Name: The Survivalists™
Rating: 3.70663 (1251 reviews)

User Reviews for The Survivalists™

3.71 out of 5

1.3K Ratings

3 years ago, jemenake

Watch some how-to vids and save often

I actually tried this game, couldn’t do much of anything after about an hour, and got killed by bats or orcs, and just went on with, my life. Months later, I returned to it, and I managed to figure out how the gameplay was supposed to go. My first suggestion is to watch some videos on how to get started in the game to avoid the frustration I had. The second suggestion is to save fairly frequently. The iPad version has a bug where, after about an hour, the UI will just freeze, and you can’t do anything but kill the app and start over from your last save. You can only save when you’re in a bed, so, suggestion 2b) carry bed components (the comfy padding and the makeshift bedsheet) with you when you sail to other islands. Build a bed there as soon as you can, sleep, and save. Suggestion 2c) since you can’t save inside of a labyrinth (and they’re a lot of time and effort to get through), and because the UI hangs seem to happen after a while of gameplay, save and quit the app right before venturing to a labyrinth, so that you have minimal risk of the app locking up right when you’re getting near the final part.

3 years ago, stupidbugg

Solid game but needs work

I love the content there’s so much to do but I have a few problems with the gameplay. First is monkeys doing damage, when I set my Monkeys to attack they barely do any damage, the only benefit of having them attack is reduced durability usage and extra stun for me to hit the enemy, I seriously think you should buff their damage a little bit. Maybe not as much as it used to be where you could have 3 monkeys and dominate anything but still enough to where they actually help kill the enemy in battle. 2. The secondary islands are very difficult, they have enemies that seem like they are for the mid to late game and when you need to travel between islands to progress , it’s hard to get a foothold when one attacks you and you can’t do enough damage back. 3. Npcs, I like what you did with npcs but I think a good idea is being able to make a shelter for them so when you visit them you can take them back to your base and keep them there without needing to travel within islands each time you want to talk to one. There’s also a glitch where a monkey will get randomly stranded out at sea leaving you one monkey down and it’s happened to me several time hindering my progress greatly. And 4. Just the saving times are way too long I feel like saving takes forever and since there is no auto save I can’t do anything while it saves, same for sleeping, it takes too long.

2 years ago, Dylan Arnold 321

I got a new game idea and if you want you can create it

This is the list it’s where you’re a civilian like in the escapist two back in the escapists two I’m not asking an update for the escape it’s too by the way where do you even go go be the same difficulties in the escape is to buy a little different easy is when the police try tries to get you but feels very less damage if you end up in prison prisoners opinion of you is very high if you end up in prison this will be just like the escapist two work medium is when guards are attacking you their attack is the more buff buff to then when in easy mode hard mode is when guards are buffed and if you don’t have some sort of armor they can to shot you and their opinion of you is very low or just low but you can choose to be a good person or bad person in that you’re the best developer ever if you make this civilianist game And depending on what how bad the crimes were it will be more harder to escape the prison meaning it have a lot more security and eventually you won’t get released till just take a long time but the tip depending on what crimes there is that you did so if you want you can create the game but if you create the game you’re the best developer ever

3 years ago, SUPERANONYMOUS😉😉😉

Please undo update (kind of)

When I saw this app in “recently updated”, I was very excited. The first update you did was masterful, making survival both easier and more exciting. But this time was different. I saw that there were taskmasters (cool) and trinkets (cooler) and PETS! (super amazing). I then skimmed the part about “bread crumb trails” and “levels” (kind of) and bombs, and taking stuff to your new islands, thinking it didn’t matter, but it did when I got on and saw that you completely broke my favorite game. I chose not to get a boost, because I like building my camp, inventory and monkey army from the ground up. Then I got to the part where you totally miss the point of an open world game. The whole world isn’t supposed to be leveled, and you should be able to explore islands freely, at your own pace. I also quickly learned that near my camp there was a monster camp that is very hard early in the game. Also, one of my favorite things about the old version is that I can explore caves freely, without having to get a bomb. I know that you worked hard on the update, and I know that you were trying to make the game better, but can you please at least just make features optional in settings. Please?🥺

4 years ago, Mr.Bob2

Great game

Love this game but there are some glitches. Like one time I went to open my chest and then it just disappeared. I had to exit without saving to get it back so I lost some of the stuff I had done and had to do it all over again. Also the monkeys could use some work. I don’t like how you have to retrain your monkeys to fight every time you go into the game. All the other monkeys keep their jobs except the fighters. It’s really annoying. Also for some reason I just have a piece of wood on the ground in my base that I can’t pick up and when one of my monkeys picks it up he doesn’t do anything with it and I can’t take it from him unless I trade something with him. I also wish the labyrinths and vaults gave you more of a variety of stuff, it seems like they only give you flimsy or sturdy tools and rope, planks, mud, and bones unless you get to the end so it’s kinda useless to loot more than once. I do like everything else tho. Wish you could cross play with mobile and console and also I wish you could split screen on console. Hope you update soon. Looooove this game!!!! Also love manual save, once you get used to it. Please don’t take it away, manual save rocks!!!!!!!!!

