# Oceanborn : Survival in Ocean — user reviews > 237 indexed App Store user reviews of Oceanborn by Sergey Kizima, rated 4.00/5 from 1,351 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oceanborn-survival-in-ocean/id1215629525/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oceanborn-survival-in-ocean/id1215629525.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 845 · 4★ 140 · 3★ 89 · 2★ 49 · 1★ 228 ## What do users think of Oceanborn? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Realistic gameplay - 👍 No ads - 👍 Good resource management - 🚀 Offline version of Raft **Cons** - 🐛 Shark doesn't attack raft - 🐛 Difficulty with controls and mechanics - 🐛 Glitches and bugs - 🐛 Lack of tutorial and instructions **Commonly reported bugs** - Shark phasing through raft - Inability to jump out of water - Inconsistent water purifier and cooking mechanics - Randomly losing progress and inventory **Most requested features** - Add islands to explore - Implement multiplayer functionality - Introduce more craftable items and tools - Add a creative mode - Improve the fishing and cooking mechanics - Implement a way to move and delete placed items ## Newest reviews (14 of 237) ### 2/5 — How *2025-09-07, version 3.8* How do you eat and drink This is very anoying please fix ### 2/5 — Not good at all *2025-08-07, version 3.8* I stayed in the water for 5 minutes and the shark never came! In fact I haven’t seen the shark at all! Also I started on a massive raft house thing why can’t we just start on a little raft ### 4/5 — Could you add more things to craft? *2025-04-11, version 3.3* This game is a great offline version of raft, i would love it if you could add more features like islands and ships:) ### 4/5 — Cool game where’s the shark? *2025-01-30, version 3.3* Overall I enjoy the game. Haven’t seen a shark yet tho. Even got into the water and swam around for a while and nothing happened haha. ### 3/5 — Is there jellyfish in this game? *2024-09-13, version 2.4* I don’t think i see any ### 4/5 — Добавьте острова *2024-08-25* Добавьте пожалуйста ОСТРОВА умоляю и дождь разработчики ответьте пожалуйста 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 если это добавите то обещаю будет 5 звёзд. ### 4/5 — It’s good but *2024-07-31, version 2.4* I really liked the older version it was way better and the barrels do give as much anymore. ### 4/5 — Why this game is awesome (please read) *2024-07-02, version 2.4* This game is great but THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE ANNOYING (sorry I had caps lock on). WHENEVER I GET IN THE WATER THE SHARK COMES TO ME AND BITES ME BUT WHENEVER I TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WATER IT KEEPS ME IN THE WATER UNTIL I LOSE BASICALLY HALF OF MY HEALTH 😭. also the shark was biting a board when I was fishing then the game just crashed the moment I fell in the water. also I have a suggestion for your next update, you should add a crafting table so you can craft things that require more resources (I would love to see that added 🙏) this game is great and all but I have another request it might be a lot but it would be fun to have, ISLANDS. The reason why we need those is because everyone’s been asking for these and you could collect resources like different seeds or different trees or cows you could kill to get meat🍖. You could also live on one to get away from sharks but there still would be enemies like, wild hogs, snakes, and spiders. I REALLY enjoy this game and would also like to see more 🤩🤩🤩👍👍. ### 4/5 — More Stuff *2023-07-01, version 1.2.4* 1:ANIMALS.If You Got Bored You Could Go To Them And Milk Them And Feed Them And Pet Them.You Could Find Them On Islands. 2:Driving The Boat.If You Added This Thanks.But If You Could Add A Sail And Wheel That Would Be Great. 3:Better Nets. If You Could Fix Those That Would Be Great Too. Right Now My Net Is Just An Open Floor. It’s An Amazing Game But If You Added These It Could Be Better. But Still, Great Game ### 2/5 — How to cook *2022-07-18, version 1.2.4* I caugh a fish but couldn’t cook it ### 5/5 — Great game! *2022-03-15, version 1.2.4* I remember playing this when I was younger I had a lot of fun but there’s nothing new? Would love to see more items & features ### 5/5 — Спасибо) *2022-01-31* Я играл в эту игру в 6 лет и сейчас тоже играю мне бы хотелось что бы вы добавили острова и кровать этого не хватает))) ### 4/5 — Норм но *2022-01-30* Добавьте кровать и онлайн игру а ещё оружие и острова уберите подлагивания которые как оказалось задуманы ### 5/5 — It’s good but needs multiplayer *2021-11-13, version 1.2.4* Please add multiplayer ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Bad *2025-07-05, version 3.7* The preview does not look like the game hook will not catch items tells you what to do if you have the material in your inventory it will not count it but if you need it next and you collect it then it will count it overall bad waste of time ### 1/5 — Dude *2024-08-13, version 2.4* Every time I try to eat it doesn’t work every time I try to spear the shark it doesn’t work……😩😩😩 ### 1/5 — I hate this game🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 *2024-07-05, version 2.4* You know why because hard to control and I can’t even get enything when I yoused that thing and I throw it and the rope is so short uggh don’t download this game !! AND THERE ARE SO MENY ADD!! SO annoying!!!!!!!! UGHHHHH 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😩😩😩😩😩😩😩😩🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😠😤😤😫😢🥺😩😫😢😭😭sry for long but it’s true so bad! ### 1/5 — Incompetence *2024-06-23, version 2.4* The jump mechanic does not work at all. If you fall in the water, you will lose HOURS of progress and work simply because it REFUSES to allow you to jump out of the water no matter where or how you try from. It will not work AT ALL. Absolutely awful, obnoxiously slow movement. the fishing mechanic only works MAYBE 10% of the time, BEING GENEROUS. The cookers are absolute the most thoughtless, incompetent design i have ever encountered with pointless annoyances built