Don't Starve

What it is

Don’t Starve is a survival game from Klei Entertainment, released in 2013. You play as Wilson, a scientist trapped in a wilderness by a demon, and must use the surrounding environment and its inhabitants to survive and seek a way home. The game offers exploration in a strange world of creatures, dangers and surprises, with resources to gather and use for crafting items and structures. Survival activities include crafting, hunting, research, farming and fighting, without instructions or hand-holding. Its worlds are randomly generated, so players can create a new map. The presentation pairs 2D characters and unusual creatures with a 3D world. Don’t Starve is listed as a single-player game, with Steam Workshop and Steam Cloud among its Steam features. Steam lists Windows, macOS and Linux; other listed platforms include PlayStation 3, Wii U and PlayStation Vita. Its genres include survival, action-adventure and roguelike.

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Who it suits

Don’t Starve suits players who want a single-player survival game built around exploration, gathering and crafting. Randomly generated worlds and several ways to survive may appeal to players who prefer choosing their own approach.

Don’t Starve centers on making a life in a dangerous wilderness through exploration and resource use. Its generated worlds and open-ended survival activities give players room to choose how they proceed.