# Shark Land: Survival Simulator — user reviews

> 142 indexed App Store user reviews of Shark Land by VITALII DRIBNOKHOD, rated 3.80/5 from 185 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shark-land-survival-simulator/id1316001683/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shark-land-survival-simulator/id1316001683.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 102 · 4★ 26 · 3★ 12 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 31

## What do users think of Shark Land?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Engaging and addictive gameplay
- 🎨 Good graphics and visuals
- 🏗️ Creative building and crafting mechanics
- ⛵ Unique raft survival concept
- 🆓 Free-to-play with accessible content
- 📱 Low memory footprint
- 🎯 Challenging island exploration
- 🕐 Time-consuming in a good way

**Cons**

- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements
- 💸 Aggressive monetization and microtransactions
- 🐛 Frequent game crashes and freezes
- 💾 Progress loss after updates or death
- 🦈 Overpowered shark attacks
- ⚠️ Confusing game mechanics without tutorials
- 🎒 Items disappearing from inventory
- 🏠 Cannot build on islands
- 🚫 Cannot restart progress or create new games
- 🎬 Forced ad-watching for basic functions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
- Progress and buildings disappear after updates
- Items vanishing from inventory
- Spawning in water with no raft
- Raft not moving or responding to controls
- Boat detaching from dock uncontrollably
- Water filter and cup placement not working
- Cooked fish disappearing after cooking
- Health not regenerating despite full food/water
- Hammer stops working after extended play
- Graphics glitches when loading game
- Game freezing for several seconds randomly
- Portal to island inaccessible or unclear
- Furniture facing wrong direction with no fix
- Shark biting through raft structure

**Most requested features**

- Multiplayer mode for playing with friends
- Third-person camera view
- Creative mode for unlimited building
- Ability to move and delete placed objects
- Build on islands with island-specific crafting
- Raft movement/engine system
- Repair hammer for damaged structures
- Comprehensive tutorial or help system
- Ability to restart game progress
- More islands and exploration areas
- Underwater exploration mechanics
- Pirate ships and additional enemies
- Improved fish trap (catch multiple fish)
- Better water filter and cup mechanics
- Painting/customization system for buildings

## Newest reviews (12 of 142)

### 4/5 — notes

*2025-07-10, version 10.1.8*

game is good but in one of the notes, it says “i see a piece of detached and i will get there somehow” and it doesnt tell me what to do

### 3/5 — Problème

*2024-01-20, version 10.1.8*

Quand gesseillé de construire mon radeau je pouver  pas le mettre sinon le jeux et cool

### 2/5 — Crash

*2023-06-02, version 9.9.8*

Keeps crashing

### 2/5 — Shark Kills me every time it is to powerful

*2022-12-12, version 9.9.8*

Shark

### 2/5 — Booo

*2022-10-30, version 9.9.8*

Well the problem is U MAKE REVIVE 2 DOLLARS LIKE 10 LIVES = 20$ MAKE IT FREE FOR STARTERS OR SOMETHIN

### 3/5 — Commentary review

*2021-02-22, version 9.9.5*

Bast on the comments on this game I would love to play it but you really need to fix the glitches in the game so you don’t loss game rateing

### 3/5 — Great game

*2020-12-07, version 9.9.3*

This game is great and all that but the stuff you make to survive costs an giant amount of resources

### 3/5 — How

*2020-09-26, version 9.9.2*

How do I move items that have already been placed?

### 5/5 — Love it

*2020-08-11, version 9.9.2*

I love it you are a great game developer and I can’t wait to download the rest of your games

### 3/5 — Help!!

*2020-07-29, version 9.9.2*

I love this game and I’ve spent hours on it, but just recently all my logs disappeared I had over 700 and I just said okay it’s fine I’ll gather more...well that won’t happen I gather more but no logs show up in my inventory I press main menu reload the game still no logs...I get out and refresh the whole game go back in still no logs...I love this game but this is frustrating!!! I can’t build or do much without logs!!

### 5/5 — Raft survival ultimate

*2020-07-26, version 9.9.2*

Add helicopter and gyrocopters to the crafting table and a anchor to the crafting table

### 5/5 — Super COOL

*2020-07-24, version 9.9.2*

J’ai testé le premier j’avais pas trop aimé mais celui là il est trop bien . Les pubs y’en a dans tous les jeux .

