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Don't Starve cover art

Don't Starve

Klei Entertainment · 2013-04-23

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 23, 2013 (Linux), Apr 23, 2013 (Mac), Apr 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 23, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 07, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Aug 26, 2015 (Xbox One)

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.

818
playing now
97%
positive of 113k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (388 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

818 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

You play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 818 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,542 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~318/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 11,252 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5M–9.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113,370 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2018-11-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 14 of 33 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,280 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,097 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,934 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,738 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,419 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,416 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,292 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,289 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 732 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,096 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,294 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 961 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 893 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 756 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 691 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 587 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 502 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k6432026-08-06 21:00 — 722 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,351 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,067 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 767 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,551 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,218 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 829 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,705 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,318 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 833 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,355 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,109 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 643 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,387 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,113 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 663 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,188 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,140 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 909 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,129 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,612 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 829 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,181 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,993 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,049 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 826 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,331 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,256 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 818 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-06-06 — best price $14.992015-06-20 — best price $3.742015-08-30 — best price $7.492015-12-08 — best price $3.792016-01-05 — best price $14.992016-05-11 — best price $7.492016-11-01 — best price $14.992017-06-21 — best price $14.992017-12-12 — best price $3.742018-09-13 — best price $11.692019-02-04 — best price $2.492019-11-10 — best price $2.492020-01-03 — best price $3.742020-05-27 — best price $3.792020-11-25 — best price $2.492021-02-22 — best price $2.492021-06-03 — best price $2.492021-10-27 — best price $2.492022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $14.992022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-10-11 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-18 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $2.492024-04-04 — best price $9.992024-09-25 — best price $2.492024-12-19 — best price $2.492025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-09-18 — best price $2.492026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $2.492026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

1.9k02026-08-18 11:12 — 1,902 viewers2026-08-20 11:12 — 1,835 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing4 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)3030%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSandboxCraftingModdableSurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen WorldRogue-likeExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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