Don't Starve (2013)
Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One
3.43 from 2154 ratings
6845 members have it in their collection · 208 playing now · 1889 backlogged · 509 wish listed
How long? Main story 70h · 100% 3h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Klei Entertainment
- Publishers
- Klei Entertainment
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Simulator
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Horror, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
- Series
- Don't Starve
- Event
- PlayStation E3 Press Conference 2013
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Apr 23, 2013 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Jan 07, 2014 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation 4
- Jan 08, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 4
- Aug 26, 2015 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Xbox One
- Apr 04, 2021 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
Also available on
- Don't Starve: Console Edition (2014) · PS4, XONE
- Don't Starve: Pocket Edition (2015) · ANDR, iOS
- Don't Starve Together: Console Edition (2016) · PS4, PS5, XONE
- Don't Starve: Nintendo Switch Edition (2018) · NSW
Related
Bundled in
- Don't Starve: Giant Edition (Sep 2014) · PC, PS3, VITA, WiiU, XONE
- Don't Starve Alone Pack Plus (Nov 2018) · PC
- Don't Starve Mega Pack 2020 (Sep 2020) · LIN, MAC, PC, XONE
- Don't Starve: Mega Pack
- Best of Klei 2025 · PC
DLC
- Don't Starve: Hamlet (Nov 2018) · LIN, MAC, PC
Expansions
- Don't Starve: Reign of Giants (Apr 2014) · LIN, MAC, PC
- Don't Starve: Shipwrecked (Dec 2015) · ANDR, LIN, MAC, PC, iOS
Standalone expansions
- Don't Starve Together (Apr 2016) · LIN, MAC, NSW, PC
Updates
- The Screecher (Oct 2013) · PC
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
318
4 stars
699
3 stars
792
2 stars
280
1 star
64
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review GigaDeathNullGolem 2/5 · Nov 22, 2023
meh
a frustrating game with supposedly lots of replay value. The game difficulty is such that it is hard to make progress in this rogue-like. I personally didn't care for it or find it that fun to do runs repeatedly. The multiplayer version of this (yeah a separate game...) is called "dont starve together" which is overall, a better …
Read morea frustrating game with supposedly lots of replay value. The game difficulty is such that it is hard to make progress in this rogue-like. I personally didn't care for it or find it that fun to do runs repeatedly. The multiplayer version of this (yeah a separate game...) is called "dont starve together" which is overall, a better experience IMO but I still didnt find this game that much fun compared to other survival games
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Review Arkalliant 2/5 · Dec 25, 2020
A very biased review
Happy holidays everyone! While I was filled with the holidays cheers I made the mistake of giving this one a second try. Because, even if I can see why so many people like this franchise just by looking at the clean presentation and world building, I still don’t like it.
Don’t Starve is a mix between a survival game and …
Happy holidays everyone! While I was filled with the holidays cheers I made the mistake of giving this one a second try. Because, even if I can see why so many people like this franchise just by looking at the clean presentation and world building, I still don’t like it.
Don’t Starve is a mix between a survival game and a rogue-like. Survival games are usually characterized by slowly building yourself from the ground up, while learning about the world and collecting resources in the span of several hours. Rogue-likes on the other hand are about going in fast, playing, dying, learning and repeating, each run being around one hour max. Just with that you can deduce why I think this mix doesn’t work. There are very few things as infuriating as permanently losing a world/character you spent 6 hours grinding because of a dumb mistake.
That said, on the positive side, you can heavily modify your world to make it easier or to not be such a slog to start over, which is very convenient because it allowed me to realize that I not only hate the permadeath, I also dislike the entire game structure. You need to slowly traverse the world searching for resources to build useful stuff, looking for one in particular might take a couple of in-game days if you are unlucky, and there isn’t only one, so eventualy you are going to have to walk from the point where you set up your camp to the other side of the island where you last saw said resource. I swear that inventory becomes smaller and smaller every time I check.
And even if you do manage to survive long enough, you first couple of playthrough will probably end on the harsh winter. Unless you decide to check the wiki first, which is filled with information about hidden stats, perks, synergies and a bunch of endgame stuff that clearly signaled to me that this game was a compromise of several tens of hours. A compromise that I don’t feel like making, especially since the reward is more Don’t Starve.
Also I don’t like the top-down view, no reason, just personal preference.
Status xXGothGamerBabeXx Jul 17, 2018
Pocket edition isn't on the list! This game has an android release I play quite a lot.
Status mythofamanda Feb 6, 2018
I want to love this game more than I ever actually did.
Review ashleymendozap 5/5 · Nov 14, 2015
BEWARE! of everything that is....
One of the few survival games in which you have to worry about EVERYTHING (in a good way of course). The illustrations are unique and the gameplay is awesome. It also provides an array of characters with different stats and perks to play with.