I played Don't Starve Together first but bought this after.

Don't Starve is honestly one of the most important games to me, artistically speaking anyway, because if affected how I draw things and how my art style looks.

It's also probably one of the best survival crafting games imo despite the genre bloating the indie game space and this mainly has to do with its presentation with how it's played, its aesthetic, its animations and the soundtrack. It's also full of loveable and charming characters (that sadly get flanderized in DST, mainly Wilson). DST might have more features and content but what this game has are about... 3 full expansions that feature new worlds to survive on and explore and being able to travel between the different DLC worlds through a machine you find in the world you spawn in.

Despite the game seemingly being abandoned by Klei Entertainment in favour for DST they recently came out with HUGE QoL updates to the game and its expansions that fixes a lot of the issues I had with it.

I think if you want a GOOD survival game, play this because it's great.