Forts
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2017
Platforms
Genres
- real-time strategy
- action game
- construction and management simulation*
- strategy video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
- multiplayer video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 8*
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- PvP*
- Online PvP*
- LAN PvP*
- Co-op*
- Online Co-op*
- LAN Co-op*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
Audio languages
- English*
- Ukrainian*
Community tags · historical
- Base-Building*
- Votes · historical
- 491*
- Multiplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 449*
- Physics*
- Votes · historical
- 442*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 433*
- Destruction*
- Votes · historical
- 424*
- Building*
- Votes · historical
- 415*
- Moddable*
- Votes · historical
- 371*
- Sandbox*
- Votes · historical
- 369*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 336*
- 2D*
- Votes · historical
- 335*
- Military*
- Votes · historical
- 333*
- Tactical*
- Votes · historical
- 315*
- Memes*
- Votes · historical
- 308*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 303*
- Funny*
- Votes · historical
- 299*
- Level Editor*
- Votes · historical
- 295*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 293*
- Retro*
- Votes · historical
- 278*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Votes · historical
- 275*
- Lemmings*
- Votes · historical
- 253*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 10 (64-bit)*
- Processor alternatives
- Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz*
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Intel HD Graphics 520*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Conditions
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system*
Compatibility and community reports
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 94*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- EarthWork Games
Publishers
- EarthWork Games
Release history
- 2017-04-19
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2017-04-19 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2017-04-19*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Apr 19, 2017*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Intel HD Graphics 520*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 8* GB
- Name
- Forts*
- Release year
- 2,017*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- Intel HD Graphics 520*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Specifications 2 · 6 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- construction and management simulation
- construction and management simulation*
- strategy video game
- strategy video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 8*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2017-04-19 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2017-04-19*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 54*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 149* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 951* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- PvP*
- Online PvP*
- LAN PvP*
- Co-op*
- Online Co-op*
- LAN Co-op*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- EarthWork Games*
- DLC count · historical
- 8*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Ukrainian*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 184* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 420* min
- Metacritic score
- 74*
- Name
- Forts*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,786*
- Peak ccu
- 379*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 20,535*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 7.49*
- Publishers
- EarthWork Games*
- Recommendations
- 19,749*
- Store release date · historical
- Apr 19, 2017*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.earthworkgames.com*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Multi-player
- Multi-player*
- PvP
- PvP*
- Online PvP
- Online PvP*
- LAN PvP
- LAN PvP*
- Co-op
- Co-op*
- Online Co-op
- Online Co-op*
- LAN Co-op
- LAN Co-op*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available
- Captions available*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Audio languages
- English*
- Ukrainian*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Apr 19, 2017*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 77* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 1,119* min
- Ccu
- 379*
- Developer
- EarthWork Games*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,499* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 77* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 396* min
- Name
- Forts*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 1,786*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 20,535*
- Historical US price
- 1,499* US cents
- Publisher
- EarthWork Games*
- Community tags · historical
- Base-Building*
- Multiplayer*
- Physics*
- Strategy*
- Destruction*
- Building*
- Moddable*
- Sandbox*
- Action*
- 2D*
- Military*
- Tactical*
- Memes*
- Singleplayer*
- Funny*
- Level Editor*
- Indie*
- Retro*
- Pixel Graphics*
- Lemmings*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
- Community tags · historical
- Base-Building
- Base-Building*
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer*
- Physics
- Physics*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Destruction
- Destruction*
- Building
- Building*
- Moddable
- Moddable*
- Sandbox
- Sandbox*
- Action
- Action*
- 2D
- 2D*
- Military
- Military*
- Tactical
- Tactical*
- Memes
- Memes*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Funny
- Funny*
- Level Editor
- Level Editor*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Retro
- Retro*
- Pixel Graphics
- Pixel Graphics*
- Lemmings
- Lemmings*
- Tags votes
- Base-Building
- Votes · historical
- 491*
- Multiplayer
- Votes · historical
- 449*
- Physics
- Votes · historical
- 442*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 433*
- Destruction
- Votes · historical
- 424*
- Building
- Votes · historical
- 415*
- Moddable
- Votes · historical
- 371*
- Sandbox
- Votes · historical
- 369*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 336*
- 2D
- Votes · historical
- 335*
- Military
- Votes · historical
- 333*
- Tactical
- Votes · historical
- 315*
- Memes
- Votes · historical
- 308*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 303*
- Funny
- Votes · historical
- 299*
- Level Editor
- Votes · historical
- 295*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 293*
- Retro
- Votes · historical
- 278*
- Pixel Graphics
- Votes · historical
- 275*
- Lemmings
- Votes · historical
- 253*
Specifications 5 · 27 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Multi-player*
- PvP*
- Online PvP*
- LAN PvP*
- Co-op*
- Online Co-op*
- LAN Co-op*
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available*
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- EarthWork Games*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Linux requirements
- Minimum: *
- macOS requirements
- Minimum: *
- Metacritic score
- 74*
- Name
- Forts*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 10 (64-bit) Processor: Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $14.99*
- Publishers
- EarthWork Games*
- Recommendations total
- 19,545*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Apr 19, 2017*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, Traditional Chinese, Slovak, Ukrainian*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Multi-player
- Multi-player*
- PvP
- PvP*
- Online PvP
- Online PvP*
- LAN PvP
- LAN PvP*
- Co-op
- Co-op*
- Online Co-op
- Online Co-op*
- LAN Co-op
- LAN Co-op*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Trading Cards*
- Captions available
- Captions available*
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Workshop*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Includes level editor
- Includes level editor*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 10 (64-bit)*
- Processor alternatives
- Pentium Dual-Core 2.7GHz*
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- Intel HD Graphics 520*
- Graphics API
- Version 9.0c*
- Storage
- 3 GB available space*
- Conditions
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- EarthWork Games
- EarthWork Games*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Apr 19, 2017*
- Interface languages
- French*
- German*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Italian*
- Japanese*
- Korean*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Portugal*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Simplified Chinese*
- Turkish*
- Hungarian*
- Traditional Chinese*
- Slovak*
- Ukrainian*
Specifications 6 · 17 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- Yes*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Action|Indie|Strategy*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 1,406*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 94*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- gold*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- Yes*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,017*
- Title
- Forts*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- Co-op
- Co-op*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 94*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- PvP
- PvP*
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