Genre SurvivalReleased Apr 23, 2013

Don't Starve

Developed and published by Klei Entertainment
Estimated lifetime revenue
$6.25M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$4.37M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
1.20M
≈ 11 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 113,631 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
113,631
Overwhelmingly Positive97% positive
Playing now
601
9-day peak 2,344 · low 601
New reviews, last 9 days
+48
≈ 5 a day since Oct 7

History

Oct 7 – Oct 16

113.6K113.6K113.6K113.6K
Oct 7Oct 11Oct 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 130 most-reviewed Survival games on Steam

Outearns 18% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$23.07M
121,657 reviews
Top 10% start at
$99.78M
This game
$6.25M
43rd 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
Oct 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.