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Don't Starve

Klei Entertainment · 2013-04-23

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Don't Starve is a 2013 Adventure, Indie, Simulation game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and an Overwhelmingly Positive (97% of 113477 reviews) sentiment.

1,387
playing now
97%
positive of 114k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1,387 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Don't Starve is a survival game developed and published by Klei Entertainment. The game was initially released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on April 23, 2013. A PlayStation 4 port, renamed Don't Starve: Giant Edition, became available the following year. Don't Starve for iOS, renamed Don't Starve: Pocket Edition was released on July 9, 2015. An Android version was released on October 20, 2016. Downloadable content titled Reign of Giants was released on April 30, 2014, and a multiplayer standalone expansion called Don't Starve Together became free for existing users on June 3, 2015. On Steam, this game can be purchased with a free copy for a friend. A Nintendo Switch port came out on April 12, 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,387 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,316 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~290/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,881 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.5M–9.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113,619 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 32 of 74 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20182026Week 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: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.6k5412026-09-15 11:00 — 1,559 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 695 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,042 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 1,883 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,025 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 867 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,268 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,212 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 769 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,825 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1,526 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 541 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,549 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,408 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 826 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,792 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,374 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 695 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,133 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,015 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 931 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,063 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,387 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.4k869Jan 2013Aug 2026Jan 2013 — avg 869 · peak 1,846Jun 2013 — avg 1,961 · peak 4,670Nov 2013 — avg 1,184 · peak 4,254Apr 2014 — avg 2,420 · peak 5,630Sep 2014 — avg 1,120 · peak 2,166Feb 2015 — avg 2,295 · peak 4,254Jul 2015 — avg 1,532 · peak 2,363Dec 2015 — avg 4,436 · peak 8,025May 2016 — avg 2,428 · peak 4,512Oct 2016 — avg 2,131 · peak 5,199Mar 2017 — avg 2,073 · peak 3,439Aug 2017 — avg 1,899 · peak 3,049Jan 2018 — avg 2,346 · peak 4,162Jun 2018 — avg 2,248 · peak 4,673Nov 2018 — avg 3,677 · peak 9,500Apr 2019 — avg 2,150 · peak 3,815Sep 2019 — avg 1,973 · peak 3,465Feb 2020 — avg 2,928 · peak 4,920Jul 2020 — avg 2,726 · peak 4,492Dec 2020 — avg 2,358 · peak 4,458May 2021 — avg 2,048 · peak 4,146Oct 2021 — avg 1,656 · peak 4,183Mar 2022 — avg 1,791 · peak 3,368Aug 2022 — avg 1,893 · peak 3,279Jan 2023 — avg 2,488 · peak 4,707Jun 2023 — avg 2,276 · peak 4,435Nov 2023 — avg 1,867 · peak 3,909Apr 2024 — avg 1,264 · peak 2,424Sep 2024 — avg 1,257 · peak 2,394Feb 2025 — avg 1,482 · peak 2,704Jul 2025 — avg 1,783 · peak 3,394Dec 2025 — avg 1,609 · peak 3,667May 2026 — avg 1,408 · peak 2,695Aug 2026 — avg 1,323 · peak 2,339
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
20202026-09-222026-10-132026-09-22: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 20 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 9 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-09-08 — best price $9.992026-09-18 — best price $9.992026-09-28 — best price $2.492026-10-08 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2921302026-06-03 — 201 pageviews2026-06-07 — 206 pageviews2026-06-11 — 243 pageviews2026-06-15 — 269 pageviews2026-06-19 — 191 pageviews2026-06-23 — 257 pageviews2026-06-27 — 259 pageviews2026-07-01 — 207 pageviews2026-07-05 — 228 pageviews2026-07-09 — 267 pageviews2026-07-13 — 168 pageviews2026-07-17 — 186 pageviews2026-07-21 — 182 pageviews2026-07-25 — 173 pageviews2026-07-29 — 196 pageviews2026-08-02 — 176 pageviews2026-08-06 — 167 pageviews2026-08-10 — 162 pageviews2026-08-14 — 156 pageviews2026-08-18 — 196 pageviews2026-08-22 — 179 pageviews2026-08-26 — 152 pageviews2026-08-30 — 182 pageviews2026-09-03 — 169 pageviews2026-09-07 — 208 pageviews2026-09-11 — 158 pageviews2026-09-15 — 170 pageviews2026-09-19 — 137 pageviews2026-09-23 — 147 pageviews2026-09-27 — 130 pageviews2026-10-01 — 138 pageviews2026-10-05 — 179 pageviews2026-10-09 — 179 pageviews2026-10-12 — 181 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10102026-10-01 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 01:34 — 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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2013-04-23, latest 2018-11-08 (Steam store data)

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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