228+ iOS apps & games curated and reviewed
With an average user rating of 4.4★, the sandbox survival game category is one of the App Store's strongest. Browse all 228+ apps and games we track, sorted so the most loved ones surface first.
Stranded on a wild island, you must find food, craft tools, and build shelter to survive. Explore the wilderness, craft essential items, and defend yourself against island fauna in this challenging survival simulator.
Engage in a 3D sandbox adventure where you can build, explore, and survive. Shape your world, mine resources, craft tools, and defend against nocturnal creatures. Enjoy mini-games and multiplayer with friends in a block-filled universe.
Survive on an endless ocean by building and upgrading your raft. Hunt for resources, craft essential items, and uncover the mysteries of this watery world. Face challenges like shark attacks and treacherous weather to escape the ocean trap.
Survive a zombie apocalypse by crafting, building, and fighting. Explore diverse locations, gather resources, and team up with others to overcome the undead threat. Customize your character and vehicles to enhance your survival capabilities.
Engage in a challenging sandbox survival experience with a high degree of freedom. Gather resources, craft equipment, and battle monsters to survive as long as possible. Play solo or team up with friends online for cooperative adventures.
Explore an endless cubic world where you can build, survive, and create your own adventures. Gather resources, craft tools, construct buildings, and farm or hunt in diverse biomes. Enjoy a rich voxel universe with various game modes and character customization.
Build and expand your dream raft with friends in this multiplayer survival game. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, and manage hunger and thirst to stay alive. Team up with up to 10 players to explore the ocean and help each other survive.
Embark on an open-world survival adventure where you can build anything imaginable. Craft, mine, and explore a vast island, creating your dream home or an entire city. Enjoy realistic graphics and interactive gameplay, all playable offline.
Embark on an open-world survival adventure four years after a global disaster. Explore a shattered world, battle infected hordes and other survivors, and rebuild civilization. Manage survival indicators, craft tools, build bases, and form alliances to stay alive.
Explore a procedurally generated 3D cube-world in creative or survival modes. Build, craft, gather resources, and battle enemies. Engage in multiplayer with pre-made worlds or fun mini-games.
Embark on an open-world action survival RPG in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Complete quests, craft essential items, build a base, and engage in intense PvP battles against zombies and hostile factions. Explore, scavenge, and adapt to survive in this harsh, nuclear-affected world.
Test your survival instincts on a deserted island. Gather resources, build shelter, hunt for food, and defend yourself against predators and pirates. Can you escape or adapt to survive?
Unleash your creativity in a cubic world. Build, explore, and survive in diverse biomes. Gather resources, craft tools, and face challenges or enjoy unlimited building freedom.
Embark on a survival adventure in a Wild West-inspired desert. Build and pilot an airship to explore, gather resources, and battle dangerous sand monsters. Uncover hidden treasures and protect settlements in this open-world RPG.
Embark on a survival adventure in a vast open world, stranded in an alternate reality. Explore, craft, and fight to uncover secrets and find your way back home. Survive harsh environments, dangerous creatures, and the undead.
Embark on an epic island survival adventure where you can farm, build, explore, and battle. Craft your base, raise crops and animals, and team up with friends or compete in PvP combat. Discover treasures and tame monsters for exciting expeditions.
Survive a harsh desert wasteland by building and upgrading a flying raft. Explore vast landscapes, battle monsters, gather resources, and uncover a compelling storyline in this open-world adventure.
Explore a vast cube world, mine resources, and craft items to build anything you can imagine. Survive against aggressive mobs or unleash your creativity in various game modes. Connect with friends for collaborative building and mini-games.
Explore an open-world physics sandbox with friends. Manipulate objects, experiment with physics, and build structures in diverse locations. Engage in PvP and multiplayer modes with a wide array of characters and vehicles.
Embark on a hardcore multiplayer survival adventure on a brutal island. Gather resources, craft tools and weapons, build bases, and team up with friends to outlast threats from the environment and other players. Explore diverse biomes and conquer the wild in this open-world simulator.