Don’t Starve Together

Don’t Starve Together is listed at $14.99 on Steam.

Don’t Starve Together is at full price right now. We track it so you will see the moment a genuine discount lands.

The lowest we have tracked is $5.09, so this is not quite the floor.

Released about 10 years ago, it discounts regularly — patience is rewarded.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy · Developer: Klei Entertainment · Release: Apr 21, 2016.

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How it plays

You wash up in a bleak, sketchbook-drawn wilderness with nothing but your wits, and the game hands you exactly one instruction: don’t starve. From there it’s up to you. You chop, mine, and forage during the day, build a base and a fire before the sun goes down, and figure out which of the world’s many creatures want to help you and which want to eat you. Klei built the systems so that almost every material has a use, which means the early hours are as much about experimentation as survival. Crafting opens up new tools, gear, and structures as you learn recipes, and the map itself hides ruins, seasonal hazards, and stranger things the deeper you push. The multiplayer layer changes the math on all of this: you can split duties with friends, pool resources, or just wander off and see what happens when nobody’s covering your back. Death is common and rarely fair, which is part of the appeal rather than a flaw.

Who it’s for

This is a natural fit if you like survival games that respect your intelligence and punish carelessness, and it’s especially good if you’ve got a small group of friends who enjoy figuring things out together rather than following a checklist. The tone helps too: it’s creepy and funny in equal measure, more Tim Burton than grimdark. If you hate losing progress, get frustrated by trial-and-error learning, or want a game that explains its systems up front, this one will wear on you. It’s also a poor pick if you’re set on playing solo and dislike games balanced around having other people around, since some threats and workloads clearly assume a group.

Is it worth it?

For the genre it sits in, this is one of the more content-dense survival games you can put time into, and the fact that it’s a standalone multiplayer expansion of an already well-regarded original means the foundation is solid rather than experimental. It rewards long-term investment: the first few runs teach you the world, and every run after that gets you further because you actually understand why you died last time. If you’ve got friends who’ll play it with you, it’s an easy recommendation, and it’s the kind of game that’s smart to grab whenever GamesCreed flags a discount on it, since it holds its value well and doesn’t feel dated for its price point even years after launch.

Quick facts

Genre: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy. Developer and publisher: Klei Entertainment. Platform: PC (Steam). Released April 21, 2016.