4 years ago, someone annonamous

This is was a great Game! Until...

I started this game as soon as it came out on Arcade. And I loved it, and I played for four weeks straight. Four weeks straight, seriously. Then at the end of that said fourth week, I was playing, and remembered to save, which is the annoying part of the game. I’ll say now, anyone who likes Minecraft, this is the game for you. But the problem was, the saving. If you don’t save every 5 or 10 minutes to be safe, you can lose a lot of progress. But as I was saying, I had a TON of stuff after 4 weeks. I had everything gold I had explored almost every island, had two of the legendary weapons or something, and 20 monkeys, fully all trained, and I had gold swords, spears, and sharp axes. Then when I went to save, I pressed save, and then it kicked me out of the game. I went back in and lost 3 weeks of progress. I was back to 8 monkeys, a handful of nearly broken clubs, and one axe, and I didn’t have any thing else. It was extremely frustrating. I called support, and see if they could reboot my account, or maybe give me stuff I asked for. Nothing. They didn’t help. Don’t even start this game. I really don’t want anyone else feeling the depression and stress and desperation I felt, after I lost probably 60 hours of continuous work. I could have done a lot of other stuff, and I felt like I lost a part of my life I couldn’t get back. Don’t get.

3 years ago, Yawnsville

Engrossing game, but the lack of auto-save is a major issue.

This is a really cute game, and very engrossing. It takes a while to master the controls, and the various aspects of crafting, building, cooking, and so on. Teaching monkeys to do stuff for you also take a bit of trial and error. But before long—especially once you start finding a serious supply of metal ingots—you’re up and running. For those of us wishing Age of Empires had come to iOS, this isn’t a direct replacement, but it has that kind of feel to it. It also shares some similarities with Outlanders, which is another good game. However, Survivalists has combat, which gives it an edge as far as I’m concerned. Oh, and of course monkeys; who doesn’t like monkeys! But a *huge* downside is the fact that it doesn’t auto-save your progress. That, coupled with the game’s instability — in particular on a first gen iPad Pro, on which it crashes every few hours — means that although I like playing the game, it also makes me want to chuck my iPad against the wall every time I do [whatever random thing triggers a crash] and I realize I’d forgotten to save for a while. I’d give the game a full five stars in and of itself, but the frustrating need to manually save drops it down to three stars.

2 years ago, SakuraTree4

Nice.

This game has beautiful graphics despite it being 2D and Pixelated. I’d play for hours if I could of course I’ve got the kids so that would be impossible without “can I have a snack” or “I’m hungry” or “play with me”. My second oldest also likes this game. She had so much progress as well. She had 2 monkeys and found the mysterious trader. She had a house, a boat, and even a strategy for raids! But it doesn’t have auto save. And when she hit the jackpot… It was time to eat supper. So, I turned the iPad off and swiped out of the applications. But I didn’t know she was playing that. After supper and after they asked me for dessert, she tried to play the game again. But, she was back at her base and did not have all of the new items and map discovered. She was sad. But I kept playing the game. I always make sure to save the game before the kids play my phone. Their is a save game when you go to bed (I always choose sleep and save). And also one on the main menu. Their are a lot of complaints about this “what if I don’t want to leave my ‘adventure’?” Just use save on the menu.

4 years ago, wyzangel

Ups and downs to manual saving

First off AMAZING Game. Really fun but I’m always a scardy cat in games like this so I’m still in the noob phase. But one of the things i have mixed feelings about is the manual saving. A big pro is one time i went on an expedition to another island for iron with my only monkey trained in weapons, and when I got back my house got raided and like half of it was gone except the walls All of the furniture was gone. Luckily I had not saved the game on my expedition so I just left and came back and waited the raid out. Really helpful in this scenario. But the con side is if I die/leave the game with all my progress, I lose what I got in that play session. And if I cant reach a bed when i have to go ill be in big trouble. So Maybe add a game setting option. Like when u make the game. It has the ability to... Turn off raids or... turn on auto save, Change the abundance of resources on the islands. That would be a lifesaver. It’s a win win for the people who want the manual saves and for the people that don't. Think about it. Again, Love this game and I cant wait to see whats next! -WyzWa

4 years ago, Jii5

It is fun until the game does things you do t expect.

I was enjoying playing the game and had to get used to the lack of auto-save. There were a couple of times when I did not sleep to save and that got a little frustrating in the beginning when I was surviving bucks with a hand axe. All good, we got through it. I got better and had a stash at home of all the foods and gold ingots and everything. It was fun. Then I read in the app that you could give a monkey a chest and take it all with you! Awesome! No more super long trips there and back. I save the game and then went out. I fought a buck and won but had to leave the game. Saved it via the pause button and then went about my way. When I got back my chest was gone from my monkey and all of the things I had purchased from mystery guy and food I had prepared and so on. That was so frustrating. To do all of that and then lose it somehow for no reason?! If this is how the game is supposed to work for the “survival” aspect then wow that’s very realistic, but being that when I have a chest and save the game and then come back to no chest, it doesn’t seem like that’s normal game play. It’s a fun game but the saving aspect is weird or maybe I just don’t know where my monkey buried the chest?

