Games like Don't Starve and Don't Starve Together

Valheim, Grounded and Core Keeper are the best co-op picks after Don't Starve Together. 99 Nights in the Forest on Roblox keeps the same fear of the dark. Roam survival crafting games are below.

What Don't Starve asks of you

Don't Starve is a survival game by Klei Entertainment, released in 2013, with a hand-drawn gothic look. You gather twigs and flint, craft tools, and keep your hunger, health and sanity up. When night falls you stay by the fire, because the dark kills.

Don't Starve Together came out in 2016 and added co-op for up to six players. Seasons, bosses and odd characters with their own rules make every run different. The best alternatives keep that pressure: a timer you cannot ignore, and a world that gets meaner the longer you last.

Co-op survival crafting

Valheim. Iron Gate's Viking survival game, in early access since 2021. Build longhouses, sail, and fight bosses with up to 10 friends.
Grounded. Obsidian's 2022 game. You are shrunk to the size of an ant in a backyard full of spiders. Grounded 2 entered early access in 2025.
Core Keeper. Pugstorm's top-down mining and survival game, fully released in 2024, for up to 8 players.
99 Nights in the Forest. A 2025 Roblox hit. Keep the campfire going and survive the creature that hunts you at night.

Solo and on the phone

Don't Starve: Pocket Edition is the official version on iPhone and Android. Roam has survival games built around the same night-time pressure:

Last Light (Roam). Top-down survival crafting. Keep the fire burning through the night.
Dragonfall (Roam). Voxel survival crafting. Gather, craft, survive, and watch the sky.
Frozen Frontier (Roam). A survival base-builder. Build a camp in the snow and keep it alive through the night.

Survival tips that work in all of these

Spend day one on light and food, not on a big base. Learn what the night does before you explore far. And in co-op, split jobs: one person gathers, one cooks, one guards the fire.

Play it on Roam

Make your own survival crafting game with Roam

Describe the world, what you gather and what comes at night. Roam builds it, and you can ask for friends to join.

Try: "survival in a haunted swamp, craft torches from reeds, sanity drops in the dark, my friends survive with me"

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Questions people ask

Is Don't Starve on mobile?

Yes. Don't Starve: Pocket Edition is on iPhone and Android.

How many players can play Don't Starve Together?

Up to six players.

What is a Roblox game like Don't Starve?

99 Nights in the Forest, a campfire survival game about lasting through the nights.