--- title: "Dwarf Fortress Remote - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Dwarf Fortress is a famous fantasy world simulation/management game from Bay 12 Games. This app allows you to play Fortress Mode remotely on your mobile device. Dwarf Fortress is an open-ended fantas" --- # Dwarf Fortress Remote — United States > The most complex world sim ![Dwarf Fortress Remote App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/2b/a3/97/2ba39764-66ed-a6cd-ea05-3d286ff9416e/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-P3-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [MIFKI PTY](https://apptail.io/developer/mifki-pty-Rvjb) **Category:** Games **Rating:** 3.4/5 (142 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.mifki.dfremote **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 3.50 (released 2026-03-26) **Original Release:** 2016-01-14 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1003660287) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/united-states) ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Description Dwarf Fortress is a famous fantasy world simulation/management game from Bay 12 Games. This app allows you to play Fortress Mode remotely on your mobile device. Dwarf Fortress is an open-ended fantasy world simulation/management game from Bay 12 Games, which is in constant development since 2002. In Fortress mode, player indirectly controls a group of dwarves, attempting to construct a successful and wealthy fortress. The game features a highly detailed procedurally generated fantasy world with multiple civilizations and wildlife, realistic geology, weather effects. You will have dozens of different building and items to construct, hundreds of materials, advanced military system, agriculture, sieges and underground monsters, diplomacy and trading. ATTENTION: Internet connection is required to play. The original game with a plugin (both free) running at your home or on a cloud server will be required, visit mifki.com/df/setup for details. Alternatively, you can purchase a server subscription from within the app, in which case we will manage a server for you, visit mifki.com/df/subscription for details. Visit bay12games.com/dwarves for full information about Dwarf Fortress. However, please report any issues with this application to mifki.com/df/support and NOT to the original game authors. ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/78/22/34/7822346f-9011-02e3-a5f6-d0fe0c2d5927/mzl.efctapxt.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/4b/be/98/4bbe9840-9bf8-05d3-e150-06b32ce87588/mzl.qwxmjbea.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/59/2f/35/592f35a7-d960-04cf-fa4b-f784e5125e37/mzl.kaimjrcv.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/2e/1e/95/2e1e9556-5950-5de5-94f4-28b3274ed16d/mzl.esatvdxp.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/1c/23/ca/1c23ca4d-315f-1c33-64cd-aa401c70758b/mzl.aujysilx.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/9f/89/8b/9f898bbb-8a67-8f1d-fe72-7c6e3be70179/mzl.enfqcvrt.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/0e/b6/8a/0eb68a13-00e4-111a-281b-e44cd8d63c34/mzl.xvgptthd.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/f5/bf/78/f5bf784f-9ef6-135e-d937-63805d87a80d/mzl.gksmprgm.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 9](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/dc/c6/78/dcc6787c-3a09-b3c7-7a91-172b19485d5a/mzl.rtmjpyiu.png/2688x1242.png) - [Screenshot 10](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/c1/e1/64/c1e164a4-8439-20e9-3d2c-f75d2dd4328b/mzl.mpwlhbth.png/2688x1242.png) ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 76 (54%) - 4 stars: 4 (3%) - 3 stars: 7 (5%) - 2 stars: 3 (2%) - 1 stars: 52 (37%) ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Reviews in United States ### *---- "Game broken / tilesets no longer included" This used to be a great little app. Now it is broken because the tilesets needed to run the server side of the game are missing. What happened? Where is the dev? -- NewsBar v.3.1, 2024-10-01 ### *---- "Doesn’t work" Subscription server doesn’t work. No option to embark only set the settings and cancel. -- OBS5561, 2024-09-26 ### ***-- "Connection error sometimes" Great when it works. -- d u tihg, 2024-01-16 ### *---- "Payments" Pay for the game. Then monthly payments. -- Some ginger 1990, 2024-01-16 ### *---- "Refund please" Not what I expected, 4 dollars and a service fee to play. Refund please. -- Nerd4dead, 2023-12-28 ### *---- "Permanent Server Error" Server is permanently locked out in error. I see in the reviews other people have been having this issue over time and it doesn’t seem to have been fixed. A shame really, I didn’t even get to finish creating a world. It went into error half way through. -- deshocousa, 2023-12-07 ### *---- "Not really playable." I’ve been trying to play this on my iPhone the last few days and it’s not really playable. The UI is the biggest problem, it’s clunky but there are a lot of options