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Way to many adds

*2022-05-19, version 9.9.8*

I just got in the game and I got a add. do not recommend this game

### 1/5 — Night takes too long

*2021-06-16, version 9.9.8*

I am spending hours of nighttime

### 1/5 — No instructions

*2021-05-19, version 9.9.8*

I couldn’t figure out how to use the items because everything I touched took me to another video.

### 1/5 — Ölünce her şey gidiyor çok saçma

*2021-04-13, version 9.9.8*

Bir kere öldüm
Tekrar ev yaptım tekrar öldüm ve baya güzel bir ev yaptım hepsi gitti emekler boşa gitti ve yemek ve suyum full olduğu halde canım dolmuyor o yüzden öldüm başka sorunu yok güzel oyun ama bunlar düzeltilse iyi olur

### 1/5 — This game is broke

*2020-12-21, version 9.9.3*

The original is better

### 1/5 — So so

*2020-09-21, version 9.9.2*

Great game but every time I go out and back into the game its all messed up. Graphics wise. I then have to delete and restart again

### 1/5 — Un asco

*2020-08-17, version 9.9.2*

Si no completas misiones no puedes hacer nada

### 1/5 — I got scammed!

*2020-08-02, version 9.9.2*

I purchased the $1.99 pack and all it did was have a single potato. If you are looking forward to buying something on this game, DONT.

### 1/5 — Rip off

*2020-07-17, version 9.9.2*

This is a rip off version off Survive on Raft!!!

### 1/5 — HATE IT NOW!

*2020-06-19, version 9.9.2*

So I died ok and then my big and hard worked raft is gone think before you act dummy

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — NICE

*2025-10-11*

I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I FOUNF OUT THIS GAME WAS GOOD i kid u not i spent about 3 hours a day playing this recording and this was so fun but what i do wish is that u can go in 3rd person and u can play with friends OTHER WISE THATS ALL I LOVE THIS GAME  (pls make multiplayer and make it still be 12 and below plz

### 5/5 — This is so good

*2025-06-25, version 10.1.8*

A 10 out of 10 I love this game

### 5/5 — O jogo e bom

*2025-03-15, version 10.1.8*

Bom e bem divertido de jogar só que queria jogar com os amigos não tem isso seria bem mais legal 👍🏻 e poderia deixa nós sair do nosso forti para nós tem mais experiências em outros lugares seria bem legal encontrar seu amigo e poder ir no forti dele 🤔🥹😂pesei bem nisso obr 😘🫶🏻

### 5/5 — BEST GAME EVER!!!!

*2024-05-13, version 10.1.8*

I started like three days ago and I love it. I’m already to the island and the deer killed me I’m warning you if you die you lose everything.!!! still cool though. but if you die, you still get your raft that you built it’s a really fun game. It looks really real and very fun.

### 5/5 — I Love it lets add some new things

*2024-04-24, version 10.1.8*

I like this game deserves 5stars for graphicsi feel loney with out a few players please add multiplayer please!

### 5/5 — Das spiel ist ser frei

*2023-06-24, version 9.9.8*

Ich bin ein risen fenn von Raft. Und als ich dieses spiel gesen habe war ich sehr zufrieden damit.Dieses Spiel ist ser frei und man kan ales machen.Auserdem ist es ein ser Realistes spiel!

### 5/5 — Food/ water

*2022-02-19, version 9.9.8*

I need some help here. I fry fish and they disappear, and can’t fill the cup w/ water.Having to watch videos to keep alive. Help me now please!

### 5/5 — Ghjhjjk

*2021-06-16, version 9.9.8*

I love this game but the fact I can’t ouuiiuyyr th to be able to be in touch I can see you tomorrow and you guys can come to my office I have some questions about your meeting with the boys in case we get the girls in and out of town to go get some food or

### 5/5 — This game is so fun

*2021-05-29, version 9.9.8*

I really recommend this game, its soo fun its too underrated

### 5/5 — Great game

*2021-02-12, version 9.9.5*

I love this game but the only thing is that I don’t know the challenges to get the lockpick.

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*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 2026-07-29.*
