# ZDAY Survival Simulator — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of ZDAY Survival Simulator by Silver Pine Software, rated 4.28/5 from 364 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zday-survival-simulator/id489698419/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/zday-survival-simulator/id489698419.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 236 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 30 · 2★ 12 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of ZDAY Survival Simulator? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Addictive gameplay loop - 💡 Rich storytelling and choices - 👍 High replayability - 👍 Engaging zombie apocalypse theme - 👍 Good concept for a survival game - 👍 Fun text-based RPG - 👍 Lots of different weapons - 👍 Great artwork and concept - 👍 Tests survival skills - 👍 Multiple perspectives encouraged **Cons** - 🐛 Combat system confusing - 🐛 Lack of tutorial for combat - 🐛 Repetitive scenarios - 🐛 No updates for years - 🐛 Bugs and glitches - 🐛 Inventory system bumpy - 🐛 Items picked up don't work - 🐛 Game can get boring - 🐛 Music is repetitive - 🐛 Linear story progression - 🐛 Combat system difficult to understand - 🐛 Game is unplayable for some - 🐛 Typos and spelling errors **Commonly reported bugs** - Survivors logic is strange - No programming to surrender when badly hurt - Checkpoint not a firefight - Bug where you can get stuck in a scenario - No choices pop up after injury - Game not working for months - No going back to right before you died - Stuck with weapon, no switching - Glitches with weapon switching - Game is terrible at remembering choices - Combat helmet is invisible - Music is repetitive - Ads in a paid game - No scenarios visible in some copies - Combat system is a bit messed up - Progression bar is glitchy - Combat system needs to be fixed or explained - Choices go to the same place regardless of selection - Combat and inventory systems are bumpy - Cannot figure out initiative bar - Can put survivors in equipment slots - Combat system is not explained and confusing - Tools picked up don't do anything - Confusing combat system - Makes no sense when zombies attack after falling back - Melee weapons do almost nothing - Gun usage is random - Vague explanation on combat - Combat system is nearly unplayable - No effective documentation or tutorial for new combat system - Game dependent on new, non-intuitive gameplay mechanic - No way to contact developers - Game hasn't been updated since 2014 - Exploration with vehicle still costs food - No posted crafting guide - Generator doesn't do anything - GPS does nothing - Resource location is not logical - New attacking system is good but needs 3D person eventually - New combat system made game less entertaining **Most requested features** - Add more content and scenarios - Update the game - Fix bugs - Add more endings and game modes - Make combat more understandable - Add more interaction with clans - Make cars dependent on gas - Make resource location based - Add more stories - Add expansion packs - Add a customizable Tank Mode - Add a new mode to the main menu - Add more, scarier music - Variable storyline - Add counterattack in combat - Add a "go back one move" option - Add a 3D person view - Add longer gameplay modes - Add a way to keep or kill a specific character - Add food and water mechanics - Add armor for people - Make the game longer - Add more updates often - Add a health bar and food/water bar - Add more options - Play until you die mode - Add a customizable Tank Mode - Add more scenarios - Add more advancements to the story - Add a more flexible branching story expansion - Add more expansions - Add more, scarier music - Variable storyline - Add counterattack in combat - Add a "go back one move" option - Add a 3D person view - Add longer gameplay modes - Add a way to keep or kill a specific character - Add food and water mechanics - Add armor for people - Make the game longer - Add more updates often - Add a health bar and food/water bar - Add more options - Play until you die mode - Add more scenarios - Add more advancements to the story - Add a more flexible branching story expansion - Add more expansions ## Newest reviews (13 of 50) ### 4/5 — Zombie fan must have with minor issues *2020-03-16, version 3.0.1* This game is amazing and holds up very well. One prevalent issue is spelling typos, but if you can look past that, the sheer amount of content and possibilities is incredible. Very few zombie sims are like this one. Definitely download if you enjoy the until dawn and life is strange games. ### 4/5 — Underrated. *2019-09-22, version 3.0.1* Still to this day I like this game no wait. I love this game just because it's a nice little zombie apocalypse roleplaying survival simulator that I don't quite see a game a lot like this I'd really enjoyed playing it that I kept replaying it to get different endings and do different choices in each time I play to see if I can get better results in the end. I definitely am addicted to this game and I recommend it if you are into zombie roleplaying games I know it's been a long time that the developers haven't made a single new update for this game in years and there is a bug were you can get stuck in a scenario were you run to escape from the police after a gun fight with them, the moment when the game tells you that you got injured no choices pops up and you can't do anything but to close down the app and start over and I don't think that the developers will ever fix this because like