Don't Starve Reviews
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.
App ID | 219740 |
App Type | GAME |
Developers | Klei Entertainment |
Publishers | Klei Entertainment |
Categories | Single-player, Steam Cloud, Full controller support, Remote Play on TV, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet |
Genres | Indie, Simulation, Adventure |
Release Date | 23 Apr, 2013 |
Platforms | Windows, Mac, Linux |
Supported Languages | English, Simplified Chinese |

109 816 Total Reviews
106 118 Positive Reviews
3 698 Negative Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive Score
Don't Starve has garnered a total of 109 816 reviews, with 106 118 positive reviews and 3 698 negative reviews, resulting in a ‘Overwhelmingly Positive’ overall score.
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Recent Steam Reviews
This section displays the 10 most recent Steam reviews for the game, showcasing a mix of player experiences and sentiments. Each review summary includes the total playtime along with the number of thumbs-up and thumbs-down reactions, clearly indicating the community's feedback
Playtime:
9511 minutes
Great game, Very unforgiving. Does require a lot of wiki reading or watching videos.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1655 minutes
The original Don't Starve game that has the lore to what the game is actually about, what else would you want. :)
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1414 minutes
Very fun and addicting, I admit that I install few mods to make the game easier, but you can play the game without mods if you want
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
7076 minutes
10 hours deep into this game. Some scary nights pass by ...some don’t. 😛 You learn after you die, of course, and there’s a huge learning curve. Sucks that when you start the game, you're left wondering with no clues... but it gets better each time.
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
23 minutes
Help me! I love this game but I screwed with the controls and now it won't let me in the game because I made the action control the right button! I'm really frustrated and don't know if I can recover
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
2714 minutes
Fun roguelite. This game more than most I've played has real old school angband feels. And dwarf fortress - like "losing is fun!" So many interesting ways to die!
👍 : 0 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
372 minutes
Don't starve together has everything this game has, but better, and more. Please get that game instead, its an amazing experience together or alone.
👍 : 2 |
😃 : 0
Negative
Playtime:
7184 minutes
100 hour world, dies of starvation and looses all progress
10/10 would starve again
👍 : 1 |
😃 : 2
Positive
Playtime:
9872 minutes
This game is great, but is pretty much a complete downgrade from the sequel. I won't be mentioning any of the amazing things about the games in this review, just go read my DST review for that, but I will be saying what this version lacks compared to the sequel.
What used to be the main reason people got this version over the sequel was the DLC, but both DLCs "unique" in this version of the game have been fully modded into the sequel, with complete approval of the developers (Klei), which while that is amazing, it does mean that the main thing this version had over the new and improved version is gone.
The same thing goes for the unique characters, they've been modded into DST.
And the old crafting menu, (which is MUCH worse and people only like because of stubbornness and nostalgia) has been modded in.
So what does this version offer?
The old farming system, which is much more bland, it's lower risk and less reward which is not what this game is about. (Has been modded into the new game but you can't get rid of the new version)
The older characters, which are much worse but because of that, a little more fitting, since the game is meant to be difficult. Though, I still prefer the new versions of the characters, as they are all more even in usefulness and more interesting/fun to play.
And lastly, the "storymode" which isn't actually a storymode, it's more like a gauntlet with sprinkles of lore, and of course, this has also been modded into the sequel, but of course nothing beats the real deal.
TL;DR: Buy the sequel instead.
👍 : 4 |
😃 : 0
Positive
Playtime:
1684 minutes
maybe add the goon update n ill consider playing more but good game nonetheless
👍 : 5 |
😃 : 2
Positive