Don't Starve Together AI Companion That Watches Your Screen
A voice companion that watches your screen while you play Don't Starve Together and reacts live — callouts, tips, and banter. It picks up on seasonal preparation and resource timing, sanity management and boss encounter planning, and everything on screen. Runs in your browser while you game; also on PC and mobile.
No hardware required · Works via browser · Mobile app available
AI is watching your screen
Spectating your Don't Starve Together session in real time. Reacting to seasonal preparation and resource timing and sanity management and boss encounter planning.
“You survive 60 days with a beautifully organized base and stockpiled Meatballs. Bearger arrives and destroys the ice box. Your companion considers the arc of your journey.”
“Your sanity drops below 15% during Winter and shadow creatures start spawning. You forgot to bring a Tam o' Shanter. Your companion had mentioned the Tam o' Shanter.”
Companion personalities & example voice for Don't Starve Together
Play-style starting points and sample banter — what a live session might sound like, not a wiki recap. Pick a tone or build your own.
Starting points
Maxwell
A dry, sardonic companion who has watched thousands of survivors die to the same avoidable mistakes — tracks your seasonal prep checklist without being asked, flags the Deerclops arrival timer at Day 28, and never raises his voice even when you are about to make a terrible decision
“Day 19. No Thermal Stone, six Meatballs, no Football Helm. I suggest you address at least two of these before tomorrow.”
Wendy
A calm, quietly observant companion who monitors your sanity meter without commentary, warns you about rain before your insulation fails, knows every seasonal boss cold, and seems genuinely unbothered by the existential nature of the Constant
“Spring is coming. Frogs spawn during storms and sanity drops in the rain. Abigail handles the frogs. I would focus on getting the Eyebrella.”
Example voice lines
- “You survive 60 days with a beautifully organized base and stockpiled Meatballs. Bearger arrives and destroys the ice box. Your companion considers the arc of your journey.”
- “Your sanity drops below 15% during Winter and shadow creatures start spawning. You forgot to bring a Tam o' Shanter. Your companion had mentioned the Tam o' Shanter.”
- “You lure Deerclops away from your base to the east and kill it without losing a single structure. Your companion is genuinely, uncharacteristically proud.”
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- “You spend all of Autumn building an immaculate base and realize on Day 20 that you forgot to craft a Thermal Stone. Your companion watches the temperature meter begin to drop.”
- “You cook a Meatball out of one morsel and three twigs and are confused by the hunger meter. Your companion explains the Crock Pot ingredient math one more time. Patiently.”
- “Wilson's beard is at full growth and it is the first day of Winter. Your companion notes this is the only preparation that went according to plan.”
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Play Don't Starve Together with a companion that sees your screen
Questie reads your display through screen share — no game API, plugins, or overlay. What you see is what your companion reacts to in voice chat.
While you play, vision can inform banter and callouts — including seasonal preparation and resource timing and sanity management and boss encounter planning. Tone depends on the personality you pick.
It's a conversation with someone watching your run, not a command menu. Your companion may comment, joke, or chime in when it fits the moment.
Three steps to get started
Under two minutes in the browser. If your PC runs Don't Starve Together, it runs Questie alongside it.
1. Share your screen
Launch Questie and share your Don't Starve Together window. No downloads, no plugins, no API keys. Works on any Windows PC without special hardware requirements.
2. Your companion watches
The vision model spectates your gameplay in real time, reading visual context the same way a friend watching over your shoulder would. seasonal preparation and resource timing, sanity management and boss encounter planning — all visible.
3. Your companion talks with you
Your companion reacts to what's happening, banters between sessions, and throws in tips and reactions when they're useful. Not a command interface — a conversation.
Start playing Don't Starve Together with your companion
Follow the steps above — open Questie in the browser and share your game window to begin.
More detail: AI game companion features · Voice + vision features
Five things your companion may pick up in Don't Starve Together
Game-specific themes in voice — not generic tips. What you hear depends on your session and setup.
Seasonal Preparation and Resource Timelines
- DST's four seasons each introduce specific threats at predictable times. Winter starts at Day 21 and Deerclops spawns around Day 30. Bearger arrives in Autumn, Moose/Goose in Spring, Antlion in Summer. Knowing the calendar and what gear to have crafted before each transition is the entire early-game survival skill. Most deaths in Don't Starve Together are not from dangerous encounters — they are from arriving at Winter without a Thermal Stone or entering Summer without base fire protection.
- Questie watches your screen and flags when you are approaching a seasonal transition without the specific items that prevent the most common deaths. Day 18 with no Thermal Stone is a solvable problem. Day 21 with no Thermal Stone is a Winter death. The difference is a few minutes of redirected gathering time that the companion can prompt before the transition arrives.