I said it's already a long time that this game didn't get a single new update, I can only hope that the developers can read this review and fix this problem. Overall this game is an underrated masterpiece the developers or anyone should definitely make more games like this we need more zombie roleplaying games such like this and I would pay good money to anyone that does make it. I rate this 4/5 stars as good. ### 4/5 — Very Enjoyable. Needs and Update. *2019-07-10, version 3.0.1* I played this game to oblivion, but after awhile it got dull because it was the same scenarios over and over with no deference’s other than minor changes based on previous choices. I wish the game was updated, but all around very fun. Until I discovered the best course of action every game I played to get a perfect score. Despite this, I still HIGHLY recommend this game. ### 4/5 — Please Read Everyone *2019-03-22, version 3.0.1* I like the game personally I’ve played the game for almost a year.. the game has not been updated but a wiki has been made and there is a “game wiki” app you could download to look at the wiki as well. You can contact the devs! Go to their developer site and search “Mongadillo Studio” it should find something like the game devs site it worked for me, there you can make an acc or plainly contact them, currently they are making a new game. ### 4/5 — Nearly perfect simulator! *2016-04-08, version 3.0.1* If you're looking for a game that's simple and fun to play with friends, this game is for you. The only downside to this game is the lack of content. Only two scenarios to choose from! Other then that it's a perfect game. ### 4/5 — Needs more *2015-12-24, version 3.0.1* After awhile… this game kinda gets boring. Once you've won every way u can and have found every way to die, u run out of stuff to do. I try to get expansion packs but it says there are none. Please add more content! If u do I bet more people will play. But without more stuff it still gets 4 stars from me. ### 4/5 — Great game but *2015-11-03, version 3.0.1* It is one of the best games I have ever played but like everybody else say the combat situation needs to be fixed or explained, and I think something could make the game 10x better, when you pick s a choice you go to the place and if you pick a totally different choice all the choices go to the same place I think of you choose different choices you go to different places and do different things all together ### 4/5 — Great, except for the combat *2015-09-13, version 3.0.1* This is a great, choose-your-own-story game. I like how it gives you lots of choices per turn, and I really like how most other survivors, but not everyone, is hostile. A couple things irk me, though. For one, the combat and inventory systems are rather bumpy. I can't figure out how the "initiative bar" works (maybe it doesn't), and you can put other things, like survivors, into what I assume to be the equipment slots, making me wonder if they actually work. Overall, it's a very fun text based story, if you can get past the combat system. Give it a try! ### 4/5 — Great game *2015-09-03, version 3.0.1* Awesome game, really loved it. Two issues though: the combat system is not explained and very confusing to understand, and the "tools" that you pick up don't do anything. Why are they included if they don't do anything? Other than that I really loved the story and options. ### 4/5 — This game is fun *2015-05-20, version 3.0.1* I don't really know why but this game has me hooked. I never write reviews for any games whatsoever but I thoroughly enjoy this game. Even though there are only a few scenarios I replay it many times just to change one little detail and partake in a whole different scenario that I didn't know was an option. I replay just to get a better score. It is fun. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2015-05-09, version 3.0.1* I love this game. Don't listen to the negative comments, the combat system works really well once you get the hang of it. I do have to admit though, they should give a more detailed tutorial, I had to learn some stuff on my own. Anyways, it is my favorite game on the mobile. I'm still trying to find all of the endings. Really hope that they add expansions, I'd pay for them. ### 4/5 — Issues with battle play *2015-05-05, version 3.0.1* I understand the whole game system along with almost every people who downloaded this wonderful game. the only problem it lacked was the in depth tutorial about how much damage each weapon causes and battling issues: the battling issues are that we do not know, in depth, if we actually hit the target (zombies/bad guys). sometimes the first few battles requires more than 7 taps on the "fight " button. i couldn't kill the enemy in the end due to not knowing if the weapons or the characters aiming / hits / damage are inaccurate or weak. I am not sure about this game. there's still a lot of work to fix in the game via the battling and weaponry. ### 5/5 — Need More Detail ? Read This !! *2015-04-10, version 3.0.1* I must say..This is everything that you can ask for in a game. It's like a Trivia / Survival Game about what you would do in The Apocalypse. I can play this game again , and again..and not get bored...there is a total of 8 survivors..think you can find them all? My personal best is 100% chance of survival. I Really wish they had more updates coming up...KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not like the old days *2021-11-20, version 3.0.3* Welp I was excited but all those days when 12 year