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Ski Safari – Family Game Review
Ski Safari is a Family/Casual game from Defiant Development Pty.Ltd, first launched in 26th April 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 2,696+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Ski Safari Stand Out
1 Paid App in Australia
Game of the Week in US, Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand
[5/5] "Great! – Love everything about this game. The graphics are excellent, the controls easy to use, and best of all, it's endlessly fun!"
[5/5] "How can you go wrong ! – This game is smooth as a sheet of ice !! Love it"
Welcome to Ski Safari!
Ski Safari is where Animals, Avalanches and Action come together to create a new casual gameplay experience.
Our deep sleeping hero has to stay ahead of a relentless avalanche that threatens the local mountainsides. Sven, as we like to call him, can use animals to aid his escape from an icey end. Each of the hillside animals have different attributes to make a speedier escape. Penguins glide further, Yetis are tougher, Eagles soar to great heights, each of these can provide useful advantage for Sven. Sometimes on the slopes Sven can find fast Snowmobiles which can ferry multiple animals a maintain a very high top speed.
Staying ahead of the avalanche has its advantages and perks. Completing objectives can 'level up' Sven and increase his score multiplier. Riding animals, performing backflips add to the score and with an increased score multiplier Sven will rocketing up the highscore table with ease.
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Ski Safari is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 25th September 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Squished some bugs and fixed some compatibility issues.
Have fun!
Download & Availability
Ski Safari is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
This was our favorite game as a little kid growing up and now we just re-downloaded it still the best game.
We love ski safari, but we did find 2 bugs in the short amount of time Ive owned this game. The first bug, if we remember correctly, was when using the eagle and smash into the ground at the right angle you would be sent underneath the map. The second bug was when we were a penguin and then switched to another, but instead of switching to one, it tried switching to two at the same time, as there were to of them. Other than that best ski game.
Still the best game ever! Its fun and works that eye hand coordination.
Ive loved and played this game since 2012! Seriously a banger.
We downloaded this game in 2015, and we finally beat it today. It took us 10 years to buy everything and complete every challenge, one of the best games of all time.
Ive had this game on our phone for years, ever since Starbucks offered it one time as a free download. That probably doesnt even make sense in 2025. Ill still open it from time to time and give it a play, and it is as fun as ever. We usually find ourselves playing it on a plane ride, it really helps pass the time.
Ive been playing this game for years and we dont get tired of it. Its so freakin Cool Yetis are #1.
The game is really fun we downloaded it because we have been playing it on our step dads phone so we played it a lot when we could Im good and we downloaded it on our iPad.
This was absolutely our favorite game when we were little, and the massive score we just got, little us would be proud :).
It isnt a game. Its our childhood, which has faded away in the summer vacation in our pupil ages. Now it flashes back again with winter snow.
This game was our childhood. Also the music is amazing.
We are so moved that you give us a so big discount on the map with just 5000 coins! We love you.
During the run, Seven flew in the air and couldn't fall. People were flying in the air all the time, and there was a bug that we hope to fix.
No ads, really fun and the best game EVER.
Actually our favorite game! And hope it can update and fit iOS 15,THX.
We usually hate infinite runners, but the scenery and intuitive controls of Ski Safari are perfect for anyone who wants to pick up a game and play for a few minutes.
We just set a world record of 2 million 179 thousand can you please send us a tshirt and put that in the world record book.
One of our favorite games ever. We were really sad when it wasnt available for the new IOS and kept trying to see if the next update would have it but so happy to be able to download/play it now. Thank you for creating such an amazing game.
Ever since he started playing this game hes called us a pig.
This is still a great App, its loads of fun and never boring! We are usually terrible at these types of Apps, however, it is so much fun that we have even figured out how to score new characters and equipment!! If you are thinking about getting this App…stop thinking and start playing.
Almost 10 yrs and still fun and simple.. No ads no balboa just fun.
