The Dwarves

The Dwarves is a fantasy role-playing game with a strong story and tactically challenging real-time battles. 15 playable heroes, each with individual skills, are to be deployed cleverly. Take on superior…

59 1 January 2016 from $8.11

Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Open world

The Dwarves is a role-playing (rpg) developed by KING Art, released 1 January 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac. It currently starts at $8.11 at Gamesplanet.

Verified 22 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What The Dwarves is

The Dwarves is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by KING Art and released in 2016. It was published by EuroVideo Medien. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Dwarves is a fantasy role-playing game with a strong story and tactically challenging real-time battles. 15 playable heroes, each with individual skills, are to be deployed cleverly. Take on superior numbers of orcs, ogres, älfs, bögnilim, zombies, dark mages and many more foes, to give them the low-down.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 34 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

The Dwarves holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 12% of the 3,811 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 9 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Q9650 / AMD Phenom II X4 940, 6 GB RAM and GTX660 / Radeon 7870 / 2GB. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $8.11 at Gamesplanet, 80% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

The Dwarves launched on 1 January 2016, within three weeks of Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami and Pony Island. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami, Pony Island.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Dwarves — frequently asked questions

When did The Dwarves come out?

The Dwarves was released on 1 January 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

How much does The Dwarves cost?

The cheapest current price for The Dwarves is $8.11 at Gamesplanet, which is 80% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.

What are the minimum PC requirements for The Dwarves?

At minimum, The Dwarves needs Q9650 / AMD Phenom II X4 940, 6 GB RAM, GTX660 / Radeon 7870 / 2GB graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is The Dwarves?

The PC version needs about 25 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("25 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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