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Best Survival Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Raft® Survival - Ocean Nomad is the top-ranked of 40 survival game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.6/5 from 324,032 ratings.

  1. 1
    Raft® Survival - Ocean NomadS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 324,032 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    Whiteout SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 469,131 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Last Day on Earth: SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 103,413 ratings · score 95
  4. 4
    Grim Soul: Survival Magic RPGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 40,691 ratings · score 94
  5. 5
    Oxide: Survival Island OnlineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,706 ratings · score 94

What belongs in this list

Play a game where I gather resources and stay alive in a harsh world.

Not here: Shooter combat with no survival needs alone; Fighting game matches alone; Escape puzzle rooms alone; An adventure story with no survival mechanics alone; The word survival in the title alone

More lists: Best Survival Crafting Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Raft® SurvivalWhiteoutLast DayGrim SoulOxideTiny IslandWestlandDays AfterThe WandererTEGRAStone Age
A
Dawn Of Zomb…Train of HopeDark WarDay R SurvivalIcy VillageLOST in BLUETomorrowWasteland LifeSurvivalLost PrisonThe WalkingFrozen City
B
MinecraftARKKingshotOnce HumanSurvival GamesSurvivorUndawnArkcraftFrostbornSurvival RPG 1High Seas Hero
C
Gold RushPocket TalesRealmCraftLast IslandGladiatorFrost World
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Raft® Survival - Ocean NomadS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 324,032 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    Whiteout SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 469,131 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Last Day on Earth: SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 103,413 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  4. 4
    Grim Soul: Survival Magic RPGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 40,691 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  5. 5
    Oxide: Survival Island OnlineS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 23,706 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  6. 6
    Tiny Island SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 39,559 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  7. 7
    Westland Survival - Cowboy RPGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 47,256 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  8. 8
    Days After: Zombie SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 16,890 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  9. 9
    The Wanderer: Post-Nuclear RPGS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 43,623 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  10. 10
    TEGRA: Zombie survival islandS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,260 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  11. 11
    Stone Age Survival: Craft gameS
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 6,670 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  12. 12
    Dawn Of Zombies: Survival DayA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,655 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  13. 13
    Train of Hope: Survival GameA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 5,390 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  14. 14
    Dark War:SurvivalA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 73,623 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  15. 15
    Day R Survival: Last SurvivorA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 7,188 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  16. 16
    Icy Village: Survival IdleA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,439 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  17. 17
    LOST in BLUEA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,142 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  18. 18
    Tomorrow: MMO Nuclear QuestA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,810 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  19. 19
    Wasteland Life: Survival IdleA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 25,038 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  20. 20
    Survival Island: Survivor EVOA
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 9,253 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  21. 21
    Lost Prison - Shelter SurvivalA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,575 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  22. 22
    The Walking Dead: SurvivorsA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 95,714 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  23. 23
    Frozen CityA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 48,426 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  24. 24
    Minecraft: Play with Friends!B
    $6.99 + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 843,448 ratings · score 87 · good
  25. 25
    ARK: Ultimate Mobile EditionB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 14,324 ratings · score 87 · good
  26. 26
    KingshotB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 231,003 ratings · score 87 · good
  27. 27
    Once HumanB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,848 ratings · score 87 · good
  28. 28
    Survival Games - QuestopiaB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,821 ratings · score 84 · good
  29. 29
    Survivor Island-Idle GameB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,000 ratings · score 84 · good
  30. 30
    UndawnB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 18,824 ratings · score 84 · good
  31. 31
    Arkcraft - Idle AdventureB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,772 ratings · score 84 · good
  32. 32
    Frostborn: Co-op SurvivalB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7,234 ratings · score 84 · good
  33. 33
    Survival RPG 1: Lost TreasureB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,517 ratings · score 83 · good
  34. 34
    High Seas Hero: Dig & BuildB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 34,374 ratings · score 83 · good
  35. 35
    Gold Rush: Frozen FarmC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 14,933 ratings · score 82 · situational
  36. 36
    Pocket Tales: Survival GameC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 5,660 ratings · score 82 · situational
  37. 37
    RealmCraft: mine & craft worldC
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 82,902 ratings · score 81 · situational
  38. 38
    Last Island of SurvivalC
    Free + IAP · ★ 3.9 · 12,454 ratings · score 81 · situational
  39. 39
    Gladiator Survival ・ Roman RPGC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,858 ratings · score 81 · situational
  40. 40
    Frost World - Winter SurvivalC
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 23,236 ratings · score 81 · situational