that are missing. To give a few examples; you can’t create bedroom zones, when you create a storage yard there is no “select all” so you have to select everything manually every time, and you have to manually check your status and announcements. -- Saxon Thomas, 2023-06-02 ### ***** "Ah, good. It is working now. Great alternative." I had to uninstall and reinstall the client to get rid of the tileset issue. I really enjoyed the iPad interface before, and while I love the Steam release (especially Steam Deck support), I like the iPad experience a lot. Thanks, Mifki! -- brysmi, 2023-03-06 ### ***** "Wonderful app & game! Actively supported!" If you’re familiar with DF, you know it’s a great game and not only how rich and deep it is, but also how influential it has been on gaming, essentially spawning multiple genres of computer games. This app allows you to access that rich, deep gaming experience on your freaking *phone*, which is another level of amazing. The app is actively supported and updated and the developer was very responsive to me reaching out to report issues. He was very patient and helpful in resolving an issue with the server subscription, which he fixed in a couple of days after reporting it. Overall, while this is not the steam premium version on your iOS device, it is a very, very good UI for touch screens and is the only way to get access to DF on your ios device directly (ie not screen sharing). A lot of thought and effort has clearly gone into how to access game features from a remote client UI and I’m loving it! -- FeralCat, 2023-02-27 ### *---- "Ridiculous" 3.99 for the game and then 4.99 a month to play!?!? Where is the headline for that? Would have never downloaded that game if I knew it was like this. Refund please!!!! -- Insanite5150, 2022-12-09 ### **--- "Was great, but abandoned" This was great back when the developer actively supported it. It seems like maybe the announcement of the steam version deterred them from working on it more? Kind of a bummer, I really liked this version but it’s insanely far behind the game now. -- Chance Master Shane, 2022-11-28 ### *---- "Doesn’t work." Was fun when I got it to work, but I gave up on trying to make it work again after struggling for a long time and haven’t tried again in a long time. Even like a year ago you couldn’t play the newest version of dwarf fortress, and I believe it still hasn’t been updated. -- Kunndt, 2022-02-06 ### *---- "It’s great but abandoned." The concept of this is amazing. It’s almost perfect, until I ran into a bug that made it unplayable. The bug I found was that any time I created a squad no matter what kind or how many dwarves I had in it, if I tried to open the menu to give them a command like attack or even move the app would crash. I’ve tried turning the DF server on and off, I’ve tried turning my phone on and off. No luck. I find out Mifki (the developer) has a site and there’s a contact email. I figured I’d email him about the issue and didn’t receive a reply at all. This has been several months now that I’ve sent it in. Also seeing how the last update was in over 2 years ago in 2019, I can’t help but feel their priorities changed. Which is fine however you should either un-list the game on the AppStore or (more favorably) open up the source code to the community. That way we could update it to run on the most recent version of DF and also fix any left over bugs that were left. It could also be made free beside the option to run a server for a couple bucks a month. And also we could even try to implement an Adventurer mode because as of right now you can only do Fortress mode. All in all, I did have an enjoyable experience using the app besides the bugs and out dated nature of it. The UI is impeccable for what this game actually is. I was astonished how easily I picked it up compared to having to remember all the key bindings. You really have done a great job with this. It’s just a shame that you left it. I’ll be happy to update my review if you end up reaching out or at least un-abandoning it. For now I’m leaving it a 1 star to hopefully get the attention of those who need it. -- sirxpent, 2021-11-30 ### ***** "Number One Solution" Great solution to playing dwarf fortress remotely on iPad and phone. Extremely simple setup on my PC and the easiest way to experience DF for the first time. Saved me so much time with the preloaded tilesets and mods on PC. Super awesome and intuitive interface. -- Devbom, 2021-11-10 ### *---- "Oh…" After paying for the software I thought I would be able to play the game. But then it asks for a monthly subscription to access a game that is already free on PC. I wish I could get my money back :/ -- iZeeek, 2021-11-05 ### ***** "Please continue development." Hey, this app is amazing! Being able to commit dwarven warcrimes on mobile is amazing as all other reviews state, only problem is that this is 2 years outdated and still has a few bugs. I can’t seem to find any updates past 2019, do you plan to continue