Don't Starve

Something about Don't Starve just tickles all the right spots in my brain. It's easily, and by far the game I've spent the most hours on. I've enjoyed every moment of it and highly recommend it to all.

it does the whole "survival crafting" thing really well. its very easy to understand and gives you clear goals. its not an easy game, but it's easy to progress because you generally know to do. it gives the game a good balance. the setting is also very imaginative and fun to explore.

Still fun, still challenging, very replayable

I will literally go on a 40 day run and them some shit called the kerfifflenoggin will one shot me and I die

Had it pirated, liked it so much I felt bad and got it, I don't regret pirating, and I don't regret buying to get a game I already had, I like this game.

I found this game all the way back when it first released & watched a ton of videos about it. Most notable would be the animated Jacksepticeye video about this game. My only regret was not getting this game sooner because it might just be my favourite survival game of all time.

Love this game. I've got over 1000hrs in and I don't regret it. Great for goals or just mindlessly creating your own domain. Amazing sounds for each of the characters and character design in general. Highly recommend.

I don't play this game much, I bought it out of spite after all.

Don't let the title fool you: starvation is the least of your worries when playing this uncompromising game. The game will always find a way to screw you over, but it surely has its charm. I totally recommend it.

Don't Starve, according to its overwhelmingly positive reviews, is a great game. If you think you'd like it, you probably will.

Unfortunately, I didn't.

Don't Starve is a survival crafter with no tutorial and no explanation. This fits the other-world horror theme of how you suddenly found yourself in this strange and confusing universe. I can appreciate the lack of handholding. Is that red or green mushroom going to heal you or hurt you? One way to find out!

When I say no explanation, I mean no explanation. You do not see how much damage your axe does, or how effective your armor is. I found multiple headgears. What do they do? Who knows! Just pay attention and maybe you'll find out!

When you die, you start over completely. The only progress you make is the knowledge you take with you.
(Hopefully that mushroom didn't finish you off!)

While it's a rare take on crafter games to be so unforgiving, I can get behind it. I enjoy a good challenge and mystery.

Except... man, oh man, is it going to feel repetitive going through your lessons.

If your game is going to force players to go through the same motions over and over and over again, you better make sure that experience feels smooth. And that is really the sin of the game. Everything feels clunky.

Combat? Clunky. You'll have to "kite" all your enemies. Stab, run back, stab, run back, stab, run back. Very rote.

Inventory management? Clunky.

It all just feels like... "What's the point?"

The theme did not sufficiently carry the day.

scratches the survival crafting itch like no the game can

Amazing game with even better DLCs.
World is fun to explore, you get satisfaction from getting better and better at the game, and it's really different from DST, so you should get it even if you played a lot of DST (I recommend especially Hamlet DLC) :)

One of my favorite games. This is what introduced me to survival craft - it's a classic and rightly so. Love the replayability and DLCs

Me encanta, es un juego que deja enganchado realmente, si tienes tiempo libre lo recomiendo

Liked it so far pretty much, lovely art style, pretty hard but a fun hard, lot to learn!

Buggy Sandbox always ends with power over-draw by Windows Problem Reporting long after game has frozen, requiring hard reboot.

Very very difficult if you're going in blind. It's fun though; very enjoyable and has nice progression.

I bought this game because it was on sale, and it totally exceeded my expectation-i'ts so good! I absolutely love it!

load up game right after download, make torch, use torch when night come, sett stick on fire, immedietly scramble as you die in picthblackness. 10 out of 10 would die again.

Don’t Starve (and later Don't Starve Together) is one of the first games my best friends (meanwhile husband) and I ever played together, so it holds a special little place in my heart by default. ♥

On top and aside of the sentimental value, it really is just an amazing game.

A gloomy, gothic survival game where everything wants to eat you, haunt you, or drive you insane, but somehow it still manages to be charming.

Don’t Starve Together is the multiplayer version of Don’t Starve, retaining the same core survival mechanics, but with added emphasis on cooperation and shared survival. While Don’t Starve focuses on single-player, where you manage resources, hunger, and sanity alone, Don’t Starve Together allows you to team up with others to tackle the game's challenges.

With its papercut art style, creepy sound design, and ever-expanding world of strange flora, fauna, and seasonal chaos, there’s always something new to discover (or shit your pants about, it’s 50/50 really). Whether you're cosily huddled around a fire on the first night or running away from shadow monsters while desperately collecting flowers to keep your sanity, it’s the kind of game you keep playing. The game might be called Don’t Starve, but starving is the least of your problems. Trust me.