4 years ago, Spaceranger4569

Great game

The survivalist a very good game. I’ve always love survival games they’re a little bit tricky for me but I still like them and just Apple Arcade itself is just awesome it gives us access to many more games I have a few other games on the Apple Arcade and they’re very fun. ok, let’s get back to the survivalist's a very good game and I love how you can train monkeys that part is funny and the monkeys can do stuff for you so you don’t have to do it and I like how it’s all set up and you can craft many things like a bed and campfire stuff like that and how do you can explore find new things and that night I’ve seen bats and I’ve gone into a cave once and there were people that tried to kill me and that’s how I almost died and I’ve defeated a shark it was very tricky but I deleted it and got some meat which was cool and the monkeys can do stuff like craft stuff for you and coot and another stuff like that ok, let’s wrap things up by saying how great of this game is and all the others the survivalist is a very very great game and whoever made this game thank you for making such a good game.

12 months ago, OreoEnthusiast

Great game just a few quirks

Really good game honestly great art style but the only issues I found are the monkeys and combat system the monkeys are usually not very helpful it took me a bit to figure out how I could orientate them then once I found out I didn’t use it much. Another thing is that the combat is pretty difficult when you attack you can’t move for a brief period of time so while you are stuck in the attack animation the enemy you are attack has already moved and attacked you from behind I think adding movement as you attack would be good. The last thing is that I would recommend playing with a controller 1 it’s easier to use (for me at least) 2 it leaves more screen just playing on mobile there is quite a lot of screen clutter with buttons and whatnot. Overall a really solid game. Ps. I would definitely integrate auto saving me and a lot of other players would really appreciate it

4 years ago, Bones1994

Fix the bugs

First of all, I really like the game, but there are a few painful bugs and some UI issues. First and foremost, the game crashes pretty constantly. I’m playing on the iPhone 8 with plenty of storage, nothing running in the background, etc. I don’t have a problem with lack of autosave, especially when you can save anywhere in pause menu but when it crashes things can go really bad. Not only do you lose your progress, but monkeys become untrained and chests can disappear. Like literally gone. I bought a special chest from the trader and had a monkey carrying it with some really valuable stuff in it, game crashed, rebooted game and it’s just gone. Pretty frustrating tbh. The UI issues are; selecting/controlling monkeys can be frustrating, fighting can be weird if you spam the attack button and torch placement. Only other problem is lack of doors and gates unless I just haven’t unlocked them yet (which would be weird because I have almost unlocked all crafts and blueprints) 5 stars if/when these are corrected.

4 years ago, ~~~~\\

Stuck on load screen, many glitches

This game has the potential to be a lot of fun to play; unfortunately the Apple Arcade version suffers from numerous glitches that cause players to constantly lose progress and makes the game almost unplayable. I wouldnt mind the “save using a bed” feature at all if it wasn’t for the app often crashing right before I’m able to get to one. I’ve poured hours into this game, yet have made very little progress due to the app crashing about every 20 to 30 minutes. And as of this morning it looks like I’ve lost all of my save data bc the app is stuck on the load screen. It’s really frustrating to have spent so much time on this game and to have been so patient with it’s glitches, only to now be unable to access my save file. I feel bad leaving a poor review bc I can tell that the developers poured a lot of time & love into this title. The game really does have a lot of fun world exploration and tons of potential. So I would definitely be willing to try playing again in the future and to update/change my review to a more positive one if the devs are able to get these bugs get worked out.

4 years ago, beeg-chungus-fan14

Awesome game but a few concerns

I wanted this game before the Apple version came out and finally I got it. I played, I loved and cherished the game. Recently I saw that a farming update came out and I hope that they do it for this version. A few problems are that the game causes raids and your on another island on the other side of the map. They should happen when your close to your island. Another thing is the speed of the rafts. They go very slow and I hope there is a way to make them go faster in the future. Finally, they should add a small storage space like in Minecraft. I would recommend to make it at least 12 squares of storage so you can have more items and put them in your hot bar. I might be asking a lot but I want this game to grow. This game can be game that gamers can cherish and feel like they’re in a adventure that is breathtaking. Thank you team 17 for making this game.

4 years ago, Skiesarefalling

Masterpiece but needs touch ups

This game is a masterpiece but there are a few problems that need to be addressed. First one is obvious being monkey controls. That needs to be refurbished with something more simplistic. Maybe instead of drag to select, implement a system to tap a monkey and or use the diary to select an action for them. Second. Hit boxes. I can’t stress enough how many times I’ve struck an enemy and they took no damage, especially boars. As for the attack action we noticed if you press it a couple of times there is a delay which causes you at most times to strike making you vulnerable. For instance, pressing the attack button 3 times quickly will cause your character to swing 3 times while spamming the dodge button only to keep swinging. We know the game has just been released and don’t get me wrong this is probably the best mobile survival game out in the App Store. Hopefully in future updates you will add more craftable items and structures. As for now a touch up on controls would be great.