development? -- UlnarFX, 2021-10-02 ### ***** "Wow!" I don’t ever leave reviews but I feel this one deserves it, the ability to play dwarf fortress on your phone is amazing! The server was a bit hard to set up but it was very rewarding once I got it. -- cwdearth, 2021-06-19 ### ***** "Fantastic!!!" Not only is this an amazing idea AND implementation but the developer is extremely responsive. I absolutely love this... it has been a staple for me and I hope the developer keeps this going. Incredible work! Dwarf Fortress is an oasis in the modern desert of gaming, and this developer brought this ray of hope to iPad. Game changer, thank you thank you thank you. -- n1chodemus, 2021-05-29 ### ***-- "App itself works great, youre screwed if theres a subscription error however." Nothing to do but wait for support from something that hasnt seem to been active since 2019 -- Daniel Mclovin, 2021-03-13 ### ***** "Play Dwarf Fortress on an iDevice and it actually works great!!" When I saw this app that can be used on an iPhone or iPad to play a game of Dwarf Fortress running on my PC I thought naaaaa, can't look good, how can it be playable on an iPhone screen.... It's amazing! It works as well if not better than playing on a PC. I thought it would be to small to see on my iPhone. It's not. I keep a game of Dwarf Fortress running on my desktop and use this app to to connect to it and play Dwarf Fortress so I can get my fix anytime. This is well worth the cost. I just read the bad reviews and most of them didn't understand what they were getting into. **You need to have Dwarf Fortress running on a PC or you can rent a server to remotely run the game from this apps author.** If this doesn't make sense to you then this may not be for you. It takes a bit of setup that requires a little technical knowledge but this does not make it a bad app. -- OsgoodKelch, 2021-01-21 [View all Dwarf Fortress Remote reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Dwarf Fortress Remote In-App Purchases | Item | Price | |------|-------| | Server Subscription | $4.99 | ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Discovered Keywords - dwarf fortress remote ## Apps Similar to Dwarf Fortress Remote - [Crying Suns](https://apptail.io/app/crying-suns-JZS/united-states) - [Rusted Warfare - RTS](https://apptail.io/app/rusted-warfare-rts-KqV/united-states) - [The Bonfire 2 Uncharted Shores](https://apptail.io/app/the-bonfire-2-uncharted-shores-qtic/united-states) - [Star Traders: Frontiers](https://apptail.io/app/star-traders-frontiers-lGnc/united-states) - [iNethack2](https://apptail.io/app/inethack2-OOOc/united-states) - [Hoplite](https://apptail.io/app/hoplite-qRmd/united-states) - [Star Command](https://apptail.io/app/star-command-knne/united-states) - [Darkest Dungeon:Tablet Edition](https://apptail.io/app/darkest-dungeontablet-edition-Rodl/united-states) - [Sid Meier’s Railroads!](https://apptail.io/app/sid-meiers-railroads-LuGl/united-states) - [Drevepsina](https://apptail.io/app/drevepsina-Ercm/united-states) ## Dwarf Fortress Remote Available In - [United States](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/united-states) - [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/united-kingdom) - [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/germany) - [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/australia) - [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/russia) - [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/netherlands) - [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/kazakhstan) - [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/switzerland) - [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/indonesia) - [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/brazil) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/mexico) - [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/chile) - [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/italy) - [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/south-korea) - [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/south-africa) - [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/brunei) - [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/belarus) - [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/cyprus) - [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/algeria) - [India](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/india) - [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/jordan) - [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/cayman-islands) - [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/sri-lanka) - [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/nigeria) - [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/philippines) - [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/uganda) - [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/dwarf-fortress-remote-GeSi/uzbekistan) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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