Don't Starve was Klei's first foray into the survival genre. Conceived during the height of an early-2010s game industry trend on dropping players into a world with few instructions and a goal of survival, the game was influenced by Minecraft, which spearheaded this trend, as well as by filmmaker Tim Burton. The game received positive reviews from critics, which commended its original art style, music, and variety of ways for the player to die, although its high level of difficulty and implementation of permanent death were less warmly received. Within the calendar year 2013, it sold over one million copies.
At this time, Maximum Strategy has 689,300 views for Don't Starve spread across 362 videos. His channel published over 5 days worth of content for the game, roughly 47.93% of Don't Starve content that Maximum Strategy has uploaded to YouTube.
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