- Gameplay: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 114k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
This uncompromising style of gameplay makes Don't Starve a much more intense survival game than something like Minecraft, since things can and will go wrong at any time.
I love the sketchy Burton-esque art style and the way the world is set up both on a technical and thematic level, with the use of 2D sprites and rigs not only giving the game a unique look, but an opportunity to sell the world as a stage-play, which I think it does very well.
Outside of talking about the gameplay and difficulty this game oozes charm.
I think how modern survival games approach plot is much, much better.
They released a sequel, "Don't Starve Together" which is even better, considering the surplus of content it has, and the multiplayer feature that lacks in this first game.
Unfortunately I am not good at this survival game in which you have to eat, keep sane und keep away from dangerous creatures but I like the art style very much and I am impressed by the creativity of the developers regarding the creatures and the several playable characters.
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What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Full controller support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on TV
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
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