Don't Starve Together

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%2016

The verdict

A brutally hard but charming co-op survival game with huge content and great art. Skip it if you dislike wikis, dying constantly, or grinding.

Great for

Friend groups who enjoy chaotic, punishing co-op survival and learning through failure

Main risk

Almost no teaching, so you die constantly and need a wiki, which turns many newcomers off

What players love

Best with friends in co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“one of the best survival coop experiences you can have with your friends”
Steam review · 117.3 h played ↗

“Playing with friends makes it 100x better because now there are more people to watch die and more people to blame when the base burns down at 2am.”
Steam review · 189.6 h played ↗

“There’s something really special about gather around a tiny fire with friends, desperately sharing your last bit of food just to see one more sunrise.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗

Huge amount of content and replayability

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“A multi-level and diverse crafting system”
Steam review · 873.5 h played ↗

“it’s surprisingly cheap for how much content and replayability you get.”
Steam review · 325.4 h played ↗

“Insane amount of content: different bosses, biomes, crafts, the Steam Workshop.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 1508.4 h played ↗

Gorgeous, unique art style

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“i really love the hand-drawn art style that gives off that classic Tim Burton feel.”
Steam review · 325.4 h played ↗

“The art style is such a big part of the charm.”
Steam review · 34.2 h played ↗

Constant updates and mods

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“Klei, over the span of 10 years, have constantly been updating, improving and adding content, keeping everything fresh and new.”
Steam review · 4090.1 h played ↗

“it's euphoric being able to use mods for even the smallest of things”
Steam review · 20.6 h played ↗

Challenging, rewarding learning curve

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“Don't Starve Together is just so much harder to learn and the learning pattern makes it really fun”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

“It doesn't forgive small mistakes, but that is exactly its explosive charm.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 122.9 h played ↗

Fun solo too, and cheap with a free gift copy

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews

“each person who buys this game gets a free copy to gift to their friendS”
Steam review · 23.6 h played ↗

“Even solo, it was easy to sink into.”
Steam review · 34.2 h played ↗

What players complain about

Unexplained, needs wiki and guides

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“you will never get comfortable playing this game not even after 30 hours of figuring it out”
Steam review · 30.1 h played ↗

“The game doesn't announce these events or prepare you, so the only way to know in advance is to read about them on an outside resource.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 2.8 h played ↗

“If learning a game requires you to have to go outside of the game just to learn it, then it is not a good game.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗

Grindy, repetitive and boring

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“This game is an unfun, constantly unrewarding resource sink and I honestly regret putting so many hours into it.”
Steam review · 437.1 h played ↗

“Instead of fun you get a second shift at the factory.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 11.1 h played ↗

“Very grindy. Gathering resources and setting things up can take a lot of time”
Steam review · 14.9 h played ↗

Too hard and punishing for newcomers

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“death is needlessly punishing and resets progress”
Steam review · 29.4 h played ↗

“It's just genuinely too hard for any new player.”
Steam review · 33.1 h played ↗

“Very aggressively does not support more chill playstyles.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗

Crashes, long loading and world creation bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“constantly crashes on start up or loading into a world even though I've had it for 10 years”
Steam review · 170.2 h played ↗

“terrible optimization, which results in ridiculously long loading times when creating worlds”
Steam review · 107.2 h played ↗

“After 800+ hours the game just doesn't work.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 892.8 h played ↗

Laggy networking and server problems

Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews

“I cannot recommend it for the bad networking it has in order to play online, even with good internet”
Steam review · 1062.5 h played ↗

“until they fix this awful netcode. It's simply impossible to play online.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 7.4 h played ↗

“Game networking is just terrible, even when using dedicated server.”
Steam review · 160.7 h played ↗

Poor balance for solo play and no local co-op

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews

“Playing solo is torture, you absolutely need a big team.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 88 h played ↗

“this PC version of the game does not support split screen co-op whereas the PS and Xbox versions do”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8

Processor1.7+ GHz or better

Memory1 GB RAM

GraphicsRadeon HD5450 or better; 256 MB or higher

Storage3 GB available space

OSWindows Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8

Processor1.7+ GHz or better

Memory1 GB RAM

GraphicsRadeon HD5450 or better; 256 MB or higher

Storage3 GB available space

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