Comparison

Survival Simulator vs Species evolution

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Survival Simulator

Immerse yourself in a hostile forest environment filled with dangerous animals and other players. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, build a camp, and defend yourself to survive. Will you go it alone or form alliances to overcome the challenges?

Highlights
  • Multiplayer servers
  • Realistic graphics
  • Variety of tools and weapons
  • Resource gathering
  • Hunting animals
  • Building and crafting
Features
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Survival Simulator puts you in the forest full of weird animals and players - mostly hostile and ruthless. Exploit environment, place a camp, gather resources for crafting, defend yourself, improve your weapons and tools. Could you survive in the place where everybody wants you to die? High time to check it out! Key features: - Multiplayer. Create your own server or join another one. Make everything on your own or build a like-minded team. It is up to you to decide. Since the goal is to survive. Whatever the way. - Realistic graphics. Feel the pure survival game. Be ready to face many challenges. Plus the other players you will encounter will make it really difficult. - Variety of tools and weapons. - Gathering resources (logs, stone, ore) - Hunting animals - Building and crafting systems.

About

Species evolution

Develop and evolve your own creatures in a 3D life simulator. Choose between predator or herbivore paths, upgrade creature characteristics, and manage your species' survival and population growth in various game modes.

Highlights
  • Creature evolution and development
  • Survival and sandbox modes
  • Predator vs. Herbivore choices
  • Upgrade creature characteristics
  • Artificial intelligence for creature behavior
  • Population management
Features
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Species Evolution: Artificial Grow Life Simulator 3D is a game where you develop your creatures either in survival mode or in sandbox mode. Choose whose side you are on: Herbivores vs Predators If you want - make your kind a fast predator, let your creatures eat their rivals. Or make your creatures huge herbivores that will resist any predator. They will act without your help, they use their artificial intelligence. Species Evolution is in your hands. - Get Evolution Points! Earn EP and distribute evolution life points wisely. It is your main resource for adapting your species evolution to the circumstances of the world. - Upgrade the characteristics of creatures What will be more important at the moment? - Speed - Energy - Sensitivity - Size Improve the characteristics so that your species can successfully survive in a hostile environment. And they can only rely on their artificial intelligence. Even better — so that the number of creatures constantly increases. Like in real Grow Life Simulator 3D. - Survival mode In this mode you will fight for food, evolution life and a place in the sun with 2 more types of creatures. For each newborn creature, you will earn evolution life points and spend them on characteristics. And periodically you will be faced with a choice that will change the development of the whole species evolution — to become a predator or herbivore; have unique properties or stay with what we have now. Your choice will depend on how your enemies are developing. - Sandbox mode In this Grow Life Simulator 3D you have complete freedom of activity that rely on their artificial intelligence — at the end of each day, you can change the characteristics of your creatures and watch how this affects the population of the species. What could be more interesting? - Primer Research We all love the blogger Primer for his research on the effect of various characteristics on the survival of a species. Now you have the opportunity not only to watch his video, but also to stage experiments yourself in Grow Life Simulator. Create a supportive environment Become the master of your own evolution life. Take care of your charges. The fate of the whole species evolution is in your hands! Keep track of birth rate, control hunger, survive! Help a new life form conquer this planet

Screenshots

Survival Simulator3 screens
Species evolution2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Survival Simulator at 3.6 against Species evolution's 2.7. Survival Simulator also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Survival Simulator sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Species evolution sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Survival Simulator holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Survival Simulator has 2.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Survival Simulator ships an update every 8 months, Species evolution every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Survival Simulator versus Species evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSurvival SimulatorSpecies evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (2.1K ratings) — better2.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.1K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB168 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHYPERHUG LTDMaksim Kenin

Customer experience

Survival Simulator

All ratings2,130 ratings
Positive62.7%
Neutral11.0%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews791 reviews
Positive50.8%
Neutral16.1%
Negative33.1%

Species evolution

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

Survival Simulator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Items disappearing when leaving server
  • Bases and progress not saving
  • Glitches causing freezing and crashes
  • Hackers and cheaters ruining gameplay
  • Disappearing crafted items and resources

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add ability to save progress and bases
  • Implement anti-cheat system
  • Add more crafting options and items
  • Introduce different worlds/maps to explore
  • Add ability to split stacks of items
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  • Implement sleeping to skip night
  • Add more animals and resources
  • Introduce vehicle and transportation options
  • Add base upgrades and customization
  • Implement lockable doors and chests

Species evolution

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Survival Simulator

One-time6
  • 10 coins$1.99
  • 25 coins$3.99
  • No Ads$4.99
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  • 150 coins$20.99
  • 525 coins$59.99
  • 1200 coins$99.99
2 purchases

Species evolution

One-time2
  • Disable ads$1.99
  • Unlock sandbox$1.99

Questions

Is Survival Simulator free?
Survival Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Species evolution free?
Species evolution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Survival Simulator or Species evolution?
Survival Simulator is rated higher. Survival Simulator averages 3.6 out of 5 from 2.1K ratings, while Species evolution averages 2.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Survival Simulator or Species evolution have ads?
Neither Survival Simulator nor Species evolution shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Survival Simulator or Species evolution?
Survival Simulator ships an update every 8 months, and Species evolution every 5 months. Most recently, Survival Simulator was updated on October 24, 2026 and Species evolution on October 24, 2026.

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