3 years ago, Peter1262541

5 star gameplay, 1 star reliability

I’ll make this short. Love the game, could spend hours a day on here if I didn’t have to work. The game itself is not the most player friendly (meaning it takes a while to understand all the items and crafting) but once you have that down it’s insanely fun. You’ll never be “too OP” in my opinion because you don’t have armor so you can still die with all the best items if you play it poorly. I love that. And it takes many hours to find everything in the game, I still haven’t figured everything out! 5 star content for sure. Unfortunately, as I’ve noticed in other reviews, there’s a 1 star aspect. That is saving and crashes. I’ve lost 3hours of work, an entire island of exploration and many other things due to playing without sleeping. It’s a pain for me to build a bed when I’m exploring somewhere new so I forget sometimes. Assume your game will crash. And always have a bed for exploring. It’s a sad reality for this game right now. Ps: money could be better implemented, there doesn’t seem to be much of a point for it besides buying keys. And the 50g random items don’t ever really seem worth putting in your inventory because you gain plenty of gold by just playing. They should increase the amount maybe then it’ll be worth picking up. Hope my review effects something! Great game again, please fix the way game saves 🙏🏼

3 years ago, plt005

Game freezes, Save corrupted. Had to start over.

I’d been playing this game for a while and had progressed through multiple islands. The game starts to freeze after a while. I got good at saving after making any important progress (ditto other reviewers, the lack of an auto save is super annoying) but when it would freeze, I would have to close out to get the game to be playable again. This could happen multiple times a day, especially at night for some weird reason. The last time this happened I logged back in to see that the data in that game had been corrupted and the only option was to override my saved game. I hoped this meant that it would override the last save but NOPE it deleted all game data. I am deleting this game. That was way too much work to start again from the beginning. I suggest that if you choose to download, try to become less invested in your progress in case you have to start over.

3 years ago, Mangle_Dreams

I love the game but…

Ok so I love the game I’ve played the game for quite a while until my Apple Arcade subscription ended then I had to delete all of the Apple Arcade games I downloaded on my phone. Then, a couple months after my Apple Arcade subscription ended I got it again then I was so excited to play this game again but then when I downloaded it and then it finished downloading then I launched the game and it went to loading and… It never finished loading. So I tried deleting my save because I thought it was because of my save so I went to my ICloud and deleted my save then I tried again still never finished loading so I tried deleting the game and downloading the game again and it still never finished it’s loading please fix the bug I want to play the game again.

4 years ago, LittleMissThiccums

Couple of glitches

To start off on a good note, this games really fun. I would definitely play this more often if there wasn’t these few glitches. One of the glitches isn’t that bad, it’s when you get hit while crafting items. This glitch just doesn’t allow you to craft anything or touch anything; so just basically not being able to do anything. I found this out while being hit by a bat while crafting a rock. This glitch can be fixed by just exiting and entering the game. Another one is that whenever you exit the game while a tamed monkey that you have is holding a chest, I haven’t found out a way to get back the chest. I learned the hard way when I put all of my stuff in the chest. A minor issue is that day-night cycles won’t happen if you quit the game and load back in while sailing in a boat. I would love to keep playing but the chest disappearing while the monkey was holding it was just a major turn off for me.

2 years ago, 😱 Great game

Fantastic game, please read

i don’t play many games in general anymore nor do i ever write a review for one but this game is so underrated. for starters, many of the other reviews are about bugs and glitches. i started playing this game on my phone then switched to the mac. i haven't had any bugs/glitches on either devices so i’m assuming that’s all fixed. for my people that have played Minecraft and Terraria, this is a game you should definitely try. although i loved to play those games, i got tired of constantly going out to mine and get materials on my own. it took way to much time and overall not much to do. Which were the main reason why i quit playing them. i think what makes this game better than others is that you can get your monkeys to do things for you. They can build blueprints, craft items, collect items, add items to the blue prints, farm, and even help you mine for materials. which makes it go by so much faster. While they do those things, you can be exploring or doing things you want to do. This game is well thought out and there’s a wide variety of things to do and craft. Definitely one of the best games (especially for the iPhone) that i’ve ever played.

3 years ago, Meow3691215182124

Detailed review of Survivalists I guess…?

Ok, so if you are looking at reviews seeing if you want this game or not, read this. You begin the game on a randomly generated island, with a raft that contains a few supplies. You begin to explore, and after a LOT LOT LOT of crafting, you begin to make your base. After that is done, (mostly) you leave the familiarity and safety of your base and starting point and explore. You collect resources, start a VERY long pursuit of the Mysterious Stranger, you kill one bird and think: “Cool meat!” Then the rest of the flock attacks you. After getting out of that, you find dungeons, (or catacombs idk what they’re called) and solve puzzles and kill orklings, and maybe even find monkeys to help you with fighting, collecting recourses, and…dancing. This is as far as I got, maybe you will get farther. Bye!

