Survival for iOS — top best games in the Survival genre

Minecraft - a game in the Survival genre

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: iOS → 15 August 2011

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox game focused on freedom of action and exploration of a virtually endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: iOS → 8 July 2025

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings that arise...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Game released: iOS → 10 March 2026

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: iOS → 14 June 2018

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: iOS → 19 May 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

Action, Shooter, Isometric, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Procedural generation

Game released: iOS → 12 November 2025

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Spin-off of the popular cooperative shooter Deep Rock Galactic, where bearded dwarves escape from a swarm of space bugs and mine precious minerals. As one of four...

Rust Mobile

Adventure, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

Game in development: iOS → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.6/10

Mobile version of the survival game Rust. The hero comes to his senses on a picturesque island without clothes, and his only equipment is a cobblestone and a...

My Little Universe

Cooperative (co-op), Online, Top-down view, Arcade, Survival, Dungeons, Action, Open world

Game released: iOS → 30 September 2021

Players: 7.8/10

A vibrant co-op game in which gamers travel through nine mystical worlds. There you can hunt for treasures in caves, pass challenges and fight opponents. You can...

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Construction, Zombies

Game released: iOS → 23 June 2022

Metacritic: 45/100

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down cooperative zombie shooter for multiple players. Every night you have to defend yourself from hordes of undead. This...

Crashlands 2

Role-playing game, Adventure, Action, Isometric, Indie, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Sandbox, Construction

Game released: iOS → 10 April 2025

Players: 9.6/10

A continuation of Crashlands, in which the main character ends up on another planet due to a mysterious explosion. The game features curious creatures, friendly...

Darkest Days

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Third-person view, Zombies, Crafting, Free game

Game released: iOS → 24 April 2025

Players: 7.8/10

The events of the game unfold in a large open world with desert villages, snowy islands and resort cities that suffered from a sudden outbreak of a zombie virus...

Resident Evil: Survival Unit

Strategy, Horror, Top-down view, Survival

Game released: iOS → 18 November 2025

Players: 1/10

A strategy with elements of horror and survival, the events of which unfold in a parallel universe of Resident Evil. In it, players need to upgrade their base and...

Dawnlands

Role-playing game, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting

Game released: iOS → 9 August 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Conditionally free survival game with crafting, building, anime-style graphics, and a large open world, similar to a mix of Genshin Impact and Valheim. The...

Pocket ZONE 2

Role-playing game, Action, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival

Game released: iOS → 30 September 2025

Players: 7.3/10

A game about survival in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Gamers explore different locations, where they hunt for artifacts and fight mutants. As you progress, the...

Final Outpost: Definitive

Survival, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, Business / Management

Game released: iOS → 12 June 2025

A post-apocalyptic pixel game in which the gamer controls a group of survivors and defends themselves from zombies. You need to build a settlement, extract...

ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition

Open world, First-person view, Action, Survival

Game released: iOS → 18 December 2024

Players: 6.9/10

The complete version of ARK for mobile devices, which includes the main island and all five expansions. The player, alone or in co-op, explores the jungle and other...

Lost Future

Zombies, Open world, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Third-person view, Crafting

Game released: iOS → 29 May 2023

Players: 7.1/10

The game takes place in the open world of the near future, where the gamer confronts zombies. You need to improve your combat skills and collect useful loot to...

SARCOPH

Adventure, First-person view, Action, Survival

Game released: iOS → 18 October 2013

Players: 9.3/10

SARCOPH is an action-adventure survival horror game played from a first-person perspective in which you face a terrifying monster. To escape and successfully exit...

Ashfall

Role-playing game, Shooter, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Game in development: iOS → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.6/10

The game takes place in the distant future, when AI has gone out of control and started a nuclear war against humanity. After this, there was nothing left in the...

Momo Mother Bird: Final Story

Puzzle, Action, Adventure, Horror, Survival

Game released: iOS → 18 June 2022

Players: 4/10

Momo Mother Bird: Final Story is a survival horror adventure with action elements. The final horror story with Momo. You are left alone at home for several days...

Dawn of Zombies: Survival Game

Action, Online, Top-down view, Free game, Survival

Game released: iOS → 29 October 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Multiplayer action with survival elements takes you to the harsh Last Territories. The world has long been out of control: mutants, zombies, bandits, and cultists...

Dead God Land: Survival games

Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, Isometric, Survival

Game released: iOS → 19 December 2022

Players: 6.7/10

Players survive on mysterious islands where they can collect resources, build shelters to their liking, and create a huge number of weapons and items. There are a...

Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear Quest

Survival, Open world, Action, Free game, Third-person view, Exploration, Crafting, Hunting / Fishing, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: iOS → 12 November 2024

Players: 7.1/10

A free survival simulator about a post-apocalypse with an open world and MMO elements. Events take place in 2061, when radioactive fallout has destroyed almost all...

Alien Invasion: RPG Idle Space

Role-playing game, Survival, Top-down view

Game released: iOS → 7 October 2022

Players: 8.3/10

The player controls an alien spider that has invaded Earth. He needs to eat people in order to grow, develop and reproduce, creating his own army of...

Chornobyl Quest

Adventure, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Survival

Game released: iOS → 21 August 2025

Players: 5.6/10

A post-apocalyptic game set in the exclusion zone. You need to explore various locations and collect resources to create weapons and improve the base's defense. You...

Vinland Tales: Viking Survival

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Construction, Casual game, Crafting

Game released: iOS → 20 November 2024

Players: 6.6/10

An isometric game about Vikings who survive in harsh conditions. It is necessary to obtain resources and food so that the village grows and develops. It is also...

Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice

Strategy, Online, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Survival

Game released: iOS → 29 October 2024

Players: 5.5/10

Post-apocalyptic city-planning simulator in the Frostpunk series. During the course of the game, players build their own steampunk city by strategically placing...

Earth: Revival

Action, MMO, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Open world

Game released: iOS → 15 August 2024

A multiplayer action game with survival elements, set in 2112. After a devastating war with aliens, the planet has been reduced to ruins, and the remnants of...

Death Zone Online (Zombie)

Online, Survival, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies

Game released: iOS → 13 April 2024

Players: 5.9/10

A pixel game set in a gloomy world plagued by a zombie epidemic. The gamer controls a survivor who explores locations in search of useful items. Some can be sold...

Dark and Light Mobile

Fantasy, Sandbox, Open world, Survival, Third-person view

Game released: iOS → 18 April 2024

Players: 9.3/10

Players explore a fantasy world, encounter magical creatures, and build. There are all kinds of magical monsters: from griffins and unicorns to dragons. As you...

Pet Hero vs Zombie

Free game, Shooter, Casual game, Top-down view, Zombies, Survival

Game released: iOS → 27 March 2025

In the midst of a zombie apocalypse, animal heroes come out to fight. A brave cat with a pistol, a crocodile with a bazooka, a fearless chicken with a revolver...

AfterDoom

Survival, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Online

Game released: iOS → 29 February 2024

A dark game in which the heroes survive in a post-apocalyptic world. It is necessary to equip and improve the shelter, as well as recruit people into detachments...

Бункер 21 Выживание с сюжетом

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Horror, Zombies, Survival

Game released: iOS → 11 February 2022

Players: 9.1/10

The main character lives in a post-apocalyptic world where a virus is raging, turning people into mutants. To understand the reasons for what is happening, he goes...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival

Game released: iOS → 27 October 2022

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Overwinter Survival

Survival, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: iOS → 30 November 2023

Players: 9/10

The protagonist is stranded on the glaciers of Greenland after his plane breaks down and crashes for unknown reasons. To survive, he must hunt, craft tools, and...

Frozen War: Endless Frost

Tactics, Role-playing game, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Top-down view, Adventure

Game released: iOS → 18 March 2025

Players: 1/10

A post -apocalyptic game, the action of which unfolds in a freezing world. It is necessary to build a shelter in order to provide those who survived everything...

Don't Starve: Newhome

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game in development: iOS → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 9.3/10

A game that expands on the core survival, exploration, and creation features for which Don't Starve is renowned. New multiplayer features are also added. You can...

Pizza Hero

Action, Roguelike, Survival

Game released: iOS → 24 May 2023

The game is about a brave slice of pizza who must protect the world from invading enemies. The chosen fillings affect the character's abilities. For example, with...

Town of Salem 2

Online, Side view, Fantasy, Survival, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: iOS → 26 March 2024

Players: 1/10

Multiplayer deduction game. 15 gamers explore the city and complete various tasks to identify and eliminate opponents. Each role has its own tasks and...

Dusk of Dragons: Survivors

Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Survival, Isometric, Construction

Game released: iOS → 1 September 2023

Players: 9.3/10

The game takes place in a magical medieval kingdom. The gamer builds settlements and trains dragons. Together they face off against legions of the walking...

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Best Games in the Survival genre for iOS