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Don't Starve Together cover art

Don't Starve Together

Klei Entertainment · 2016-04-21

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 21, 2016 (Mac), Jul 13, 2026 (iOS), Jul 13, 2026 (Android), Apr 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 21, 2016 (Linux)

Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

Don't Starve Together is an Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 541,076 reviews).

20,890
playing now
95%
positive of 544k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75
twitch viewers (latest)
3.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
IGDB user rating (269 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (32k downloads)
100h
to beat · rushed 35h · completionist 213h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

20,890 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Discover and explore a massive procedurally generated and biome-rich world with countless resources and threats. Whether you stick to the surface world, go spelunking in the caves, dive deeper into the Ancient Archive, or set sail for the Lunar islands, it will be a long time before you run out of things to do. Seasonal bosses, wandering menaces, lurking shadow creatures, and plenty of flora and fauna ready to turn you into a spooky ghost. Plow fields and sow seeds to grow the farm of your dreams. Tend to your crops to help your fellow survivors stay fed and ready for the challenges to come.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Thriving
  • · 20,890 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 19,359 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2,420/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 14M–33M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 544,483 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-04-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 35 of 54 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10k10k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,585 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 943 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5,511 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 772 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,001 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3,742 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 870 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,514 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7,680 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6,226 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,600 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,649 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,561 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,415 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,320 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5,911 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5,303 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,226 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,502 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4,065 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,851 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6,225 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5,167 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4,744 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,240 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,860 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5,405 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,185 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,762 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3,951 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,023 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,115 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10,167 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 310 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6,330 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,943 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,412 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,744 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,838 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,708 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3,635 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,718 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3,506 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,176 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,318 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,314 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 306 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4,039 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 290 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,281 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,733 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,286 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,842 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7,218 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 462 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4,786 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 646 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4,584 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,996 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,996 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,742 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,829 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,446 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,370 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 225 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,394 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,891 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,165 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,789 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,202 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,773 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,654 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,126 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,456 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6,296 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4,263 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 466 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,464 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 236 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,912 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,674 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 517 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,636 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 378 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,979 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,788 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,142 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,994 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,258 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6,029 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2,258 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,908 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,637 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,692 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,049 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,601 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3,843 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,345 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,885 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,410 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 71 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

57k9.7k2026-09-14 18:00 — 17,013 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 16,039 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 22,269 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 26,287 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 39,430 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 28,948 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 22,025 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 22,165 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 20,549 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 20,336 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 36,284 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 37,492 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 37,930 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 23,863 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 24,196 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 24,235 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 33,230 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 39,621 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 42,211 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 41,746 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 37,666 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 36,121 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 34,932 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 23,296 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 27,428 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 29,894 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 44,549 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 23,644 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 23,131 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 23,493 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 20,890 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
41k2.3kDec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 8,904 · peak 16,349Apr 2015 — avg 2,887 · peak 9,240Aug 2015 — avg 2,816 · peak 5,210Dec 2015 — avg 5,164 · peak 12,508Apr 2016 — avg 6,005 · peak 17,666Aug 2016 — avg 4,845 · peak 8,435Dec 2016 — avg 8,993 · peak 19,697Apr 2017 — avg 7,119 · peak 14,621Aug 2017 — avg 6,321 · peak 11,082Dec 2017 — avg 8,831 · peak 19,130Apr 2018 — avg 5,334 · peak 9,922Aug 2018 — avg 5,665 · peak 9,739Dec 2018 — avg 9,304 · peak 19,502Apr 2019 — avg 7,419 · peak 14,782Aug 2019 — avg 9,672 · peak 19,002Dec 2019 — avg 12,209 · peak 25,760Apr 2020 — avg 17,577 · peak 45,509Aug 2020 — avg 13,958 · peak 24,475Dec 2020 — avg 19,535 · peak 40,791Apr 2021 — avg 12,768 · peak 26,615Aug 2021 — avg 17,867 · peak 35,976Dec 2021 — avg 22,581 · peak 49,433Apr 2022 — avg 17,713 · peak 39,965Aug 2022 — avg 19,692 · peak 42,771Dec 2022 — avg 21,809 · peak 59,827Apr 2023 — avg 21,751 · peak 106,166Aug 2023 — avg 27,948 · peak 58,368Dec 2023 — avg 30,197 · peak 71,186Apr 2024 — avg 22,535 · peak 49,860Aug 2024 — avg 26,377 · peak 50,227Dec 2024 — avg 31,550 · peak 70,141Apr 2025 — avg 27,537 · peak 70,451Aug 2025 — avg 27,655 · peak 56,942Dec 2025 — avg 26,603 · peak 72,221Apr 2026 — avg 25,401 · peak 62,988Aug 2026 — avg 28,880 · peak 62,261
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

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Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1151152026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 34 new positive2026-09-15: 13 new negative2026-09-16: 26 new positive2026-09-16: 5 new negative2026-09-17: 27 new positive2026-09-17: 3 new negative2026-09-18: 24 new positive2026-09-18: 7 new negative2026-09-19: 27 new positive2026-09-19: 4 new negative2026-09-20: 41 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-21: 40 new positive2026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-22: 69 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new negative2026-09-23: 37 new positive2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 54 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 51 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 32 new positive2026-09-28: 42 new positive2026-09-28: 11 new negative2026-09-29: 27 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 36 new positive2026-10-02: 43 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 67 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 62 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new negative2026-10-05: 61 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 115 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new negative2026-10-07: 60 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 30 new positive2026-10-08: 6 new negative2026-10-09: 41 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 45 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 59 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 30 new positive2026-10-12: 13 new negative2026-10-13: 51 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 35 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$22.99$1.492015-01-012026-09-072015-01-01 — best price $10.342015-04-27 — best price $22.992015-11-12 — best price $10.042016-06-23 — best price $9.742017-05-25 — best price $9.742017-12-21 — best price $8.992018-11-08 — best price $5.992019-05-24 — best price $5.992019-11-26 — best price $5.992020-10-22 — best price $5.092021-05-27 — best price $5.092021-12-22 — best price $5.092022-08-08 — best price $14.992023-03-03 — best price $6.372023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-10 — best price $12.292023-05-08 — best price $7.492023-06-23 — best price $5.092023-08-29 — best price $14.992023-11-02 — best price $12.722023-12-19 — best price $5.092024-01-08 — best price $13.342024-03-14 — best price $4.632024-06-04 — best price $14.992024-09-03 — best price $4.342025-01-06 — best price $4.952025-02-12 — best price $14.992025-04-05 — best price $5.022025-05-08 — best price $14.992025-06-28 — best price $4.952025-10-27 — best price $5.092026-02-19 — best price $14.992026-05-22 — best price $14.992026-07-22 — best price $14.992026-08-11 — best price $5.102026-09-04 — best price $5.092026-09-07 — best price $5.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

12k142026-09-30 18:12 — 12,121 viewers2026-10-01 01:34 — 149 viewers2026-10-01 10:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 88 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 159 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 129 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 129 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 207 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 298 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 974 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 314 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 1,020 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 121 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 167 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 398 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 161 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 823 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 302 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 75 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards49 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 49 DLC released, first 2018-02-09, latest 2025-12-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)31,0454%36
Switch (Nintendo)5380%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

2DCo-opFunnyIndieSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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