We love all the little details in this game. Its so fun because each season of the year we can play our game and have it match the seasons. We love doing the Halloween one during October and the Christmas one in December. Very creative and enjoyable for all ages.
We played the game when we were younger and love the game and it is definitely our fav game of all time and the reason we gave it five stars is because its fun and the best thing about it is probably because it is never laggy ever.
Some challenges we came across are impossible like the one you have to ski without an animal or vehicle for 3km its impossible when we come across a yeti.
We like this game a lot because when you crash or mess up it doesn't send you back to the start like ANOTHER GAME we Play (alto's adventures) and it is just a great game we also like ski safari 2.great game keep up the good work.
Not even Alto's Adventure can beat the original game that started it all. Get Ski Safari. Forget about Ski Safari 2.
2019 and still playing this game,we just love it.
The game is a really fun one, just when we were playing the game crashed and reset our status. We got to keep all of our stuff, just it subtracted the cost of it all to our new balance of 0, so now we have negative 12,382 $$. All of our worlds have also been deleted.
We love the game, and our kids love it too.its just a great game alltoger.
This is a fresh and fun take on the endless runner game. We love the graphics the variety of game formats and the interaction with in the game. The purchase of additional items takes a lot of coins to build up adding to the challenge.
We spend hours on this game its so funnnnnnnnnnnnn this game is so fun.
First game we played like the long game no levels yay beat 10,000 good luck ha ha.
We just keep coming back to this game because its so much fun.
This game flying down mountains is super fun and time consuming.
We eat poo like groceries and we feel satisfied with our performance of this action.
This game is really fun. Its way better then the second one. We would definitely recommend this game.
Really fun game we love playing it :).
This game is amazing we dont know how they do it!! We always find ourselves playing this game!:) and we think this game is one of our 3 games! Keep on the good work.
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fun love the store The avalanche is.
Great time killer and very addictive.
Fun easy to pickup game. Playing with our 10yr old is fun and competitive.
Ski safari is currently our favorite game and we are super addicted. We like that coins are not hard to obtain so it makes you want to keep earning them because its so easy. The outfits are okay, though it would be fun to see more costumes. Also will you add ski colors to buy because we have gold sven and the red skis loom kinda weird. Maybe some more animals could be added like polar bears or something just to spice up the game. It is very repetitive, which is okay, but easy to get bored of. New maps and costumes will make it more exciting. Overall, great game that is fun to play and easy.
Ive had this for years through at least 3 devices. Its been fun on them all.
Super fun game that is a real savior on long flights. If its not this, its Tinder. Great work guys.
This is definitely our favorite game. It is super fun and you always loose track of time when youre playing it. Always a go-to game whenever Im bored, too.
We love this game, but either the last app update, or the last iOS update has killed the audio on this game. Im on iPad Pro 9.7 even deleted and redownloaded the app, still no sound at all. Edit. Apparently the sound was our fault. The iOS update tuned on silent mode on our iPad, but not all apps went silent so we thought it was just ski safari. Just figured it out. This game is still amazing.
We like the game. We think it should have more maps though. GREAT GAME.
Ive been playing this game for more than 4 years now, and its the only game we never got bored. Its everything that you need from an endless arcade game. The devs did an amazing job.
Love the music, sound affects and challenges.
So much fun this app is tight, love the scenery love the simple tap to navigate. The graphics have this joyous winter feeling, you feel the cold when you play. Sound effects are so cool love the hairy snow monster dudes sounds and the points totals and awards are a blast. We also love you can play and win environments for Halloween and Christmas…Nothing more fun than jumping off a ledge and flying thru the air doing somersaults !!!! But you have to land on your skis or Mr. Avalanche will come get you… Thanks for the Joy!!! James M.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.5.5
- Size: 154.10 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Defiant Development Pty.Ltd
Last updated: 25th September 2017 | Genre: Family, Casual | Developer: Defiant Development Pty.Ltd