into the design, and the most ineffective tutorial EVER made. You might as well just have said “figure it out” like a narcissistic abuser. What a complete waste of memory space. Fix this faulty, incomplete excuse for a game, or REMOVE IT from the app store so i know not to waste my time waiting for you to make a USABLE product. This is what happens when greedy developers don’t care about their consumer base AT ALL: they dump out excuses to push ads onto people as a method to harass (pop up ads are, by definition, harassment, and you CANNOT silence that FACT) consumers instead of just making DECENT content that people WANT to pay for. Do BETTER or GO OUT OF BUSINESS. ### 1/5 — So Bad *2023-08-02, version 1.2.4* Water runs out too fast 😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡💵💵💵😠👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 ### 1/5 — It’s terrible *2022-04-06, version 1.2.4* I would rate it a 0 but I can’t so I rated this a one because you don’t start with a tutorial and you don’t start with a Hook I hate this game ### 1/5 — ADD MORE *2021-11-08, version 1.2.4* This is annoying it deleted EVERYTHING I put down!!😡 ### 1/5 — Game is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boring *2021-11-03, version 1.2.4* First of all this game needs better graphics it does not look real at all secondYou should just be able to type something in your inventory and then it goes to your bar of items third it was hard for me to play it at first but when I learned how to it was fun for a tiny bit of time then it got really boring so this game really needs to be updated. PS Procat06 Thank you for reading this Why are you still reading Stop reading There’s no more Stop!!!!!!!! ### 1/5 — Арсений Булыгин *2021-06-23* Как строить я ничего не понимаю!👿 ### 1/5 — Really STUPID *2021-02-10, version 1.2.4* Sergey Kizima I freaking hate your games dimwits🤬 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — This is a very good game *2026-05-11, version 3.8* I have to survive in the ocean i’m I think the sharks because sharks are my favourite animal and I like to survive but I just craft more things. ### 5/5 — Very good *2026-05-05, version 3.8* Only problem is that I cannot find the ropes (not that this is a very big problem ### 5/5 — Zachary *2026-01-24, version 3.8* I hate. That you start with an shelter I just wanted to start on a raft. ### 5/5 — Nice! Needs a tad bit improvement! *2025-06-30, version 3.7* It’s good I had it for almost one year! It’s except the shark doesn’t jump out of the water and it very rarely bites the planks and I killed a shark and it did not come back (thank you developers!) but it’s great with the resources and how to create I like that it has no ads here are good things about it, 👍🏻 . Realistic . No ads (maybe! I forgot! Sorry!) . Uhm…. It’s good? Haha! It is good! What it could need, . Maybe a pet cat (or dog) maybe one time for a free to choose reward! Maybe..🤔 . Change from boy to girl . One more, idk! One someone else wants! 😉 Ok so one time can u do this? I would really appreciate it, GOOD GAME PLS RESPOND DEVELOPERS I ALSO NEED HELP ABOUT GLITCHES! If you could respond no developers have ever responded to me so pls fix/ add this! Bye ! I luv the game! 🐍 ### 5/5 — Super *2025-03-01* Ich liebe das spiel das letzte update war einfach das beste vielen dank für so ein heiles game. ### 5/5 — Oceanborn 2.0 *2024-11-20, version 2.4* Oceanborn is an amazing game! But there some things I think YOU should add! One: backpacks, backpacks can be useful for more storage. Second: running. The player can run by holding a running button! Lastly islands. Please add island with palm trees and wild hogs and raft flag to steer the raft! That all! Hopefully you make this in an update! ### 5/5 — Best game ever *2024-01-12, version 2.4* I think this game is amazing but there are a few things you need to work on first you need to add island to it. I can playing it for about a week now and I haven’t seen a single island next I think you should make the things look more realistic that’s the kind I don’t look like real things, but all in all it’s a great game and I recommend you download it they’re no ads and it’s free to play. ### 5/5 — 100 Stars! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 *2023-03-27, version 1.2.4* I found a way to make metal with a crusher. You should be able to find an abandoned oil rig where the miners ran out of oil. Now, go down to get stone which you can then crush to make metal. The other reviews suggestions are correct. Yes, you should be able to live on an island. It should be rare to find, easy to live on, and there should be no other inhabitants. Second, it says that you landed in the ocean after a plane crash and were the sole survivor. It would be nice to be able to find other random survivors of other accidents in the game. CPU players would be fun too - have them float up in a barrell so they aren’t eaten by sharks. For multiplayer - It would be good to be able to friend other players whom you know in real life. Making a way for them to spawn on your raft if you invite them. Ruins of other cities would also be cool to find. You should be able to destroy structures that you’ve already created. If modifications are wanted, or mistakes were made, it’s hard to redo anything now. A pulley, door, and a railings would be great to add, too. Otherwise, this game is amazing! For other players reading this, if you lose your progress, I know why. You need to press the lined button on the top right corner, then “save game”, otherwise your progress will all be lost. To the dev’s - this game is great, don’t give up on it! The only reason other players are fussing is because of Raft Survival Ocean Nomad. This game is way better, imo. I’m sure if more people understood it, they’d have a lot more fun. Don’t give up on this game, it’s amazing! ### 5/5 — Happy *2022-09-09, version 1.2.4* This game is good 9.9/10 ### 5/5 — I’m not playing the game *2022-04-23, version 1.2.4* I’m not playing the game --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*