Don't Starve is a 2D, top-down game of surviving against the odds, which I found to be a really tricky bastard to get started at first, struggling to get past eight days, though i'm sure that's my problem. I got the hang of it, so no worries.

The game has a dark cartoony eldritch graphic style. Not new of course, released by Klei Entertainment in 2013, and there's not a lot that hasn't been said so I'll just leave a few hints and tips here for those arriving late to the Don't Starve party. These refer to the vanilla Don't Starve, I have all the DLCs, but I found the additions of poison, wetness and so on, a bit much if I'm honest.

Basic hints for absolute beginners

Edit (Aug 2025): I've since got better at the Reign of Giants DLC, and have got all the way through Maxwell's portal thing. When I thought wetness was the big problem, I couldn't have been more wrong. No, spring with all it's constant drenching, is a walk in the park compared to summer. Yes, summer is the true enemy in Reign of Giants, just as it is in real life.