4 years ago, Jayla12345678

Great game but a serious problem

I loove this game and it’s one of my favorites. The only problem I have with this game is the saving progress and monkeys. I had 4 moneys with me on a new island. Three were trained to fight and the 4th was carrying a chest. I saved the game through the menu, got off and then got back on the game. When I got back on my monkeys were all untrained. This had happened to me a couple times before and it’s starting to get frustrating to where I do not want to play this game anymore. One time when I had to retrained my monkeys I ended up dying and lost my materials on a whole new island. Another thing is that trying to train monkeys get a little annoying when other monkeys are close or on top the one you’re trying to train. I wish there was a way that you can make monkeys stay in a spot without them unmimicking their skill. But honestly that saving progress thing need to be fixed. Its very annoying

2 years ago, Jenbowben

Fantastic game except the crashing without saving

If this game auto saved it would be 10/5. The gameplay and character development is top notch. I love how the graphics are pixelated while still having good cinematics for battle and all around workings. The issue I have is the same as everyone else’s, the saving. You get so enveloped in the game that you forget to save every 5 min. It’s nice that when you die there is a marker and you can go collect your items…but that only works if you die. I’ve been playing this game for all of maybe 8 hours and I’ve had the pleasure of the game crashing before I could save…6 freaking times! DEVS: I can get over the lack of auto save if you kept your game from crashing all the time. If I have to save every 5 min to prevent a loss from a random glitch, I’m already over it. There are too many games on the App Store to waste time on a game that doesn’t have a massive bug worked out before they start adding more stuff.

3 years ago, Unskippable 30 second ads

Underrated. I love this

I have a feeling this gets a low rating because of the difficulty curve, but anyone who’s managed Dont Starve should be able to play this. It trims a lot of the tedious fat off the core crafting/survival game genre. When I come back from an expedition and dump my entire inventory on the floor, just to have it picked up and sorted by my monkeys is VERY gratifying. Arming two monkeys with swords and watching them rip apart anything that comes near me is SO entertaining. I had to come and give this a 5 star review. When I saw this was going for $40 on the Switch, I thought it was crazy, but when you start to understand the depth, that price tag makes sense. Most enjoyable thing on the apple arcade for me so far. Major props to the team and designers on this one.

3 years ago, Shadow7335

AWESOME! But needs some tweaks…

I LOVE THIS GAME SOOOOO MUCH AFTER THE UPDATE! When the game first published, it was trash (No offense) and nothing with my monkeys works! But now it’s awesome!!! Now here’s some tweaks you should make so the game gets BETTER! First of all, when I’m playing, the music is…. Islandy and nice to listen to. But I want to listen to some MUSIC WITH WORDS IN THEM!!! Because I’m playing music, and as soon and I get on survivalist, THE MUSIC JUSTS StOP. I tried everything in the settings, and nothing works. Please fix this, cuz I’m sure other people want to listen to their own music while playing. Second of all, MULTIPLAYER. It’s been a whole year, and I’m above a decade old! AND I STILL CANT PLAY MULTIPLAYER!!! I desperately want to play with my brother and my cousins, BUT I CANT BECAUSE OF THE FLIPPING AGE RESTRICTIONS! so please fix it. PLEASE

4 years ago, Mayor_Pineapple

The bugs when you die need to be fixed!!!!!

First off I absolutely love this game. Amazing concept and just a all around great game. That said there are two huge issues with this game. The first is like everyone else is saying. THERE NEEDS TO BE AN AUTO-SAVE!!!!!!! I can see where the devs were going with immersion in this survival space . The force manual saves will make things feel more ‘hardcore’. But it comes off as just plain annoying and tedious. Like please devs, please, just listen to your fan base. It’s a quality of life feature that just makes sense. The second and honestly bigger issue with this game is the clearly game breaking bug of when you die there is a 75% chance your character can keep walking oddly, then faints, respawn in the bed at camp, but is still locked in the “fainting” animation. the player is unable to move or save in this state. Which then makes it a game breaking bug. Because the only way to ‘fix’ it is to relaunch the app. Which as you know from my early comment, means you have just now lost all of your progress from your last save. Which results in some annoying unneeded rage quits. Please keep up the hard work on this title, and please fix the bug.

3 years ago, Noog's Al' Ghul

Very fun! Until..

I would love to give this game 5 stars or more but twice I’ve played this game for hours on end. Out of nowhere after saving mind you. I have a message saying the last save file was corrupted and cannot be loaded… twice… after discovering all the islands, building up my base, taming animals, exploring all the labyrinth’s. Gone.. so much time wasted and I will NEVER get all that time and progress back. Not once but twice this has happened after saving. The second time was immediately after I regenerated worlds with all the stuff I worked so hard to acquire and bring from my last base.. x99hardwood slabs x99 metal sheets & nails etc etc.. I would recommend this to others but I couldn’t let another person experience such sudden depression like I have on multiple occasions.. I’m at the point of just getting rid of the game but it’s a great time killer. Maybe I’ll wait for another update 😔

3 years ago, ralokz

Love this game

I love this game! For me, it is the perfect balance between structure and free play. There’s just enough of a story/overall goal to keep me playing, but I don’t feel rushed to get there and have plenty of flexibility to explore and create along the way. I generally like the manual saves when I remember to use them strategically (not going to lie, there have been a few times where a strategically timed quit and reload has brought me back from the dead). However, as others have mentioned, the iPad version of the game seems to freeze and crash from time to time. I’ve had a few frustrating times where I haven’t saved recently and lost a lot of progress because I had to force quit the app and restart at the last saved point.

