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Don't Starve Elsewhere
An upcoming Klei survival game where you and friends gather, craft and hold out in a strange world.
Online co-op.
- Online
Store pages
Playing together
- Online co-opYesPlayer count not confirmed
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
This is a new survival game from Klei, and a separate game from Don't Starve Together. You arrive in a strange world with mountains, rivers and caves. You gather resources and craft your way to a home base, while creatures roam the land and a creeping Fog puts your sanity at risk.
You can play alone or with friends online. Klei pitches it around friends working together to stay alive. The world is built in tiers, so height and falling matter when you explore or run from danger.
Klei has not announced a release date, a player cap, local play or crossplay yet, so these details may change.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- At its heart
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Fear
- Jumping and climbing
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Wilderness survival, Monsters
Rated on our own feel scale. 6 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Don't Starve Elsewhere
You will probably enjoy these too. Each one says why.
Don't Starve Together
Why it scores 79%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- Core to both
- Tension and danger, Exploring
- About
- Wilderness survival and Monsters
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Building and creating, Working in sync, Getting better, Fighting
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Don't Starve Together differs
- More to unlock than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- More planning than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- Online
- 2 split-screen
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both keep you on edge. Both are about surviving in the wild and monsters that hunt you.
But more to unlock than Don't Starve Elsewhere.
Once Human
Why it scores 73%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival and Monsters
- Core to both
- Exploring
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Building and creating, Tension and danger, Fighting
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Once Human differs
- More time to just hang out than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- More to unlock than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- More planning than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- Online
- Crossplay
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about exploring places you have not seen. Both give you one lasting world to come back to.
But more time to just hang out than Don't Starve Elsewhere.
Outward 2
Why it scores 73%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- Core to both
- Tension and danger, Exploring
- About
- Wilderness survival
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Notable in both
- Working in sync, Getting better, Fighting
- Co-op
- Online co-op
How Outward 2 differs
- More planning than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- More to unlock than Don't Starve Elsewhere
- Coming 8 February 2027
- 2 online
- 2 split-screen
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both keep you on edge.
But more planning than Don't Starve Elsewhere.
All co-op facts
Last checked 28 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Most players online
- Not confirmed
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
9 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release status, Kind of game, Sessions, About, Exploring, Tension and danger, Fighting, Building and creating, Getting better, Fear, Jumping and climbing, Laughter and chaos.
- Online co-op: The text says to gather friends or go it alone, and the sidebar lists Online Co-op.
- Release status: The release date reads To be announced and the page has a wishlist button instead of a buy button.
- Kind of game: The text asks you to gather friends and survive together. User tags include Survival, Sandbox and Base Building. Feel values rest on announcement text only, since nobody has reported on play yet.
- Sessions: The text has you craft a home base in a procedurally generated world. User tags include Sandbox, Open World and Base Building. Perma Death and Roguelite point toward runs, but nothing states a session length, so this follows Don't Starve Together.
- About: The text asks you to survive an unforgiving world with magic, monsters and mystery, relentless rain and cold at height.
- Exploring: A section on a multi-tiered wilderness has you climb peaks, swim rivers, explore caves and visit new biomes. The first user tag is Exploration.
- Tension and danger: The text calls the world unforgiving and adds relentless weather, territorial creatures and a creeping Fog that curses what it touches. Rated from the text, as no hands-on reports were found.
- Fighting: The text has you fight for survival and fend off territorial creatures. User tags include Action RPG, Action and PvE.
- Building and creating: The text has you craft a home base, and a user tag is Base Building.
- Getting better: The makers call the game uncompromising and a user tag is Perma Death. Nothing else is known before release.
- Fear: The text mentions lurking shadows and a Fog that puts your sanity at risk, but no user tag names horror.
- Jumping and climbing: The text warns you not to fall and has you climb mountain peaks.
- Laughter and chaos: User tags include Funny.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Online co-op, Release status.
- Online co-op: Categories include Online Co-op.
- Release status: coming_soon is true and the release date reads To be announced.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 28 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game, so it counts as not tested.
klei.comOfficial site, read 28 October 2026
Backs Kind of game, Working in sync, About.
- Kind of game: Klei's page pitches friends banding together to survive in a world of creatures and shadows.
- Working in sync: The text has friends working together on the basics of survival, with no detail on roles.
- About: Mentions strange creatures, lurking shadows and dangers from the environment.
wikidata.orgWikidata, read 28 October 2026
Backs Wikidata item, Genres.
- Genres: P136 is survival game. The item has no English label yet.
siliconera.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, About.
- Online co-op: Siliconera, 2026-04-09, says the Steam page confirms online co-op.
- About: Says dealing with monsters when night falls looks like a priority.
shacknews.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs About.
- About: Shacknews, 2026-04-09, mentions ravenous creatures, especially at night.
finalboss.ioPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Jumping and climbing, Fighting.
- Jumping and climbing: FinalBoss, 2026-04-10, describes a dedicated jump button and tiered terrain.
- Fighting: Says height changes fights, with enemies chasing along ridges and knockback near ledges.
thesixthaxis.comPress, read 28 October 2026
Backs Fear.
- Fear: The Sixth Axis, 2026-04-09, promises foggy horrors in its headline but gives no detail on scares.