- Released
Apr 23, 2013
4,938 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- Mac
- +1
Release dates
North America dates- Apr 4, 20212,035 days ago
- Switch
- Aug 26, 20154,083 days ago
- Xbox One
- Jan 7, 20144,679 days ago
- PS4
- Apr 23, 20134,938 days ago
- PC
- Mac
- Linux
About
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.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 90 players- Main story
- 28 h
- Main + extras
- 69 h
- Completionist
- 154 h
Reviews
Steam97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 111,026 reviews
Critics (IGDB)79/1007 reviews
IGDB players77/100395 ratings
Game info
- Released
- 2013 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Multiplayer
Editions, DLC & expansions
Expansions 3
Other versions
Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBEAnimated Blood
- USK12No content descriptors
Languages
2 languagesChinese (Simplified), English
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | |||
| EnglishEnglish (US) |
Themes & tags
- Action
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Open world
- Sandbox
- Survival
- action-adventure
- bees
- bird
- controller support
- cooking
- crafting
- cross buy
- day/night cycle
- digital distribution
- downloadable content
- exploration
- ghosts
27 more tags
- insanity
- pax east 2013
- pax east 2014
- pax east 2015
- pax east 2016
- pax prime 2013
- pax prime 2015
- pax west 2016
- pc to console port
- permadeath
- playstation network
- playstation plus
- playstation tv support
- pre-release public testing
- rabbit
- resource gathering
- robots
- roguelike
- spider
- steam
- steam cloud
- steam families
- steam remote play
- steam trading cards
- steam workshop
- wasd movement
- xbox controller support for pc
Story & names
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.
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Also known as
- dontstarve_steam.exeWindows Executable
Release dates by region
The Don't Starve series
All 6 games
This gameDon't Starve2013
Don't Starve Together2016 · Standalone expansion
Don't Starve ElsewhereTBA
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.