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The Dwarves cover art

The Dwarves

KING Art · THQ Nordic · 2016-12-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

RPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 01, 2016 (Xbox One), 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 01, 2016 (Mac), Jan 01, 2016 (Linux)

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".

0
playing now
74%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Dwarves is a 2016 fantasy tactical role-playing video game developed by King Art Games. It features music composed by Benny Oschmann. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons. It is based on the novel The Dwarves by Markus Heitz.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–126k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,093 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$39.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.89 at MacGameStore (2024-03-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 65 of 105 observed days · $36.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$4.992016-12-012026-08-302016-12-01 — best price $33.992017-04-17 — best price $23.992017-08-21 — best price $38.252017-12-12 — best price $12.992018-04-19 — best price $13.202018-07-06 — best price $9.252018-10-08 — best price $9.992019-01-10 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $39.992019-09-04 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $39.992020-02-07 — best price $38.442020-05-04 — best price $7.992020-08-10 — best price $39.992021-01-14 — best price $9.992021-05-14 — best price $9.992021-08-15 — best price $9.992021-11-30 — best price $39.992022-03-02 — best price $37.822022-06-23 — best price $9.992022-09-17 — best price $39.992023-01-03 — best price $39.992023-04-14 — best price $39.992023-07-21 — best price $9.992023-11-01 — best price $9.992024-01-22 — best price $9.992024-04-30 — best price $9.992024-08-02 — best price $7.222024-12-05 — best price $39.992025-02-22 — best price $39.992025-05-24 — best price $39.992025-09-11 — best price $39.992025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-03-30 — best price $10.002026-06-17 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3642026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 11 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 15 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 16 pageviews2026-07-04 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 20 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 6 pageviews2026-08-06 — 8 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
80.1%
earned "Victory and Defeat"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,1144%34
PS4 (PlayStation)2,2477%34
Xbox One (Xbox)1,0006%34

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

Player tags

RPGGoreDwarfActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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