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Don't Let It Starve

Eduardo Scarpato · Black Lantern Collective · 2026-06-12

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 12, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 12, 2026 (Linux)

A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.

Don't Let It Starve is a 2026 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive sentiment based on 95% of 197 reviews.

95%
positive of 226 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 66 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 16,655 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 226 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.39 at Steam (2026-08-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820262026Week of 2026-06-12: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

31
achievements tracked
91%
earned "Damn, if I had just one more bento"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSurround SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-06-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2161%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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