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AdventureIndieSimulationSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftCraftingSandboxSingleplayer

Don't Starve

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.

Developer: Klei Entertainment
Publisher: Klei Entertainment
Franchise: Don't Starve
Release date: Apr 23, 2013
Store page updated: Sep 15, 2026
Price: $9.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

87.9/ 100

Based on 424 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😄 Very Positive 92% of 225

All time 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive 97% of 113,483

“most time playing, great game, never forget the feeling”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

+1.30

Difficulty +1.36 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair

“very rewarding as you learn what works and what doesn't” (25)

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Story & World

+3.40

World +3.62 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“игра оставила глубокие воспоминания и учения от друга” (32)

带我玩饥荒的他走了剩下的只有那个当年连猎狗都不会打的小孩以及他无尽的教诲与经验,驱散危险和黑暗还有我打的一堆辅助养老模组,之前那家伙可是绝对纯净玩家,逼着我和他受苦,随便砍个树挖个石头都要浪费三四天

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Content Volume

+2.63

Volume +3.06 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+3.96

Visuals +4.00 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“amazing art style with lovely music and interesting mechanics” (51)

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Multiplayer

+0.84

Playing together +0.95 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness

+0.41

Not enough data — only 7% of reviews mention this.

Pricing +0.43 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

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Tech & Support

-0.50

Developer support -0.97 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“single-player version abandoned, no updates while multiplayer receives new content” (19)

好玩，但，不推荐任何玩家购买饥荒单机版，即使是不打算联机的玩家，单机版内容现已停更，在联机版里不光能体验到单机版中的几乎全部内容，还有大量其他新内容和持续更新。

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update

Nov 2012Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 225 reviews, peak 12/day

Aug 20Sep 18

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