96.5%Overwhelmingly Positive

Don't Starve

by Klei EntertainmentApr 23, 2013$9.99

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.

Survival, Open World Survival Craft, Crafting games average 86% — Don't Starve scores 11 points above average

Total Reviews

97,018

93,623 positive / 3,395 negative

Top 37%

Positive %

96.5%

Top 15%

30-Day Trend

↓-3.1%

Dev Response Rate

0%

Top 100%

Monthly Velocity

209

reviews/month

Top 63%

Early Access Ratio

0.0%

of reviews from early access

Developer Activity

abandonedLast update: 2 years ago

Update Frequency

Averages one update every 129 days

Recent Updates

0 updates in the last 90 days

Review Themes

difficulty14 mentions
value12 mentions
content10 mentions
graphics9 mentions
bugs7 mentions
community7 mentions
pricing6 mentions
multiplayer5 mentions
story4 mentions
crashes3 mentions
PositiveNegative

Extracted from 500 reviews using keyword analysis

Score based on all 97,018 reviews. Theme analysis based on 500 recent reviews.

How Don't Starve Compares

GameScoreDev ResponseMonthly Reviews
Don't Starve96.5%0%209
The Forest95.6%0%500
ASTRONEER92%0%434
Satisfactory97.4%0%500
Raft93.1%0%500
Valheim93.9%0%500

Verdict

Don't Starve earns a Overwhelmingly Positive rating at 96.5% across 97K reviews, despite zero developer responses. Engaging with the community could further solidify this positive reputation. With 209 reviews in the last 30 days, sentiment has remained stable.

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