3 years ago, narddog123

Great Game! Just a few little dislikes…

When I first downloaded this game before the recent update, I loved EVERYTHING about it! I loved how you could name monkeys, train them to fight, craft, build, explore and plunder labyrinths (they are tricky, though) and make food. Then the update came. I enjoy the larger inventory space, new recipes and weapon upgrades. Here are some of my dislikes: 1. You increased some of the common recipe items, like for example, I could make one meat kabob with two pieces of meat before the update. Then it came and now I need FOUR? 2. Because of the increased the needed items for hay bales, rope and other things, I am struggling to survive and make the right materials for things. Thank you for reading this review and thank you so much for making the Survivalists! 😉

5 months ago, GodKingWaine

Feels incomplete or boring after awhile.

The games graphics are not the most enticing but gets comfortable over time along with the controls. There are quite a few challenges and quest and a monkey system to master. Unfortunately my biggest issues with the game lie in the fact that after while there no more gain. You can’t have but some many monkeys with you before it starts bugging and some monkeys just stop doin task all together. The co-op side of things was a huge reason I wanted to play the game but as it stands I don’t think any one else plays it anymore or no one tries to go online in which if friends don’t have the game it’s non-extent content. If they update and do more to encourage co-op play while also adding actual stats that can be permanently increased as opposed to using items (trinkets/pets etc)

1 year ago, Wetrooster18

Great game

Needs work. The only reason to save in this game is because it freezes a lot and you lose your progress if you don’t. I think there needs to be a fix for that. It freezes in many different areas of game play. Fighting, opening chest, crafting, teleporting, gathering, walking!! 2 hours in, and bam! Frozen. Need to close the app and restart it only to do the same exact thing for the next 2 hours. Don’t get me wrong, the game is great and I enjoy it. I just wish that I didn’t have to save every 10 minutes scared the game is going to freeze. You can die and wake up in your bed with a marker of where you died, or wake up on the edge of the island with a marker of where you died so you can retrieve all of your items.

4 years ago, miguel_roboso

Seems to be fun, but it is frustrating

The game in itself show the potential of being a fun survival game, but the controls, at least on iOS without a controller, are frustrating to the point that I am going to wait for a few updates. First, the combat experience. I have no idea if I have to face the enemy, and if I do, that is going to be incredibly difficult. I just read a couple of reviews where they talk about “hit boxes”. Maybe I have to touch the enemy on the screen? If so, the basic combat tutorial is lacking of useful information. Second, the monkeys. I want to see which monkey has a certain tool, so I select one, and it’s the wrong one, so I need to exit from the monkey selection interface, the monkeys go their way, I need to remember which monkey I selected early, and try to select another one. That is because there is no way to deselect the monkey. Is that really supposed to be like this? Sounds like a bug. Also the training. Good luck training a monkey to combat while you are being hammered by something. Other minor points are related to crafting. I am trying hard to teach a monkey how to craft, but believe me, it is not an easy task. Overall I would like the game to be polished, but at this point is more frustrating than fun.

4 years ago, human015

Amazing game, cannot find the mysterious stranger for the life of me

I LOVE this game. The amazing graphics and design really make the game shine, and I think the lore makes everything more mysterious and enticing to play. However, I have explored 4 islands, have full iron tools and 2 teleporters and have found 2 labyrinths yet the mysterious stranger is nowhere to be found. That means I can’t explore labyrinths, and it is making me lose interest in the game very fast. I really want to complete it and find out it’s secrets, but I feel like there is no way to do it. I it is not like I haven’t tried to find the mysterious stranger. I have searched all the islands I have found countless times, and have found nothing. To sum up: amazing masterpiece of a game, but hard to enjoy knowing there is a piece of the puzzle missing.

2 years ago, BabyBillieGoat

Great game but

I love this game. It's very fun to play and you can enjoy it for hours. My problem is that one it lags. It doesn't lag during the game but rather has random weird glitches like the monkey running away from the raft and them racing to catch up. Another problem is freezing. During the beginning of the game there I none but when I was progressing there would freeze and I couldn't do anything about it but close out the app and lose my progress. This freezing issue is what made me have a problem with no auto-saving option. Everything else is pretty good so far and I genuinely do love this game but if this freezing persists it could definitely become a dealbreaker.

4 years ago, iPhone iConnoisseur

A fun adventure

So, I started playing a few days ago. I took it slow and steady the first couple of days. Seemed fun enough, then I started playing a little more and a little more until I was constantly playing. The game is like escapists. It has a terraria art style to it which is kind of nice. There is a depth to the game that I feel I just began to reach. It definitely has a terraria vibe to it. For those not familiar with terraria, think of Minecraft with 8 bit pixel art. Game play has been smooth, I have been saving every chance I can get more from fear of death than anything else. I am using an iPhone 11 pro max to play and my Xbox controller which has been nice. You don’t lose any screen real estate.

