Should I get Valheim or Don't starve? (Solo and Multiplayer)

[Misa]

Which is better? Haven't played either.

[StickyPawz]

Both are great game choices!

Do you need steady challenges to stay engaged? ... Pick "Don't Starve"

You play to relax/chill/build? ... Pick "Valheim"

[Xautos]

Publicado originalmente por Lecherous Lychee 🐸:

Publicado originalmente por Misa:

To be honest, Valheim graphics are not that great either imo.

You know what you should do? Just buy DST and Valheim. Give them a go for about an hour, and see which one gives you a sense of fulfilment more. Whether you choose one or the other, or both to refund at the end, the thing is, both games will still be here at a later date during Steam sales.

The only wrong choice here, is if you feel pressured into buying something and keeping it, even if you won't enjoy it.

I'd suggest you be careful with a suggestion like that. valve employees will be looking at your refund history and if you are using the system to trail version games with the express purposes of just testing or completing them and have no real explanation why you want to refund, you could find your ability to refund future games a lot more difficult as you're abusing why the refund feature is there.

i understand your point, i would suggest a similar thing myself, but there are additional concerns that would of stopped me recommending the same approach unfortunately, as i wouldn't want to get other users in trouble.

i've got valheim on my list like i do with a lot of games i'm looking at. i've played a lot of similar survival games, most recent is stranded deep. My research suggests there is an element of action to the adventure in this game as much as it is survival. right now it's in my cart along with a few other survival games of a similar type, but i just need to make sure of a few things so i know i won't be refunding.

[Comrade Pickles]

Definitely Don't Starve Together

[Flotch]

If you don't mind a top-down 2D view, clunky controls, and an ugly art style, Don't Starve Together might be worth it. Personally I played it quite a bit (75 hours, apparently) when friends convinced me to, but I never liked the game much myself. Playing with friends, it does make for a good cooperative experience. The single player Don't Starve experience, I can't recommend at all.

Valheim has a lot more going for it and feels a lot more "finished" and fun to play in its current state, honestly. I'd just buy that, unless you have a friend excited about DST, or your PC is a potato and can't run Valheim.

[Alucard †]

"ugly artstyle" that's just purely your personal opinion.

Clunky controls only when you do something foolish like play DST with a controller :P
There are also a lot of QoL mods that can help streamline the controls even more (my favorites are Grid placement and ActionQueue)

Single player experience is still solid in DST. And DST has a lot of content and stuff to explore and do , bosses to kill etc.

As for potato PCs depending on what kind of potato we are talking about Don't Starve Together might have issues too depending on world size and if caves are enabled.

[Bunny Juice]

Having played both, I can say the entire DS franchise is magnitudes more unforgiving; you're essentially dying just by being idle. It's a survival game through and through, one of the more difficult ones I played up to now; surviving 500 days in DS is a feat, while surviving as long is Valheim means nothing per se (it has the adventure and building/terraforming as a focus). If you do go for it, I suggest DST as it is more enjoyable in MP; also, as others mentioned there are tons of mods for DST, including the ones that port over assets from Shipwrecked and Hamlet.

[Alucard †]

DST is a bit more lenient than DS tbh.

There were few updates with changes that made DST slightly more newbie friendly.
(Being able to swap characters in mid playthrough for very low cost is one of those changes.)

Also DST is only somewhat burtal-ish on default world settings.

You have insane amount of options before starting your world that greatly impact overall difficulty. You have control over almost every little aspect of your world from resources to enemies and worldgen and its features, events, enviromental hazards etc etc. And some of these changes are retroactive too.

You can pretty much make DST as easy/forgiving or as hard/unforgiving as you want it to.

Also Endless mode exists and is suggested when playing solo. (World doesn't reset when every player or just you if solo dies.)

[4 strength 4 stam leather belt]

Publicado originalmente por redgreen999:

Never played DST but I watched a video and it looks like cartoons. I don't see how one can compare Valheim with a realistic world to a game with cartoon characters.

You sound like a child who thinks realistic grafix = better game.
DST is far more challenging and requires a lot more thought than Valheim, it's fully fleshed out and has a lot of depth. The original game is also worth playing though the Co-op side of DST is very enjoyable. Both are good though & hardly comparable as Valheim is more a traditional crafting RPG, whereas DS is full-on survival experience. I would recommend both, you can both DS games pretty cheap.

[Draconifors]

I haven't played DST, but I've seen it played quite a bit and I do own Don't Starve (absolutely suck at it).

I'd definitely say Valheim. I like the gameplay better, the visuals are much more pleasing for me (that cartoonish style the Don't Starve games have really isn't my cup of tea either), and the setting is way more interesting. Valheim is less about survival and more about exploration and building, which massively appeals to me.

My hours are 942 vs. a few (DS is on GOG and I can't be bothered to launch Galaxy just to check), the former going up as I type this.