Beyond the top 40

77 more, not ranked yet

  1. Tiles Survive!
  2. Last Pirate: Island Survival
  3. Survival Master 3D
  4. Zombie Slasher: Survival RPG
  5. Ocean Is Home: Survival Island
  6. Resident Evil Survival Unit
  7. Pocket ZONE
  8. The Ants: Underground Kingdom
  9. Raft® Survival: Multiplayer
  10. Path of Titans
  11. LifeAfter
  12. Terraria
  13. Skullburn
  14. Epic Ocean Survival
  15. Experiment Z: Zombie Survival
  16. Kawaii World - Craft and Build
  17. MultiCraft - Build and Mine!
  18. Doomsday: Undead Bride
  19. Palmon: Survival
  20. Let’s Survive - Survival games
  21. Planet of Cubes Craft and Mine
  22. Raptor Evolution: Survival
  23. PrimalCraft 3D: Block Building
  24. Survival & Craft: Multiplayer
  25. Titan Rush: Survival
  26. Primatus
  27. Last Light: Wasteland
  28. Planet Craft: Mine Block World
  29. Hybrid Animals
  30. World Craft Dream Island
  31. Survival Island 2. Dino Ark
  32. Block Craft World Sandbox
  33. Crab Life : RPG Survival
  34. Build World: Sandbox Survival
  35. Chornobyl Quest
  36. Craft World 3D: Sandbox Games
  37. Last Extract
  38. Stormfall: Saga of Survival
  39. Backrooms Union Multiplayer
  40. Murderhill
  41. Mad Survivor: Arid Warfire
  42. Raft® Survival : Desert Nomad
  43. Tinker Island: Adventure Story
  44. Isle Builder: Click to Survive
  45. Dinosaur Legacy Jurassic Game
  46. Space Survivor - Star Pioneer
  47. Ant Legion
  48. Zombiepunk: Fight & Survive
  49. Rise of the Kings
  50. The Cursed Dinosaur Isle Games
  51. Seashine
  52. Dome Keeper
  53. Swordy Quest: An RPG Adventure
  54. World of Cubes Craft & Mine 3D
  55. World Craft: Mine & Build 3D
  56. Survival City Builder
  57. Terradome 3D
  58. Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival
  59. Jurassic Survival Island
  60. Idle Survivor Fortress Tycoon
  61. 89 Nights Survival in Forest
  62. Prey Day: Survival Game Online
  63. The Oregon Trail
  64. Fury Survivor: Pixel Z
  65. Hyper Survive 3D
  66. Kawaii Craftsman Craft World
  67. 60 Seconds! Reatomized
  68. Creative Box
  69. Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice
  70. World Craft HD
  71. The Island Castaway®
  72. Don't Starve: Pocket Edition
  73. DinoCraft Survive & Craft
  74. Full of Stars
  75. Life of Mellow
  76. 60 Seconds! Atomic Adventure
  77. Hard Time

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Questions people ask

What is the best survival game app for iPhone?
Raft® Survival - Ocean Nomad, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.6 by 324,032 people.
Which survival game apps are free?
39 of 40 are free to download: Raft® Survival - Ocean Nomad (S), Whiteout Survival (S), Last Day on Earth: Survival (S), Grim Soul: Survival Magic RPG (S) and more. 22 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which survival game app has the best App Store rating?
Pocket Tales: Survival Game at 4.9 from 5,660 ratings.
How many survival game apps reach S or A tier?
23 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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