old me actually spent money on this game I played this game for 2 years when it was taken off the App Store due to google maps being privatized which I get but I prob spent over 100$ originally getting every weapon like the survivalist-axe-shotgun Every companion I had over 45 bases all over America and two where successfully raided But this game is like 10 steps forwards and 1,000,000 steps backwards with a survival skill of 87% and 4 companions on my 5th play threw of hospital I am very disappointed and I’d feel dumb if there is a way to get the old game back but I feel as if it’s lost to the 30 people who played it sad to say I miss the old game ### 1/5 — No more stuff. *2016-01-19, version 3.0.1* This game was fun at first but quickly got boring. I explored, bought story packs, and made it to level 20 in less than a month but as time went on the problems began to become more obvious. First of all, there's no real way to contact the developers. Secondly, it hasn't been updated since 2014. Thirdly, my exploration with a vehicle still costs me food. And last but not least, crafting. There's no posted crafting guide. So here I have things like powdered milk, can openers, wood saw, and HAM radio with nothing to do to them. I was hoping to maybe contact a group with the ham radio. My generator doesn't do anything. And things like a GPS do nothing. So here's a wood to developers. Update Update Update!!! Things like a gas generator and a can of gas should make a working gas generator to make a source of electricity. From there and electric fence should be possible. It doesn't take 4 things to craft some materials. Some things can take more and some can take less. Put a hell of a lot more stories! We want them. Make cars dependent on gas. And one more idea, if I search a hospital, why would I find fishing line!? I should find a vitamin. Therefore, makes available resources location based. Like a police station can have body armor. A military armory, a weapon. A parking lot, a car or car parts. You can do so much more with this game, cars, weapons, crafting, and defenses. Update it already!!! ### 1/5 — Music *2014-08-10, version 3.0.1* Apparently this game I paid money for now has ads in it?! -4 stars Also, although there are now scenarios, I don't see any in my copy. ___ *Previous - The game seems fun and I like the artwork and concept. Unfortunately I've read that the story is linear; if true, then you're not really making choices that affect the game, just whether you beat it or not. -1 star. My major complaint is the fact that one song plays over and over again. -1. The fact that this song has a singer instead of being instrumental (" fiii-uuu-iiiire" is lame) and that the song is not scary loses the other star. I wanted to be *creeped out* and 50% of that is the music. -1, oh well. Solution: more, scarier music. Variable storyline. Then 5 stars. ### 2/5 — Fun but... *2016-06-22, version 3.0.1* It's fun and actuality entertaining as an adventure book app. Problem is, when you die, sorry but there's no going back to right before you died. You have to start all the way over. This gets to be repetitive and annoying. You're also stuck with the weapon you choose and no switching during fights. There are some glitches like when I had several weapons but it wouldn't allow me to change out a bat with a sword and hammer or a rifle. I died. Then I tried again and I was able to. Only sometimes will it allow me to change Dave's weapons out and allow him to fight with me by adding him to the front of my screen. Not every time though. Great concept for a survival game though and I hope it gets better and better. ### 2/5 — Needs lots of Fixing *2016-01-03, version 3.0.1* This game had potential, but considering how old it is, it's lost it. It's terrible at remembering what your choices were. For example, I had made a decision to fight from a playground, instead of an open lot or on top of a van. At the end of the fight, the game thought I was on the van and killed me based on the decision I made to get away from the playground. Stupid. ### 2/5 — Good start needs to expand *2015-08-06, version 3.0.1* This is is a fun game and a good start to something awesome but is overall very acute and over quickly, the end scenarios are pretty much the same and you do not get much variety out of selecting different options. It would be much better if they expanded it and added more options and the ability to use the items you pick up go help you complete more goals and missions. ### 3/5 — Two complaints or more *2021-12-01, version 3.0.3* It’s a good game don’t get me wrong but I feel that the Survivors logic is strange one because that don’t have programming to surrender when that are badly hurt or that they see you as a target for tank mode to I thought the checkpoint was gonna be good not a firefight even though I was also military or police I think it whole be better if you did something to fix that (😐not telling you how to make your own game just what I think😐) ### 3/5 — Fun but combat is very frustrating *2015-07-28, version 3.0.1* The game it self is very fun and addictive. Each choice can either save you or harm you. But, the only reason why I'm giving it 3 stars is because of its confusing combat system. It seems that the icon with the "i" on the bottom right corner is your health. Also, it makes no sense when zombies are still able to attack when you choose to "fall back". Melee weapons seem to do almost nothing when fighting against 2 zombies. When you use a gun, sometimes you randomly use 1 