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Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival – Adventure Game Review
Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival is a Adventure/Action game from Bohemia Interactive AS, first launched in 3rd July 2017.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 5,848+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival Stand Out
How long can you survive in a post-apocalyptic world? Find out in Mini DAYZ now – an official pixel art rendition of the massively successful PC survival game – played by over 3 million fans.
It is you against the world in Mini DAYZ: explore a randomly generated map and scavenge for food, ammo and supplies. Use anything you find to craft advanced items. Protect yourself against aggressive infected and ferocious wolves. But most important of all: make sure to stay dry, warm and well fed at all times. The weather out there can quickly get under your skin and your wounds will not heal without you treating them…
There are no rules, except one – to survive.
In Mini DAYZ:
● Explore a beautifully handcrafted, pixel-art-style open world map with signature buildings
● Gear up your character and try to survive for as long as possible using tons of loot
● Watch your health, hunger and thirst levels, prevent blood loss
● Keep on surviving to improve your character stats, receive perks and collect achievements for your efforts
● Grow plants, craft new items and build a makeshift base with campfire and fences
● Meet AI survivors, both friendly and hostile, and fight (or avoid) various kinds of dangerous, ever-lurking infected
● Make the wilderness your friend, not your enemy – use natural resources to stay alive
● Find your way during the day/night cycle and do your best to stay warm while it is raining or snowing
● No in-app purchases
This Adventure game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd May 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
• New weapons PM, PB, Bizon, Groza, Madsen, SV-98(unlockable), VSS(unlockable)
• New items and gear: soviet vest, claymore, Long range scope, ammo 9×18, ammo 9×39.
• New game mode selection in main menu, without codes now.
• New game mode Breach: Player need to hold small area as long as possible from infected attacks.
• New game mode Casual: after death player will spawn in same run again on coast.
• Bandit groups now appear only starting from 2nd island.
• Military bases now split in two types: NATO and EAST.
• Loot respawn reworked.
• New secret location with Madsen machinegun.
• New infected policemans.
• Player and friendly survivor now dont trigger landmines and claymore(also beartraps will be, but not in this version)
• SVD now not spawns without PSO scope
• Fixed issue with too much zombie near tent.
Download & Availability
Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Mini DAYZ: Zombie Survival on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love this game Ive played it on and off we recently reinstalled it but theres no sound at all we deleted it and reinstalled it again same thing no sound at all but an ad plays and theres sound but not the games audio. Please update add more stuff and please fix this audio issue.
We love this game we play it every day.
We love that there are many costume game modes our favorite is casual because you can respawn when you die. Great game.
Love the game but the sound is not working on iPhone 14.
The game is good all is missing is multiplayer then it will be perfect.
Can you fix game sound for current update.
Game has always been one of our favs but we just noticed Im not the only one with audio problem please fix asap.
Its an amazing game but the sounds been off for a couple years lol.
Its great, but we think you should add a sandbox mode.
LOVE IT. However there are flaws and unfortunately its abandoned. Sound works dont know if theres supposed to be music but sound effects work. Only complaint is people can survive much longer than this without food or water. Obviously water first but this guy goes hungry and thirsty all the time.
This game is a blast to play and has so much potential. Our only issue is there being no sound on the game. PLEASE UPDATE IT.
Its like dayz, buggy, spawn campers, etc 5 stars.
Yall should make this game online and add a base system and then id sat this would be the best game on app store.
Ive Tried To Turn it on and off, reset phone, delete and redownload, etc But is still not working the audio, Please!! Fix this, we love this game is the best open world game! Thank you so much for creating it, please give it a little bit of maintenance at least one last time Thank you for reading this.
Love the games took a break from it for a while updated it and we lost all sound, please devs when you get a chance can you please fix the audio issue thank you.
Audio wont play on iPhone 13. Played it before though. Good game.
The game is great, Ill give you that. Ill try MDZ2 someday. We remember asking to get a 1911 on the start of the game. That was the case until we found a full gorka set and got Garry. Dont ask for guns at the start of your run. Just get Garry as he carries a 1911 upon reaching the island. A great character if you want a gun instead of a bow like Ganzo. We would love to see a sequel to MDZ2 but we know you guys are somewhat inactive nowadays. Great game, great review. -rctjee92.
We will pay 60$ for this freaking game if it was remastered and placed on PC. If there were more updates which increased the life of the game, we wouldnt see ourselves playing anything else. For a phone game this game had so much potential, we can guarantee this game would bring lots of attention if it stayed this exact format and was constantly updated. Insane we are even writing a review let alone playing this game still in 2025. PLEASE SOMEBODY REMAKE THIS GAME FOR CONSOLE AND PC WITH THE EXACT FORMAT WITH UPDATED PIXEL GRAPHICS.
This game is one of those games that would have our attention for hours. We would spent countless hours on this game for almost 12 hours straight. What made us give up playing was the constant bugs that would cause our game to crash or that the map would pop up in white not load properly. Im a huge iOS gamer and this is our first time ever leaving a review. That is how passionate we are to getting this game revived because we miss the nostalgia of it and its beauty. Its a beautiful game that requires skills and patience and persistency. Its one of the first game that truly made us feel what its like to not give up and keep going due to our passion. We understand if you guys want to move on but we just wish that you would give it one last update that will fix all the bugs.
Where did the sound go? We play in two devices in sound is gone on both. We play DayZ, bout Livonia Sakhalin and will buy Badlands etc. Could we maybe fix the sound issue in this game too.
We love this game. Its kind of like project zomboid but mobile. One thing we wish there is are drivable cars. It would make this game so much better. Again great game but devs please add cars.