Sanity Management
- Sanity starts at 200 and drains from darkness, rain, proximity to monsters, and eating certain raw foods. Below 15% of maximum, shadow creatures stop being hallucinations and start attacking you. This happens during Winter blizzards when food is already scarce and you are already cold — most new players do not notice sanity is critically low until the screen is fully desaturated and something is hitting them.
- Sanity restoration requires deliberate sourcing. The Tam o' Shanter dropped by MacTusk in Winter is the best sanity hat in the game. Cooked green mushrooms restore sanity. Sleeping in a tent restores sanity but costs hunger. Questie watches your sanity meter and prompts you to manage it before it becomes a crisis rather than after you are already surrounded by shadow creatures in a blizzard.
Boss Fight Preparation and Execution
- The seasonal bosses each require specific preparation. Deerclops has 2,000 HP and deals 150 damage per slam — a Football Helm is the minimum tank requirement, and solo players need 4-5 helms and approximately 12-15 Ham Bat hits. The fight is won by kiting the slam perpendicularly. The critical mistake is letting Deerclops reach your base, which it will destroy. Luring it east before engaging is the difference between a clean kill and a base rebuild.
- Questie can discuss the specific boss you are preparing for — what gear to craft, how to execute the kite pattern, and what the reward items unlock for late-game crafting. Deerclops gives the Deerclops Eyeball for the Old Bell. Bearger drops Thick Fur for the Hibearnation Vest. Knowing what you're fighting for, not just that you have to fight, changes how you prepare.
Base Building and Food Logistics
- A functional DST base needs a Fire Pit, Crock Pot, Ice Box, Alchemy Engine, and Lightning Rod before Spring. The Crock Pot's most reliable recipe — Meatballs from one meat plus three fillers — provides 62.5 hunger. The common mistake is using the Crock Pot without understanding the ingredient minimums that determine which recipe triggers, resulting in Wet Goop from combinations that do not meet any recipe threshold.
- Base location creates or eliminates problems for the entire run. Proximity to Berry Bushes, a Pig Village for reliable meat, and a Spider Den for silk builds a sustainable resource loop that prevents most hunger deaths. Questie can discuss base positioning relative to resource nodes, when to expand versus consolidate, and how to protect structures from Summer wildfires before the season arrives.
Character Selection and Unique Mechanics
- DST has 20+ playable characters and choosing based on appearance makes survival harder than necessary. Wilson grows a beard that provides passive Winter insulation — the only character with built-in cold defense requiring no crafting. Wendy's Abigail assists in combat and handles shadow creatures. Wigfrid starts with battle gear and excels at aggressive play. WX-78 eats gears for permanent stat upgrades. Character mechanics are a core survival lever that most beginner guides underexplain.
- Character weaknesses matter equally. Wes has reduced stats. Wurt can only eat vegetarian food. Wormwood takes damage from health-restoring items that everyone else uses freely. Questie can engage your character's specific mechanics during a run and talk through how to compensate for weaknesses or exploit strengths relative to the season and incoming threats.
How a Don't Starve Together companion compares to other tools
Post-match stats vs someone in voice chat while you play — expand for a feature comparison.
| Tool | Price | Real-time commentary | Voice chat | Screen vision | Always available | No hardware required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Questie AIYou | $19.99/mo | |||||
| Don't Starve Together Wiki | Free | |||||
| DST Reddit/Discord | Free | |||||
| YouTube Survival Guides | Free |
Live voice vs post-match
Tools like Don't Starve Together Wiki and DST Reddit and Discord guides analyze sessions after they're over. Questie is there in voice while you play.
Alongside a human coach
Solo queue companion — not a replacement for a YouTube Survival Guides coach, but someone to banter and react between reviews.
See every supported title on the AI gaming companion hub, or jump to another game in the same genre from the related games below.
How a companion might fit your Don't Starve Together level
Same product, different banter — expand for rank-style examples (not personalized coaching).
Learning the ropes
Your companion might comment on seasonal preparation and resource timing and basics as they show up on screen — more buddy banter than a lecture.
Mid-game moments
Voice chat can touch sanity management and boss encounter planning and the situations you keep running into — reactions to what just happened, not a full VOD review.
Refined runs
When mechanics are solid, conversation tends toward small edges — timing, reads, and patterns your companion notices during the session.
Long sessions
At higher levels many players use a companion for company and focus during long queues — keeping talk relevant to what's on screen when tilt or fatigue shows up.
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No hardware required
Questie works through screen sharing with no additional hardware requirements. No specialized GPU needed, no Don't Starve Together plugins to install, no API keys to configure. If your device runs Don't Starve Together, it runs Questie.
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Explore our character templates for inspiration — talk to AI characters like Goku or Batman while you play Don't Starve Together. No hardware setup: connect via browser; if your PC runs Don't Starve Together, it runs Questie. 40,000+ gamers already play with a companion that watches their screen and talks back.
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