Bay 12, Dwarf Fortress older versions list

Cite as: Bay 12, Dwarf Fortress older versions list
Original: https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/older_versions.html
sha256: ef546a10406d55ce258acb6bb6875a15dc3be269c32e0fdf74c524554a16f52f
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20261004135528/https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/older_versions.html
Accessed: 2026-10-26
Licence: © Bay 12 Games / Tarn Adams; Wayback capture
Credit: Bay 12's own archive of every public build, newest first, each with its release date. The list runs from 53.16 back to 0.21.93.19a.
Notes: It dates the first public build (0.21.93.19a, 8 August 2006) and the 0.47 series that preceded the Steam edition. The premium 50.x builds start at 50.04 in this list; the Steam release date comes from Polygon.

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The earliest build on Bay 12 Games' version list is Dwarf Fortress 0.21.93.19a, dated 8 August 2006, both on the download page as captured a week later and in the archive as it stands in 2026. Tarn Adams said in 2008 that he "finally got it out in August 2006".	`the version list's last entry`	Publisher
Bay 12's archive of free builds runs from 0.21.93.19a (8 August 2006) to 53.16 (5 August 2026). After 0.47.05 (28 January 2021) the next build it lists is 50.04 (22 December 2022), labelled Classic.	`head of the pagethe 50.04 and 0.47.05 entriesthe version list's last entry`	Publisher