225+ iOS apps & games curated and reviewed
Stranded Island is the household name in village games survival, but it's far from the only option. We track 225+ alternatives and competitors on iOS — many free, many higher-rated than you'd expect.
Embark on a survival adventure as a castaway on a deserted archipelago. Explore lush islands, gather resources, craft tools, and rescue fellow survivors. Rebuild a vibrant community and uncover the island's mysteries.
Lead a group of survivors in a frozen land, building a village from scratch. Gather resources, craft tools, and manage your villagers to ensure their survival and growth against the harsh elements. This idle simulation game offers strategic depth with relaxing gameplay.
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.
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?
Build and manage a charming village while facing survival challenges. Farm, craft, and construct various buildings across four distinct seasons. Expand your settlement through micromanagement and resource collection.
Experience a primitive world with a modern Stone Age family stranded on a deserted island. Guide them to build a new home from scratch, farm, craft, and explore new islands while navigating relatable family life and relationships. Uncover a captivating adventure filled with unexpected twists.
Embark on a survival or creative adventure in a blocky 3D world. Craft, build, and battle with friends or solo, both online and offline. Explore vast realms, tame creatures, and customize your character.
Survive a plane crash at sea by building and expanding your raft. Gather resources, craft essential items, and manage your health to stay alive against hunger, thirst, and a persistent shark.
Build and evolve your city from the Stone Age through modern times and beyond. Develop new technologies, produce goods, and trade with neighbors. Conquer territories through negotiation or battle in this award-winning strategy game.
Embark on a challenging survival journey in a primitive world. Build your civilization by mastering skills like mining, crafting, and building. Make strategic choices to expand your base and ensure your tribe's resilience against dangers.
Lead survivors in a post-apocalyptic sea world after a tsunami. Build shelters, train armies, explore mysterious islands, and battle monstrous creatures. Form alliances to overcome challenges and rebuild humanity's legacy.
Lead survivors in a post-apocalyptic city overrun by infection. Build and upgrade your base, manage resources, and deploy skilled operatives to fight off the infected and other survivor groups. Forge alliances or engage in conflict to secure your path to survival in this strategic horror experience.
Experience a pixel-style sandbox survival game on a vast island. Explore, hunt, and battle against other players to be the last one standing in this challenging multiplayer arena. Choose professions, upgrade skills, and utilize a variety of weapons and armor.
Embark on an adventure to a lost island and build a thriving village. Beyond farming, explore mysterious lands, discover hidden creatures, and unlock new dimensions. This immersive game offers endless possibilities for empire building and captivating quests.
Engage in intense zombie combat, requiring quick reflexes and strategic movement. Build and customize your shelter, recruit powerful heroes with unique skills, and form global alliances to fight the undead. Survive the apocalypse and lead humanity to hope.
Survive a post-nuclear USSR by crafting, building, and fighting off hunger, disease, and enemies. Explore a vast, realistic world, improve your skills, and team up with other players online to overcome the apocalypse.
Team up with other survivors to battle endless waves of invading aliens in this fast-paced roguelike survival game. Assemble a squad, upgrade your heroes, and fight for your life against powerful bosses and hordes of monsters.
Merge items to craft survival tools and build a safe shelter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Explore desolated towns, uncover hidden locations, and interact with other survivors to experience a compelling story of resilience and community.
Lead a group of survivors underground after a zombie apocalypse. Build and customize your shelter, recruit heroes with unique skills, and form teams to scavenge resources and fight off hordes. Join alliances with friends for mutual support and to defeat enemies.
Survive a zombie apocalypse by crafting tools, building a base, and fighting off threats. Explore a desolate world, manage hunger and thirst, and uncover the story of the infection through quests and raids. Every moment is a fight for survival.