Ive spent a lot of time on Dayz and for a phone game this rocks. Ive played this game for we dont even know how many years now and love it. We just wish they keep giving some updates and fix a few bugs like the one that leaves you without value. Regardless this is one game Id recommend to anyone. The second Mini Dayz is not completely trash but it doesnt compare to this one.
So much fun. Can play offline, it can be hard but you will figure it out. THEY NEED TO COME BACK AND KEEP UPDATING THE GAME.
We love this game, but there is no sound its a bug pls help.
We really enjoy your game its such a great experience.we really enjoy the battle royal game mode.
This game is super good but it has some mistakes. First off the game is super hard and there are no instructions.Thats all the bad stuff though since this game is so fun and really awesome.
This game is phenomenal for a phone game. The people whining about the difficulty of the game just need to play more and try to understand how to survive better. Decisions on this game can be life or death for your character. Would definitely love to see Co-op on here at LEAST. Multiplayer on this would be next level. Base building with some friends.. Actually surviving and having a larger map/island. There is literally so much we could say positive about this game but you just gotta try it and keep trying because you will die.. Alot. Devs, please do co-op/multiplayer on here and if Im wishing.. Add the sneak feature from #2 ..<3.
We love this game when it actually lets us play we havent been able to stay on the app for more that 15 seconds other than this MAJOR bug we love this game we really recommend this game to people who play dayz or project zomboid.
It wont even let us see the game on the AppStore after we deleted it pls let us download it agian.
We see people saying you cant survive on novice. Definitely a skill issue Ive played this game for years, sure it was hard in the beginning but eventually you play long enough to get the hang of it and switch the difficulty. Im on veteran at the moment to get some of the unlocks and its still pretty difficult but we wouldnt blame it on the creators. Sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you dont its as simple as that. You have some good runs and you have some bad runs, you just got to learn from them. An amazing gem we stumbled upon never really liked the second one but the first one is perfect.
We used to play this when we were like 6 years old. It needs an update.
We really love this game in our opinion its so much better then the second one we feel like Ive been playing it for so long it needs a map update at least plz.
Its honestly such a good game, Ive never played such an entertaining pixel game, there was a time when we would play this for days on end. Id choose this over other games like Minecraft or Roblox, its so fun, definitely missing out if you havent played it.
It was a pretty fun game we played it for 6 months and we enjoyed the open world and that you didnt have to spend money thank you for a fun game.
Um so you make Reilly good games but you should make finding a team mate easier because we only have found 1 then we died but we love your game we will encourage anyone that likes zombie games to get one of these games multiple player mode should be added. We think you should add an unlock where you shoot 200 zombies with eny shotgun then you can start with a shotgun or something. There should be hellechopter crashes on island 1 we like this game MUCH more the mini dayz 2 so please improve on this one not the other one. We know that the game has no inapp purchases but could you make it able to bye the characters like for 3 bucks cause we would bye them for sure and also make kore characters to. We love the game a great start and just a great game Ingearal.
We want you to make multplayr Ok please us 11 pls and your game is very very good.
Please make LAN play for this game we want to play with our lil bro.
Update the game it already great just need some more stuff with it.
This game is an excellent survival game with good rougelight elements to ensure replay ability. The survival portion is what you will be both struggling and enjoying the most of. Making difficult decisions based on current circumstances, learning which ammunition types go with which guns, completing quests for other survivors and even crafting! There is a surprising amount of depth making every run its own experience. Unlocking new starting characters and weapons feels pretty natural as most of the requirements will probably be completed on accident (except for that find 6 choppa crashes in 1 run requirement, you aint getting that without intent). There is a couple weird/annoying bugs and designs that leave us scratching our head, Like the gun unlock requirements only update after you die meaning you cant track your progress very well which is pretty annoying but still playable. The bugs are pretty stupid but not common, having a brute in the middle of a lake, all the buttons becoming GAINT for no reason and our personal favorite: the world just not loading leaving a completely walkable but empty white void between towns. Thankfully, all of these have been solved with just a simple reload. Overall Im surprised not many have found this game and if youre currently reading this review to decide on if you want to try we highly encourage you to play. This is easily one of the best mobile games we have ever played. Also. ITS NOT P2W.
We cant play on our phone please fix this.
We love it, thanks for sharing it with us. Ive been playing this for an hour now.
We find ourselves being challenged angered but feeling a satisfaction when we do get semi far in the game and the weapon mechanic and fighting mechanic in general is dope.
Probably one of the most underrated zombie games ever just needs a little more goodness.
We NEED A NEW UPDATE !!!!!!!!!!!!,!,!,!!!,!,!,!!!!!,!,!,!,!!!!!! !,!!!!!,!! !,!!!!!!!,!!!,!!!!!,!!!!!!!!!!!!!,!!!!!,!!!!!!!!,.
Its a amazing game, but we just have one suggestion. For the special game modes, can you add a peaceful mode? No zombies, no wolves, (maybe enemy humans) just the player and the world full of supplies.
MINI DAYZ IS SO MUCH FUN BUT ITS SO HARD TO FIND GUNS SO COULD YOU PLS MAKE IT EASIER TO FIND GUNS.
It would be cool if we could play this with a controller Bluetoothed to our phone other then that love the game.
We love this game but its crazy zoomed in on new phones like the iPhone 14 can yall just update it so its actually playable.
So there should be an option to create a world with a friend(aka a shared world) where both players can log on at anytime. With friendly fire of course to make things more funny. This shared world also should be shared with other players through a world code.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.4.0
- Size: 70.23 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Bohemia Interactive AS
Last updated: 23rd May 2018 | Genre: Adventure, Action | Developer: Bohemia Interactive AS