# Survival: Man vs. Wild — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of Survival by Suzhou sector 51 Network Technology Co., Ltd., rated 3.00/5 from 117 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/survival-man-vs-wild/id1316830864/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/survival-man-vs-wild/id1316830864.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 33 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 39 ## What do users think of Survival? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎮 Unique text-based survival gameplay - 🧠 Challenging and engaging mechanics - 🎯 Roguelike progression system - 📚 Educational survival tips - 🔄 Replayable content with multiple characters - ⏰ No real-time timers required - 💰 Playable without spending money - 🌍 Seasonal changes and world exploration **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing - 🌐 Network connectivity issues - 💸 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win mechanics - 📝 Poor English translation and spelling errors - ⚠️ Difficult resource scarcity - 🔐 Name validation issues blocking gameplay - 💔 Lost progress after reinstalling - ⏱️ Insomnia mechanic too punishing - 🎮 Steep difficulty curve early game - 📱 Requires WiFi connection to play - 🔄 Inconsistent save functionality - 🎯 Limited location variety (only 5 areas) **Commonly reported bugs** - Game won't load past Sector 51 screen - Crashes every 1-2 minutes - Name validation rejects valid usernames - Failed to get config error (E4002) - Game freezes on startup - Logging out every 12 minutes - Progress not saving after crashes - Ads bonus lottery not working on iPhone - Character stuck on map causing death - In-app purchases not delivering items - Duplicate charges for purchases - Friend package sending feature broken - Rewards from ads going to camp instead of inventory - Insomnia not cured by sleeping - No sound after updates - Game requires constant update loop - Failed connection errors preventing play **Most requested features** - Pause function during gameplay - Multiplayer mode - Difficulty settings - Color graphics instead of grayscale - Animal riding mechanics - Dinosaur/Dragon themed version - Friend system - More save points - Pet treat crafting - Base building expansion - Walkthrough/tutorial system - Hint system for puzzles - Offline play capability - Restore purchases functionality - Russian language support - Chinese language support ## Newest reviews (10 of 121) ### 3/5 — The game has potential *2024-05-11* I like this game but it’s not being maintained very well. In app purchases do not complete. Lack of English language support in the game , the challenges need update etc Please improve it ### 2/5 — 運もあるけど *2022-01-27, version 1.1.4* 要するに死に覚えゲーム。英語が分からなくても、ずっとやりこんでたら分かってくる。場所とアイテム名くらい理解出来ればストーリーは飛ばしてもゲームは出来る。課金重視というわけでもなく、コインは広告見て貯めたコインでキャラも解放可能なのでそれでやり込んでいます。 ただ、死んだ場所からの再スタートがコインが高すぎるというのと、木材の減りが半端なくなんとかやり方理解出来ても、そこに行くまでに死んではやり直しの繰り返し。 せっかく土地を開拓できても再度行ってはまた死んで、ゲームオーバーになったらまた開拓からやり直しと、アイテム集めに時間を取られる。 ずっとやり込んでますが、とにかく建築物がよく壊れる。耐久性が低く、キャラによっては蔓草の採れ具合が変わり、その蔓草が使い所が多すぎて集まらない。これじゃ、幾ら課金しても終わりが必ずくるゲームなので、結局は飽きるだけ。 気が向いたらやるくらいでいいゲーム ### 3/5 — Major problem *2021-08-20, version 1.1.4* I used to play this game a lot but when I open it now no matter what I use my username has illegal content. Is it something I am doing wrong? ### 3/5 — 中国語の訳は？ *2021-08-18, version 1.1.4* どうしても中国語にできない。 ### 3/5 — Game won’t work *2021-07-07, version 1.1.4* i absolutely love this game and i used to play it everyday, but the free and the payed for version don’t work anymore!! please help ### 5/5 — Good rouge like survival with education *2021-03-03* I really do like the fact there aren’t anyway real time timers meaning that the game can be played like a survival rouge like with risks being only a couple minutes of new character till your back where you were. The small bits explaining how to survive in real life were a nice touch and shows that the creator was passionate good job ### 2/5 — Frustrating ... *2020-12-18* Way too many times that I’ve had to spend money on this . It’s one thing after another , they make it impossible so that you’ll spend and trust me I don’t mind paying 10-15$ but the problem with this game is that once you have , it barely gets you anywhere . I made it to day 32 , only because I spent money . There’s no way whatsoever to be able to get past a few days without paying . You need mint tea to sleep and for your body to recover (died this way 5 times)it’s only at one place so what do they do ? They take away the option to ever go there again and with no other places that have it you’re absolutely screwed . They do that with timber , tangle vines to make fish traps , build things as well , which is what you need for literally everything ... the location never comes back .This game was promising but I can’t afford to pay 5$ every single time that I die which happens often, if you haven’t spent any sort of money you won’t make any sort of progress . It’s constant ... 5$ anytime I need conches which end up gone in an hour or less , 5 dollars for a more advanced character and a few resources , . That’s not fair to take away resources all together that we need to live at different locations (there’s only like 5 locations total that I’ve seen so far ) and they made it so that 2 of them are no longer available . Promising game but this is ridiculous. How are we supposed to survive without wood ? and then you make it so that there’s only 1 Coconut tree that refreshes every 5 days . Which is the one and only resource for the wood . I won’t be spending anymore time or money on this game any longer , which is unfortunate because this game could be good but you’re not playing fair ### 2/5 — Weird downloading *2020-12-17, version 1.1.4* I want to know why when you first download and open the game it immediately says it needs to update and download again. Makes no sense if you literally just downloaded it. Should’ve came complete. ### 2/5 — Bugs!!! *2020-11-26, version 1.1.4* Literally never worked. It reads like a fun game, developers have a lot of patching to do. ### 2/5 — Bad Game Mechanics *2020-11-08, version 1.1.4* Try to improve the game mechanics and game balance and for the rewards to the players. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Game cofig *2022-09-10, version 1.1.5* The game won't load. Pls fix the bug ### 1/5 — I couldn’t even make a name *2022-04-18, version 1.1.4* I downloaded the game and it made me make a name first thing and no matter what I did I even tried just doing “bob” it wouldn’t let me make a name it kept saying illegal content ### 1/5 — Unfair *2021-12-09, version 1.1.4* Purchased the Julie Expedition Package, paid for it but never received it. Emailed the devs for refund but no response. Will delete and never play this game ever again. ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2021-11-29, version 1.1.4* Won’t load the screen until 90% then crashes ### 1/5 — Can’t play *2021-10-16, version 1.1.4* Won’t let me play unless I put my name in and then every time I try it says my name is illegal content I didn’t know Jeremy is it illegal continent fix this ### 1/5 — Change the name *2021-08-19* Man Vs. Wild is already taken, geez. I don’t see no Bear Grylls. ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-07-14, version 1.1.4* Damn you i paid 10$ to buy 2 pack and after that game kick me out and said failed 2 connect , I tried and tried again but it still failed 🤬🤬🤬 ### 1/5 — Need help *2021-07-01* I have been looking for good survival games. So I downloaded this game and was disappointed when it keep saying “faile to get config, plz keep network available”. I literally tried everything! I deleted it and got it again… like three times, and I checked my wifi and I waited and waited but nothing I’d working. ### 1/5 — Waste of my money *2021-05-24, version 1.1.4* The game is super cool but i got bug that i buy the item for 0.99$. I know that was priceless to you but for me who still student... ### 1/5 — Trash *2021-05-24, version 1.1.4* Freezes at start. Don’t waste your time ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — very good game *2026-02-19* this was my favourite game when i was young. I really like the challenge. It would have been nice to be able to unlock everything.I hope there will be a part 2. ### 5/5 — A favorite of mine *2025-12-22* This is one of my favorite games. It could use some more polish and maybe a little bit better translation in some places. The game is an explore new areas get resources and upgrade your base and equipment kind of game. There seems like a lot of stuff to unlock and do so I doubt you’ll run out of content for a while. The game is pretty difficult at the beginning and you’ll likely die a couple of times but you can get upgrades to make it easier on later play attempts. I haven’t bought anything using real currency but there is that option. They also have a watch an add for stuff option but it doesn’t seem to work for me. I really hope they keep updating the game since it’s really fun. ### 5/5 — One of my Favorite Games *2025-11-03* Definitely one of my favorite games to play. Could use some polishing up and I wish it was still updated though. Please keep it on the app store forever <3, I havent found a game just like this thats been as enjoyable. Someday please come back and give some love to this game, and if you ever think of taking the game down I promise someone would be interested in buying the rights to this game, even I would. ### 5/5 — Fun game *2025-09-05* It’s a fun game the internal infection keeps killing me even though it never drops below 75%. I haven’t gotten to the later stages yet. Nor have I run into the problem of having to use coins(counch shell things) to continue. Pure free to play is fun Coins (Counch shelling) are hard to get some character require money to get but you don’t need all those things to have fun with this game it just makes the game easier ### 5/5 — Great game, technical issues *2025-08-29* Great game, there are some technical issues. I now can’t get into the game. I can’t get past the enter your name ### 5/5 — Awesome game *2024-04-18, version 1.1.5* This game is awesome I hope in the future will be more content ### 5/5 — Have come back to this game multiple times, very fun! *2023-01-31* Have come searching for this game a multitude of times after deleting it (typically for storage). Would recommend it! ### 5/5 — Love it but….A few suggestions *2022-12-14* I LOVE THE GAME!!It is fun and cool but I keep dieing and it is kinda hard to stay alive so can you fix and can you make it so the game has color cause it would be cool to see animals and stuff in color!One more thing CAN YOU MAKE LIKE A DINO AND DRAGON VERSION LIKE YOUR A HUMAN BUT INSTED OF BEING ANIMALS EVERY THERE WERE DINOS AND DRAGONS THAT WOULD BE ALSOME AND A SURVIVE GAME LIKE THIS BUT YOU CAN BE ANY ANIMAL AND CAN GET CAPTURED AND STUFF I WOULD LOVE THAT!!!!❤️😍OTHERWISE AWSOME GAME FIVE STARS!!!! ### 5/5 — Good game! *2022-09-06, version 1.1.5* This game is just too fun XD. Needs a bit more updates, but it’s fun! ### 5/5 — Favorite game *2021-08-11* This is my all time favorite game, I first found it as a game on Facebook and got super addicted. I’ve played so many countless hours of this game and never once have I gotten bored of it. I’ve searched everywhere for any game similar to this and I can genuinely say it is one of its kind, it may be very simplistic but it is challenging and entertaining and it never gets old. --- *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 2026-09-14.*