4 years ago, jsgsdvehshsijwjsu

Great - for Singleplayer

I have been playing this game for a while now, I got it when it first came out. Minus the bugs here and there that were already fixed with the updates, it’s really fun. Then I tried playing with my friends. The multiplayer connection is crap. I connect with everyone through Game Center and hit play. Then the game says session not found when Game Center said connected. Big issue there considering multiplayer can be a big help to this game. I would rate it five stars, but the multiplayer is the only problem other than that, splendid game! I love the labyrinths, monkey helpers, realistic amount of materials for building a house, and the ability to let monkeys do almost everything for you. All in all, I’d rate the game 4.4 stars.

3 years ago, EuphoricElephant

Fun eventually kinda

it's not a bad idea or game. Makes no sense at first. Complicated tutorial. Didn't expect a raid randomly and had no idea or warning there would be one. Save. Craft everything you can. Keep money around with weapons. Teaching mines to craft is useless. They only do it once and only if you manually out items in it so it's pointless. If there's an auto way to do it I haven't figured it out and played for hours. I only recently realized there are other islands around your island. You shouldn't have to look up how to play a game online to play a game. The game should be clear and concise that an audience younger than the target could do it. I have experienced the glitch where it freezes on you. Super depressed and angry. Hours of play wasted.

4 years ago, chili_palmero

Excellent game despite a bumpy launch

This dev team has a solid track record. This will likely be their most popular title yet. Is it good? Yes, very. A very fun little survivor game with only a few noticeable bugs that don’t hinder the experience and will probably be squashed within a week. I have about 8hrs into the game so far and I can’t put it down. I play with a Razer Kishi controller and it works perfectly. Apple Arcade and a Kishi with titles like this and the ability to roam between devices makes for a pretty sweet gaming experience! I keep telling my friends to watch out for Arcade and iOS 14. On PC and PS4 this title is $25 and you can’t put it in your pocket so... keep the titles coming Apple!

3 years ago, Thomfamgaming

People can be haters also.

For some reason people say this game is “AWFUL TERRIBLE VERY GLITCHY AND BAD.” But those people who probably play on a phone 5 or something. Or even an old worn out device. This game ran greatttttt. The saving, yes is crap and in their newest update they should’ve made it auto save. But the game overall runs great the combat is great I do believe the islands are randomly genned. And during the new update my island was outdated but I was able to take 5 monkeys out of 9 and was able to take a big chest of my stuff. And new island. So this game is great. And watch people’s tone in these kinds of reviews. See u. Person who had the time to read this.

3 years ago, yangnyc

please update!

I want more updates to improve your game so it might get better reviews. I like this work very much but I also found some problems. The main problem is the short duration of the game, it only took me three days to unlock all the islands. I hope to update some new islands and props. The props in the game are too monotonous and difficult to collect, and some interesting content can also be added to the game. I am a Chinese, in order to better communicate with you, I choose to translate, so I think there may be some difficult words to understand. Thanks for browsing. Please reply if you see it.

4 years ago, the epic stuidos

Absolutely wondertastaciful (that’s a word right?)

When I got this game I thought ‘Oh its probably going to be just like Minecraft and I will delete it soon after trying the game.’ But it was fantastic. The concept is great and it really puts into perspective “if I was stranded on a deserted island...” but also adds the element of fantasy and its just the perfect balance. Now the other reviews said that it’s annoying that you cant get rid of blueprints and I haven’t come across that issue yet but it does certainly seem like that would need some tweaking. Its a great game over all and I love it so here’s a big thank you from a big fan.

3 years ago, robloxrevew

Just read my review I don’t have a title 😂

Sooooo I got this game because I thought it would be so much fun but at first I didn’t know anything! I looked up how to get the monkeys out of there cages and how to open chests and they both said I have to use a weapon but the thing is....HOW DO I GET A WEAPON!!! I’m sure you probably have to fight but how do I do that without a weapon and I am terrible at fighting games. I think will be fun once I get the hang of it but they should put the rules on how to get a weapon on there Ok so the next day I figured out that you can craft a weapon and this game is really fun so pls play it. Also I think they should add a chat

4 years ago, Betazero

The monkeys need work and auto save

Once you teach a monkey you should be able to put them in say combat mode or collect mode...etc. It is not even fun to try to teach them stuff all the time. Also being able to hold only 1 item is not good. Let them hold a weapon and have a small backpack that you craft for them. Let them hold like 3-4 items and a weapon. Also trying to manage weapons on them is just rediculous. They break mid battle and then your done.... you have to run and hopefully can save your monkeys. Not sure how this has 4 stars. graphics are nice but gameplay needs work. Attacing is not fun. Its hard to just hit things with bow, spear....club seems to be the best. I will check back in a couple months but not fun to play currently. Autosave and maybe check points.....required! and faster saves