I'll be honest: I am terrible at this game. I die a lot. But it’s the kind of dying that feels weirdly fun, like you earned it. Deserved it. Would like to do it again. There's just something magical about scrambling through the wilderness with friends, helping each other, sharing berries, and screaming about hounds - or just going the complete opposide way, losing each other and then dying apart together.

i really enjoy this game and the rather complex gameplay is what i love. i personally play with mods because i like seeing ym fav character

i mean its an good and old game but its boring as hell, also i have problems with surviving a night

It's not really good but you can enjoy the game for what it already is.
The game is very simple: survive and find a way home.

I do love how there are so many characters to unlock. Just...SO MUCH WALKING!

very comfy game, cool lore, and awesome characters

I Don’t Know What I’m Doing and That’s Why I Love It! Nyaa~

I have no idea what I’m doing 90% of the time.
The game told me not to starve and I said, “Okay!”
Then I starved.
Then I got chased by tree monsters.
Then I got punched by a pig.
Then I started a war between pigs, spiders, and what I think were sea gremlins with legs??

And I loved every second of it, nyaaa~

There's something magical about throwing random creatures into a blender of violence and running away with your pockets full of monster meat. Sometimes I build a base. Sometimes it burns down. Sometimes I forget where it is entirely.

The art is creepy-cute, the music sounds like it came from a haunted accordion, and the game is never really clear on what’s happening—just like my life.

Would I recommend it?
Yes.
Do I know how to survive past Day 12?
Absolutely not.

10/10 would cause another pig-spider-merfolk war just to watch it unfold with popcorn and existential dread.

/\_/\
( / o.o ) /
Feral, confused, and emotionally attached to a science machine

Great game with fantastic art and rich survival mechanics. I'm likely just bad nowadays, but I found the gameplay rather routine—it's still good though.

I don't like games where I feel like I'm forced to do bad things. The humanoid pigs in the game are neutral and can speak. There's really not justification to kill them, but many crafting recipes require items obtained by killing the pig people or destroying their houses.

My other complaint about the game is that it is extremely unforgiving when learning. I feel like several of my deaths were just because it was the first time I encountered a new monster, event, food, etc. I know I could brute force my way through by playing and dying lots of times, but I would have to invest far too much time learning that way. One way to address this issue at least with foods would be to clearly explain whether or not a food is going to hurt the character (e.g., +10 hunger, -10 health).

My third issue is that it's not clear how much damage weapons are doing. It's hard to tell if one item is better or worse than another.

Inventory management is a pain. If I'm in my base I should have access to all my items in all nearby chests for crafting rather than constantly digging through different chests.

perfect game: perfect atmosphere, perfect design, perfect realism.

i've been playing for years and it's always a fun challenge! the art style and sound design is absolutely delightful.

This game is great, I had 300 hours on Don't Starve Together before I first played it, it's an awesome experience for me since so much of my time in DST was spent playing alone. I did not play it with any DLCs enabled and my expectations were that I'd start playing with RoG after I survive through the winter, I ended up building a lot of cool stuff and refined my base a lot. It really made me a lot more creative to not have a lot of bosses/places to explore.
Adventure mode was really fun and as an experienced don't starve player I managed to beat it with only a single death, it is really worth your time and I recommend playing it once you wish to not play on your world no longer!
For me, it might be time for reign of giants so see you later!

It's not just Don't Starve it's:
-Don't go insane
-Don't starve (its in the name)
-Don't let all the monsters trying to kill you kill you
-Don't die to your inner demons
-Don't die to the night
And more 10/10

Iconic art style
interesting creepy-crawlies
the SECOND you think you're all set and can relax, it throws something new at you for you to account for and it's... it's as rewarding as it is frustrating to play

loved it!
first played on my mobile. liked it very much. am playing on bigger screen now.
I've tried both Terraria and DS. But somehow didn't like Terraria much.

Amazing music, graphics, and performance. Only problem I have is Shipwrecked. Overall, good game.

The game may be finished and won't receive any updates anytime soon but that doesn't mean that it doesn't provide an amazing, uncompromising survival experience.
There are also 3 dlcs that amazingly expand upon the base game

An absolute gem of a survival game. Seriously the 2D hand drawn style of Don't Starve is so unique I haven't found another game that looks as good. The gameplay loop is super unique too with a decently high skill ceiling.

Fun and very challenging. Fast paced. A game I keep going back to.

