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Don't Starve

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.

Apr 23, 2013

Adventure
Simulation
Indie
Collecting
ProceduralGeneration
Survival Crafting

Strengths

Deep gameplay combining survival, exploration, and crafting, with high replayability
Praise for the dark, distinctive art style, atmosphere, and music
Enjoyment of unlocking and testing diverse characters and unique abilities

Weaknesses

Mobile touch controls are awkward, often causing unintended attacks or malfunctions while moving
Recurring performance and stability issues, including freezing, lag, crashes, loss of control, and save-data problems
Fewer updates, DLC, mod support, and content compared with the PC version

Sound100
Multiplayer100
Story80
Graphics78
Content75
Gameplay72

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Game Schedule

ReleaseApr 23, 2013PC · GLOBALAdd

Game Description

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.

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