4 years ago, kittywiddy

amazing game

Over all the game is really fun just the fact that you can have monkeys that do everything you do is amazing even tho you have to pay 5 bucks A month it’s ok I love these game and I hope there well be new tools in the future along with more islands to explore bc I did like all the islands and if there r new islands added it well change everything and the raids need to be a little bet easier bc I had got killed and had to go back to my other save but I was prepared that time and didt die so if the raids r Easier that would have over all great game didt think it would be this good 10/10

4 years ago, JeffM139

Love the game, but it crashed for me

This is an amazing game that definitely deserves 5*. Sadly however I was playing my world when the app crashed, and now when I try to re open the game it just loads forever... It still gets 5* because I think the bugs can be fixed, and the actual gameplay is fun. Would definitely recommend. EDIT: I tried everything, even deleting the app and all its data, but ever since that crash the app just infinitely loads. I’m keeping my 5* review because the game is that good, and I’m holding out hope the devs will fix this bug that won’t let me play... super annoying

4 years ago, thaifersch

Amazing, even better with controller

I love it! I’ve been playing almost non stop since 9am when it came out yesterday. Once I figured out the trick to pass a chest to a monkey, I’ve been moving my camp all over! Suggestion to any struggling ... hard reset your device. I have a 2018 iPad Pro and did a hard reset. Note to developer ... one bug, every time I visit mysterious stranger, I lose the prompt above my items in the different menus. Thus I can no longer see what the names are nor how much they cost to make. I have to exit game, close it and reset it and then everything comes back. Otherwise ... LOVE IT!

2 years ago, GuffManDude

Amazing gameplay but lacking integral feature

This game is amazing and I have been loving playing it for the past week but I am writing this review to talk about the issue in there being no auto saving. Just today I spent about 8 hours grinding the game finally making massive amounts of progress just for my game to crash before I could save on my iPhone 11. All the progress is entirely gone now. In a game like this the inability to save unless you are at a bed and the fact that it doesn’t automatically save anything at all royally messes you up with how often the game unexpectedly crashes. The fact that I have lost all that progress leaves me feeling like I don’t want to play the game at all anymore unfortunately :(

4 years ago, massomking

good game not at all mobile supported

it’s actually so buggy. my universal chest despawned when i saved my gave in the bat dungeon and it had literally all of my valuable loot. i can’t access it until i buy another chest and i’m not sure if u can buy two in the same world i have to go check but regardless it’s too frustrating. don’t allow monkeys to carry chests if you can’t handle programming how to save what’s in the chest that monkeys holding. it just shows incompetent development in a half effort money grab attempt at a mobile game port. it honestly just looks bad for the development team overall i wouldn’t want to come back to their games knowing the blatant bugs. additionally the monkey targeting in the monkey menu is inaccurate i catch myself having to attempt 2-3 tries in picking one individual monkey because it targets 2-3 money’s per click because they default into coming so close together yet the touch targeting registers in such a fat radius that it’s extremely difficult not to target 2+ monkeys at a time when you intend to click one unless you happen to be on an ipad

4 years ago, aloalan richu

Hi! This game is amazing, but I just want this.

So, hello! I have been a fan of team 17! But I just want you to add local multiplayer, because of my age restrictions, I’m not able to play with my friends. So, when you get the chance, please add local multiplayer. But make sure that it doesn’t have age restrictions please! Also, there is a glitch when if I go to the mysterious shop, I can’t see the materials I need to craft stuff, and then I also can’t see what my emotes say, and Last but not least, I can’t see what the cost is for items in the mysterious shop. So yeah, I hope you can fix and add these things! THX and bye!

Description

A World of Adventure and Possibilities Awaits! The island is alive! Your newfound home will change with day/night cycles as you explore and uncover its secrets. Hunt (or be hunted by!) animals for food and an array of mythical enemies, who aren’t necessarily pleased to see you. Get quests from a Mysterious Stranger or find them washed up on the shore. Prepare to trek into a procedurally generated wilderness, with a variety of biomes, for an adventure that’s unique to every player. Build Together, Survive Together Finding the perils of island life too much or just looking to share your building expertise with friends? The Survivalists has you covered! Complete joint adventures, gain loot, trade and ultimately survive together and as you and up to three fellow castaways explore an island paradise. Monkey See, Monkey Do! If you’re in need of a builder, a lumberjack or even a soldier, the monkeys on the island can be tamed and trained to help you with everyday tasks or back you up on raids to a fanatic camp! The Mimic System means a wide variety of functions can be performed by your banana loving friends, with monkey management becoming key to surviving the island’s challenges. Get Crafty The secret to survival is to make the most of the resources around you. Whether that’s piecing together a primitive axe to chop wood or mixing up a refreshing fruit smoothie to keep the hunger at bay, you can discover recipes and expand your options across food, item or structure crafting trees. Run the Gauntlet Looking for an epic sword to hang on your hut wall or want to lay waste to encroaching hostiles? What you seek could be in one of the many labyrinths scattered around the island. However, getting your hands on the loot won’t be easy so any would-be raiders will need to prepare for their treasure hunting crusade.