# Eden: World Building Simulator — Build a tribes new island life

> 3D strategy world building simulator game about community survival and development on an island. (iPhone/iPad app by Channel 4.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eden-world-building-simulator/id1116980952 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Channel 4](https://appshunter.io/developer/385532930)
- Category: Games, Role Playing, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.29/5 from 1,300 App Store ratings · 53 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 191 MB
- Languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
- Released: 2016-07-20
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eden-world-building-simulator/id1116980952/reviews.md

## What is Eden?

"WHAT IF WE COULD START AGAIN?”

Find out for yourself in this, the official 3D strategy world building game of the series, Eden, where you must help your very own community survive and thrive in their new lives on an idyllic but remote island. 

As in most repopulation world simulator games, you're responsible for prioritising everything they must do every day. Build a world and a new life you will be proud of. Where will you focus and guide your islander community? Will you have them construct more camp buildings? Farming? Hunting? Scavenging? Harvesting? 

∆ Remember to keep the campfire burning brightly to keep morale up - and to customise and decorate the camp to make it feel more homely. Gather all the world builder achievements, collect rewards for the successful completion of the community projects, and practice smart resource management to build and survive in the hardest times.

◆ EDEN WORLD BUILDING SIMULATOR FEATURES: 
- Build a shelter, then a storehouse, kitchen, workshop - and much more
- Decorate your camp – upgrade your buildings, add paths, statues, showers, and many more items
- Tend to the camp pigs, chickens and cows.
- Manage the community's limited supplies of water, crops, meat, fish, wood, stone etc.
- Farm, scavenge, hunt, fish, decorate & cook to keep the fire burning brightly and the camp happy
- Plant and harvest crops across the island.
- Craft new tools and items to improve efficiency and have the camp not only survive but thrive!
- Construct new camp buildings to expand the range of activities for your community and improve their island life.
- Help the camp survive the harsh Scottish weather through the seasons
- Attract new members of the community to help it grow
- Share your progress with friends

If you love god simulator sandbox games, as well as crafting, building, and harvesting farm RPGs you will love Eden. 

What is your vision? How will you build a completely new world?

►Download and find out in one of the best build island and new life games of 2022!

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CONTACT:
If you have any queries regarding Eden – World Simulator or have feature suggestions, please send them to contact@all4games.co.uk. Until then, enjoy the building, hunting, harvesting, and crafting in this stunning building island strategy. 

Please note – the game is free to play, however some items can also be purchased for real money, and there is no restriction on the amount of purchases that can be made. If you don’t want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device’s settings.

In order to deliver a personalised, responsive service and to improve the game, we remember and store information about how you use it. The information is completely anonymous and will never include any personal details. It is used only by Channel 4 or the trusted partners we work with. If you wish, you can switch off our analytics software within the “Options” screen of the game. The game contains promotions for Channel 4’s other products and services as well as some promotions of third party products and services. By downloading this application, you agree to our terms of use (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/all-4-games/articles/all/game-terms-and-conditions), privacy policy and cookies policy.

## Key features

- Build and upgrade camp structures
- Decorate and customize camp
- Manage community resources
- Farm, hunt, and scavenge
- Craft tools and items
- Survive seasonal weather
- Attract new community members

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Handful of Premium Eden-Coins | $1.99 | one-time |
| Pocketful of Premium Eden-Coins | $3.99 | one-time |
| Hatful of Premium Eden-Coins | $4.99 | one-time |
| Bucket of Premium Eden-Coins | $8.99 | one-time |
| Crate of Premium Eden-Coins | $26.99 | one-time |
| Boatload of Premium Eden-Coins | $39.99 | one-time |
| Mystery Crate! | $0.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Eden?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 🚀 Satisfying, relaxing, and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Casual, non-violent survival experience
- 🎨 Beautiful graphics and animations

**Cons**

- ⏱️ Excessive wait times for upgrades and repairs
- 🌩️ Frequent and disruptive storms
- 💰 Monetization model encourages in-app purchases
- 🐛 Bugs, glitches, and inconsistencies

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Disappearing in-game currency
- Inability to complete certain tasks or progress
- Inconsistent or broken game mechanics

**Most requested features**

- Ability to customize or expand the landscape
- More variety in buildings, activities, and events
- Better balance between progression and resource management

## Recent user reviews (10 of 53)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eden-world-building-simulator/id1116980952/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Satisfying, Relaxing, and Addictive!