bullet or the whole magazine depending on how your character feels like. There is a vague explanation on combat, but we need a more elaborate explanation to this. The developers need to help us understand the system so we don't keep dying after each encounter. This is very confusing and frustrating. ### 3/5 — How do I even play? *2015-03-21, version 3.0.1* This game is pretty confusing. First of all, it took me a while to figure out how the inventory even works but that's not the most confusing part, fighting is. How do you even control the fighting scenario?!? "Lift initiate bar to advance"... what? I have no idea what that means; I lift it up but nothing happens. At the bottom of the inventory (during a fight) it says "No mercy" and then gives some + and - stats; what does that mean?! Also I hit fight and something happens but I don't know what. And after somehow finishing the fight, it still said I had 0 kills. Developers, please update the game, giving us an in depth tutorial on how fighting works because right now this game is practically unplayable for me. ### 3/5 — Listen here *2014-08-03, version 3.0.1* Add counterattack if your going to continue with turn based combat style, in a situation with a runner and you alone think of it this way " You are sitting beside the road when you get ambushed by a runner, you shoot your revolver and miss, end turn. It charges and slashes, why can you not add a interface where you can shoot while the zed is having their fun just so you don't die to an unessacary death. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Looking for a zombie game that’s fun? *2022-02-24, version 3.0.3* Put this app in your hands and really understand what it means to gather and collect resources, make friends, and enemies. One of my favorite mobile games I’ve ever owned. ### 5/5 — Childhood *2020-10-04, version 3.0.1* I played this when I was just a little kid. Now I’m all grown up and I’m still playing this, there’s always some way you’ll either get lucky or fail and there’s so many different endings. It’s pretty fun experimenting and seeing what your chances are at surviving an apocalypse or zombie outbreak. Except now it’s gonna be corona zombies. If you love zombie games or any story choice based game you’ll surely enjoy this. ### 5/5 — Abandoned for no reason! *2020-03-04, version 3.0.1* This game is most definitely underrated, timeless and very addicting. I wish the developers would come back to it and add more or make another Zombie-Roleplay. This game could definitely use some expansions and/or a longer storyline. Also lots of typos, but all in all, I still love it and have been playing it for years now! ### 5/5 — What’s going on? *2018-08-16, version 3.0.1* The game hasn’t been updated in years and it’s been not working for months. I love this game and want to keep playing it. Please fix it. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2016-07-30, version 3.0.1* I LOVE this game! I'm a big fan of survival games that you get to pick your choices! If you haven't downloaded it and are just looking threw the reviews you should really try it! ### 5/5 — Great but easy to get bored *2015-12-19, version 3.0.1* You can see that the combat system is a bit messed up by the comments but if you read the tutorial it's fine... My only problem is that you can't upgrade survivors with new gear and it gets boring because of the same old music and it's just a black screen, no animation or color. You should have a ranking for weapon choice, a less glitchy progression bar,and maybe a colorful expansion pack of some sort. ### 5/5 — This game is fun but...… *2015-09-05, version 3.0.1* This game is one of the funnest games i have but it has been boring lately because i found all the endings and now i have nothing to do so what im saying is add more endings and more game modes please ### 5/5 — Amazing app with lots of aspects *2015-06-26, version 3.0.1* This app is awesome. There is so much to do, like "tank" mode with the four options or just starting of as a normal person. I like how if there was a zombie apocalypse the situations might actually happen. There are a a lot of different weapons from one handed weapons like pistols, crowbars, bace ball bats and many more. There are also two handed weapons like shot guns, snipers, lMGs, plus a lot more. You can even get surviver companions and have battles with humans and zombies. And that is why I gave this app five stars. ### 5/5 — Epicness intensifies *2015-06-06, version 3.0.1* I love this game. It's near impossible to find a good text based rpg and this one is the best. The story is great, the battle system is nice, and the amount of gameplay counts towards hours of fun. Some bugs could be sorted out (ex. The combat helmet is invisible) and it would be good to comb through the game for typos, but I still love it. Willing and waiting to buy expansion packs, and would recommend to my friends, zombie enthusiasts, and apocalyptic survivalists anywhere. Keep up the good work, hope to see some nice updates. ### 5/5 — Awesome game. *2015-05-29, version 3.0.1* I love this game! Very fun and I am excited to see what else I can discover and learn. Although it would be even better if there could be more interaction with the clan we are with, maybe share safe houses and supplies or see what other players in our clan have done that day. Or even be able to see each other on our maps, share our maps progress and so on. Excited to see what is in store. --- *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 2026-06-10.*