Adventure · April 23, 2013
Don’t Starve (2013)
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. 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. 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. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land. Key Features: Uncompromising Survival & World Exploration: No instructions. No help. No hand holding. Start with nothing and craft, hunt, research, farm and fight to survive. Dark and Whimsical Visuals: 2D characters and odd creatures inhabiting a unique 3D world. Randomly Generated New Worlds: Want a new map? No problem! At any time you can generate a new living and breathing world that hates you and wants you to die.
Adventure releases from 2013
29 Adventure titles launched in 2013 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Adventure
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 109.8k Steam reviews | Top 2% in Adventure |
| Positive rating | 97% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 15% |
| Metacritic | 79/100 | Genre average 77 — top 49% of Adventure titles |
| Concurrent peak | 1.5k players | Top 3% in Adventure by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 54 h average | Top 5% for session depth among Adventure |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Survival · 3.7k
- Open World Survival Craft · 2.2k
- Crafting · 1.9k
- Adventure · 1.8k
- Indie · 1.8k
- Sandbox · 1.7k
- Singleplayer · 1.4k
- Perma Death · 1.1k
- Multiplayer · 1.1k
- Open World · 1.0k
- Exploration · 1.0k
- Rogue-like · 792
- Replay Value · 698
- Moddable · 671
- Difficult · 612
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Reception Metrics
Steam community
97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 109.8k reviews
106.5k positive · 3.3k negative
Metacritic
79/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.3/10
Curator recommendations
95.1k
Peak concurrent players
1.5k
More from Klei Entertainment
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Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Apr 23, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Klei Entertainment |
| Base price | $2.49 -75% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 4 released |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
54h
substantial (40–100 hours)
Median
5h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
1h
Current engagement
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (2)
- English volume_up
- Simplified Chinese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Simplified Chinese
Editions & Packages
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