*2023-09-08*

Let me preface by saying, I have adhd. Is nearly impossible for me to find a game I can stick with for over a month. Not only does this game have continual playability, it’s simple enough that I don’t have to spend a bunch of brainpower on it. This game is quite relaxing. I spend my time by gathering resources, crafting, and I really enjoy sending them to forage for some reason. Now that I’ve maxed out my shelter and have 35 settlers, things move really quickly (adhd pace) and I can get a lot accomplished in one day. Despite playing for months, I still have more to do, like clearing more land and completing the achievements. 
Overall, this is a very simple yet well designed game that has kept my interest piqued for months. I highly recommend!

### 2/5 — Frustrating

*2023-08-22*

This game has potential like other reviews said but there are some very frustrating things about this game. The upgrade time for the community shelter from 10+ settlers is 5 actual days, which is ridiculous. The campfire requests are always things I haven’t gotten built yet or the things I don’t have in the storage. My item storage is almost full and they never want the things I actually have. Some of the crafting is frustrating and time consuming gathering or making the needed supplies. The amount of time required for trades was the final straw for me. At this point I only had 10 settlers and sending all 10 on trade would’ve taken an entire day. If I sent 5 people it would’ve taken 5 days. That is just a ridiculous amount of time, I understand they want you to pay to expedite things but without constantly paying to speed things up the game gets stagnant and not fun to play.

### 3/5 — No support (edited)

*2023-06-08*

I am 3/4 of the way through the game. I maxed the campfire then it stopped assigning me tasks so I can’t continue in the game. I’ve tried using the app support button but the people at the other end aren’t associated with the game. The link they sent me to use to contact the correct people doesn’t work. I’m at the end of the rope waiting for help. Frustrating knowing I’ve spent about 50 days on a game I can’t complete.. if anyone out there can help please do.
(I changed to 3 stars because even though I can’t go any further I did enjoy the first 50 days. I’ve read other reviews and many people have same issues. For those who say things like costs too much money or takes days to build that is on them.  You have choices, nothing costs money unless you want it too and you are given choices on speed of most interactions. It’s a puzzle to decide your priorities in the game. Anyway, at around 65 your done.  3 more buildings to go at 67 then game over.  You can’t do last buildings without spending because once you max camp fire you can’t earn bonus bucks anymore. But. I thing more to game from there.  Wish you all luck, I’m done.)

### 3/5 — Within an hour …

*2022-12-05, version 2022.4*

So I thought I’d try it. I had my eye on a beautiful one that may have too much battling, raiding and planning for me whereas I just want to build pretty villages and progress through time. This isn’t it. Ugly people, strange time warping, only vague about how to earn coins -food is cooked yet they never eat, workshops built but they only chop wood and fetch water. Within an hour my coins and bucks were randomly decreasing in number. Why not increasing?

### 2/5 — To many storms

*2022-09-29, version 2022.4*

While the game does have a nice casual ambiance to it there are a couple of improvements that could be made. First it’s a smidgen of a cash cow. Oh sure, I understand the need to make a profit and you can play free but the process will be extremely slow and painful without spending a lot of real money. So maybe dial it back a notch. 
Secondly what’s with the constant storms folks. This game is a climate change catastrophe if you buy into that sort of thing. I can see having a storm every now and then but come on guy (balance) I spend a lot more time repairing things than actually building things. So again lighten up.