Unforgiving at times, but Don't Starve is a classic and well-rounded game that relies on you finding out how things work yourself. I saw Yogscast play it back in the day and I've been with the product since early access in 2013 and I've loved watching the dev team continue to put in hard work into the game, adding seasons, caves, bosses, and more over the years. The modding scene is huge where you'll find fantastic quality of life and new features alike. I prefer the original game over DST just for the mods which break less often and I personally like it a bit better, especially since DS includes Shipwrecked and you can still play with Reign of Giants enabled if you want. It's my favorite top-down 2D survival and sanity management can be a real yet fun challenge, especially for first-time players who have no clue what effects it. 10/10.

I haven't even discovered all of what Don't Starve has to offer mainly because its difficulty but it's a really cool survival game and I just love the game art and theme. The fact that you just don't get any clue on how to play the game, it makes for a real adventure, you'll have a lots of fun with this one. And once you mastered the core of the game you could try the expansions as well

I genuinely forgot how awesome this game is, i actually found it back in the day when i had a really bad PC and looked for some good low spec video games, and Don't Starve was number 1 on the list, i check it out and instantly fell in love, i love survival games probably more than any other gaming genre so this game is really a must have, and the price isn't even bad it's less than 10 bucks.

this is a survival game off the back of minecraft, yet it just does its own thing. there is lots of ways to play this game, but its all about survival. every day feels like you can go out and do something new. there is a very real sense that you dont belong here and that the world is hostile. but if you go deep enough and try hard enough. you can master this world and become what is essentially a god. you will die lots, so be prepaired. and remember dont starve

Such a hard game. I haven't learned much but how to die fast and hard very simple look and feel but a hell of a learning curve for me it's fun as hell and it's easy to get lost in the gameplay playing it on the steam deck is great

ngl after coming back to singleplayer on my new steam account i dont wanna get any of the dlcs cuz ik they alter regular mode as well and i want that nostalgia value from the og ds with no dlc changes

been playing this games for years, its one of the 1st indie games i bought and its one of the best ones to come out of early 2010s indie games and still holds up to this day. now i know what your thinking, you only have 2.3 hrs on record as of making this review and yes i do, but i have gotten this game on, ps3 1st, ps4 it was one of the 1st ever games i bought on it and i played it while i waited for my free copy of d1 to download, ps vita, switch, ios back when i had a iphone and android. its one of those games that just so good you cant help but give the devs the money and its always priced fairly and hasn't been increased in price with its growth like so many other indie games, its always $10 to $20 which is more then fair imo. the only downside i can think of is it can have a bit of learning curve but once you get going ( even if you suck at the combat like i do ) its gets good even if it can get a bit easy but if you mess around your not getting away for free. if you like what you see pick it up if you don't then don't.

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☐"IT'S A TRAP!"(Admiral Ackbar)
☑ "That'll do, pig. That'll do."(James Cromwell)
☐"SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"(Philip J. Fry)

PC REQUIREMENTS

☑ Minimum
☐Medium
☐High
☐ Extreme

GRAPHICS

☐Cheap
☑Acceptable
☐Masterpiece

GAME TIME (hours)

☐0>2
☐2>5
☐5>15
☐15>30
☐30>50
☐50>75
☐75>100
☑100>?

STORY

☑ None
☐Bad
☐Good
☐Amazing

DIFFICULTY

☐Simple
☑Easy to learn, hard to master
☑Hard
☐Blackhole (FiolaSoft Studio)
☐Impossible

BUGS

☐Game itself is one big BUG
☐Bugs destroying the game
☐Bugs
☐Few little bugs
☑Perfect

It's too hardcore for me. Death means starting all the way over again. Too repetitive. I can't even fathom doing boss battles because if you die, your save file is done. Not for the faint of heart.

A tough but rewarding survival game with a cool hand-drawn art style and tons of weird creatures

Its Very Fun and it has a lot of character also if your tried of the Normal game there's a lot of DLC also don't get mad if you die this game is trial and error.

Interesting solo survival game with fun graphics. I enjoyed my time playing this game.. until i died from starvation on the first winter.

Ah yes, the game that started it all. The sequel, coop version Don’t Starve Together wins the hearts of many Klei fans, but all isn’t lost for the original Don’t Starve. This game still provides the same visuals, characters, and randomly generated worlds that challenges our survival skills. The only real difference is we’re mostly playing as Wilson and have a more linear progression and goals in the game for the story mode.

This game also has the Shipwrecked DLC which let’s us play as pirates and drive a ship with cannons. That’s something the coop version doesn’t have.

Overall, I wouldn’t toss this game out the window just because it lacks the challenges and multiplayer feature that Don’t Starve Together has. Don’t Starve still fulfills the survival experience for solo players, with just as much mischief and chaos!