best price $0.752025-01-13 — best price $4.402025-06-20 — best price $1.492025-11-27 — best price $1.992026-05-29 — best price $4.462026-08-21 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1312026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1 pageviews2026-07-02 — 4 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 6 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 8 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 8 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
27.3%
earned "Diggy Kong"
10.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,98010%29

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DDwarfIndieMiningFantasyStrategyTop-DownColony SimManagementSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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