### 2/5 — Could have been wonderful but now I’ve deleted it

*2022-09-19, version 2022.4*

Like other reviewers have mentioned, this game has such great potential.  The graphics are well done and has such a nice, casual feel. And now after a week I’m deleting it.  Why?  Everything is a money grab, storms hit way too often and break your buildings which you have to repair which takes time… don’t wanna wait? Pay us. This building takes 5 days to upgrade. Don’t wanna wait? Pay us. Time after time you get hit with increasingly long wait times which in the end is structured to buy IAP’s.  I would rather pay 5 dollars outright than be nickel and dimed time after time. Games structured like this show absolutely no respect for the player.  Incredibly disappointed and I’m so glad I didn’t waste money buying Nubucks.

### 3/5 — Frustrating

*2022-07-30, version 2022.2*

Has potential. A bit frustrating as it just seems to storm all the time, damaging/destroying a building, which takes 1-2 hours to repair and you can't use it during that time. I usually have 3 buildings being repairs at a time. 

Menus are a bit annoying too. Keeps showing 250+ red numbers on my building button meaning I can build that many, but I can't, either because I am not the appropriate level, I don't have the prerequisite building, or the right resources so the number is useless. Menus are a little slow. 

Otherwise it's a pretty decent game.

### 2/5 — Buggy 🥴

*2022-07-17, version 2022.2*

Yeah there are so many bugs. Sometimes it will double click on something when you tap it so you accidentally purchase something. Also tried to discard a task at the campfire so many times and EVERYTIME it deletes the task under it. There’s also been a few times where the time progression of a task never moves and I need to pay to finish it. One time I paid to finish a task and when I went back on a few hours later, it was BACK. At least this time the time progression worked though 😐. Overall pretty buggy, but the gameplay is nice when you don’t wanna invest too much time in a game. Also collecting wood is annoying.

### 3/5 — Quit stealing my stuff

*2022-07-06, version 2022.2*

Been playing Eden for roughly a week and it’s a fun game but I have a few problems. Wood is an absolute necessity but it frustrates me that I can’t collect more than five at a time. Another thing is the campfire tasks. I try to make stuff that I can both use for building upgrades and complete the tasks at the same time. But whenever I check it off of the vampire tasks it takes it from my store house. Causing me to start all over again. I’m so frustrated by this mechanic that I’ve nearly quit doing campfire tasks entirely. Please fix this

### 2/5 — Has potential but lots of bugs

*2022-06-12, version 2022.2*

This is a fun game, I wish there was more to do in the game, more buildings, more activities. There are a lot of bugs, with the achievements some can’t be completed like building more than one campfire, I’ve build the small fire decorations and those don’t count, you only have the option for the one main campfire. Sometimes the time just stops ticking down on actions. When you spin the game hut wheel you only actually get the thing you land on sometimes. 
Here’s to hoping they fix some bugs and add new levels, the game is pretty pointless after like lvl 70, it would be cool to be able to sculpt the land and have more land to work with

## Frequently asked questions about Eden

### What is Eden: World Building Simulator?

Eden: World Building Simulator is a 3D strategy game where you guide a community to survive and thrive on a remote island. You'll be responsible for managing their daily tasks, building structures, and ensuring their well-being.

### What are the key features of the game?

Key features include building and upgrading camp structures, decorating the camp, managing limited resources like water and food, farming, hunting, fishing, crafting new tools, and surviving through different seasons.

### Is Eden: World Building Simulator free to play?

Yes, the game is free to play. However, it does offer in-app purchases for certain items that can be bought with real money. You can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings if you prefer not to use this feature.

### What kind of gameplay can I expect?

You can expect a gameplay experience focused on strategy, resource management, and community building. You'll need to make decisions about where to focus your community's efforts, whether it's constructing buildings, farming, hunting, or scavenging.

### Can I customize my camp?

Yes, you can customize and decorate your camp to make it feel more homely. This includes upgrading buildings and adding various decorative items like paths and statues.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 2023.2 — 2023-09-08

Keeping the islanders busy squashing more bugs...

### 2023.1 — 2023-04-24

Keeping the islanders busy squashing more bugs...

### 2022.4 — 2022-09-18

Keeping the islanders busy squashing more bugs...

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