Don't Starve

starving is the least of your problems

This is absolutely a game for a lot of people. Much of what it brings is right up my alley too. Crafting, unique enemy design, base management, a necessary delve into a wiki to grasp stuff. The difficulty is quite a bit of the fun here for a lot of people, and on some degree I can get behind that. The structure makes it easy to last a few days before harder stuff comes around, which is smart design. But that ramp is also the biggest reason I tried so hard to like this game and then fell RIGHT off a cliff of fun. Getting to a fun challenge might take 10 days of mundane tasks and setup. If you then die immediately, or realize you mismanaged your plan 3 days ago and are unprepared now, that can be literal hours of time wasted. If you DO succeed, it could be quite some time before the next fun thing happens. Grappling with the systems and building your little factory is the point of the game. I get that it really works for a lot of people. But if that isn't a great goal for you, or if you find those early hours of a run mundane, it might be a long, LONG time before the game finally shows you something fun. I tried for a long time, I wish I had figured out I wasn't going to get…

Joystick controls are HORRIBLE and unplayable. For xbox controller Y is detected as LB, LB/RB and other messed up. Game tells to press "X" for attack. No X working. Game have no idea what joystick buttons are. XBox official joystick

Awesome game and I would recommend to play Rein of Giants, it is the most complete experience.

Bit of a chore simulator in the lategame but overall fun.

It is a great game, but just don't get too attached to your camps or progress! :D