Genre SurvivalReleased Apr 23, 2013

Don't Starve

Developed and published by Klei Entertainment
Estimated lifetime revenue
$7.29M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$5.10M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
1.40M
12 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 113,473 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
113,473
Overwhelmingly Positive97% positive
Playing now
1,404
27-day peak 1,817 · low 594
New reviews, last 27 days
+119
4 a day since Aug 20

History

Aug 20 – Sep 16

113.5K113.4K113.4K113.3K
Aug 20Sep 2Sep 16

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Survival →

Against the 100 most-reviewed Survival games on Steam

Outearns 15% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$30.92M
138,624 reviews
Top 10% start at
$110.64M
This game
$7.29M
28th pct. by reviews

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

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.

Developer
Klei Entertainment
Publisher
Klei Entertainment
Genre
Survival
Released
Apr 23, 2013
Steam app ID
219740
Data updated
Sep 16, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.