Game · Black Lantern Collective
Don't Let It Starve
A horror roguelike bento-builder. You're trapped in an underground kitchen, forced to feed a half-chef monster. Gamble with your life, assemble meals, and master your multipliers. Whatever you do, Don't Let it Starve.
Before you buy
- Redeem on
- Steam clientPC: Windows, Linux. Needs a free Steam account.
- Activates in
- Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
- You get
- A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
- Delivery
- To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.
Trailers and screenshots
About this game
Don't Let It Starve is a strategy gambling rogue-lite bento-builder where you must prepare the most satisfying meals for a half-chef monster lurking in the walls. Reach ever more ludicrious scores to (hopefully) earn your freedom...
Grid-Based Bento Goodness
Assemble your ingredients on a variety of bento shapes and sizes to maximize space and flavor. Master unique combos and modifiers to raise your score to ever increasing heights. Choose ingredients wisely and optimize your layout to fit as much as possible. Don't despair, there's a light at the end of that tunnel...
C-c-c-combos!
With 10 unique hats and over 100 tools, there's limitless build possibilities to experiment wtih. Push your luck to the limit and weigh your risks and rewards. Go all in on Bread and fail miserably when you fail to roll your combo. Get gud and try again. There's countless ways to win (or fail horribly).
Unlockable Stuff
Unlockable hats, challenge modes, tools, and secret puzzles fill the game with dozens of hours of content. Try out weird shit and see what it unlocks. See if you can master the increasingly punishing challenges for rewards and bragging rights. Go infinite even harder than your friends in the challenge mode. Uncover the secret ending. We stuffed the game with content.
Features:
Master the Combos - It'll take more than just fitting food on a grid to win. Learn the synergies, ramp up your combos, and crank your score into the stratosphere.
Meta-Progression – Unlock new tools, upgrades, and run modifiers that change future attempts.
120+ Unique Items & Synergies – Experiment with a huge variety of tools and effects to create deadly-efficient strategies.
Bento Building Action! - We all love the Resident Evil 4 inventory system. Now do it with food.
Uncover the Secrets - We got tons of secret stuff to uncover. There's like a whole escape room thing. Find the clues and get that juicy L O R E !
Meaningful Challenge Modes - New challenges don't just ramp up the needed score, but they also add new features that work with new tools to create a unique experience that doesn't feel like an afterthought.
Endless Mode – Push your skills (and your luck) to the limit in an infinite survival challenge.
Tense Atmosphere – You're not alone in the kitchen.
Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.
Details
- Developer
- Eduardo Scarpato
- Publisher
- Black Lantern Collective
- Released
- 12 Jun, 2026
- Genres
- Action, Strategy, Simulation, Horror
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux
- Activates on
- Steam client, Europe and UK
- Interface
- English, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish
- Full audio
- English
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Full controller support
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
- Stereo Sound
- Surround Sound
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
System requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 or higher | |
| Processor | Intel i3 (4th generation) or equivalent | |
| Memory | 2 GB RAM | |
| Graphics | Most dedicated GPUs are supported | |
| Storage | 512 MB available space | |
| Additional Notes | Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system | Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system |
Linux / SteamOS
| Component | Minimum |
|---|---|
| OS | Any |
| Processor | Intel i3 (4th generation) or equivalent |
| Graphics | Most dedicated GPUs are supported |
| Storage | 512 MB available space |
Activating it on Steam client
- Open the Steam client and sign in.
- Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
- Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.
The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.