Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 07:49 am
Tiny Island Survival – Roleplaying Game Review
Tiny Island Survival is a Roleplaying/Entertainment/Adventure game from GAME START LLC, first launched in 9th June 2021.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 38,308+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Tiny Island Survival Stand Out
■Learn the Island's Secret
Shipwrecked, you wash up on an uninhabited-seeming island.
But then you notice smoke rising from the forest.
"Maybe someone lives here…"
Explore the island, advance deeper into the forest, and unravel the island's mystery.
■No Complicated Controls
The game takes place on one screen, so no getting lost.
No annoying traveling from place to place.
Just go deeper into the forest.
■Simple But With Elements for Completists to Enjoy
Collect materials to aid in your survival.
Level up your weapons and armor.
Increase your health.
●Playable in short bursts whenever you have a sliver of time to kill
●Encapsulated in a single screen
●Cute, lively pixel art
●Simple gameplay with depth for completists
This Roleplaying game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Tiny Island Survival is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
System update.
Download & Availability
Tiny Island Survival is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Tiny Island 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:
The ads that provided most of the gold for the items and submarine are no longer appearing and it has slowed down progress significantly to the point that its getting boring to ours ores and plants to sell for such a small amount of gold. We feel you should add the ability to sell ores and plants for more gold when you upgrade the pendant and even more when you get the ring bonuses.
In far bottom right of dungeon at the river. It says to watch a video but there isnt a video. Edit: thanks for the quick update to fix the issue.
Ads are pretty annoying. Not a whole lot of instruction to start. Still a fun little game.
If you're just browsing for a game to relax and spend a good couple hours on this is it, we download random games to play in bed and this one's perfect for that so far.. Only 2 hours in but enjoying it so far.
This game is so calming and we just cant stop playing it, it helped us through very hard times and cant live without this game. All of the games from this developer is amazing.
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Its just really awesome.And stuff.
Very fun and simple game that does have plenty of interaction for the player and not too much waiting around and being idle.
Cute survival game condensed to its bare essence. Fun to pass time with.
It would have been a five star review but its a teeny tiny bit to slow for our taste but thats just us, we love it and we think you should too.
Game is great but we might have encountered a glitch where some of the resources we last farmed are not respawning. For example 3 trees and 5 rocks and the 2 pink things with the vines. Not sure what to do at this point , already tried exiting out of the app multiple times. The game reset itself after a couple days and everything is working fine again.
Love the game although the ads are annoying. Where are the white skulls? We cant progress or access new areas without them.
Great game lots of fun reminds us of an old Nintendo game.
We love this game and am so happy to see the new update! But now we are stuck because we cant find the blue teardrop thing anywhere, ive gone through the whole dungeon so far but we cant find them! Help.
This game is great. Most of the time youre caught in the cozy adventure but sometimes youre spending 90 percent of your time collecting things to upgrade many different tools which takes away from the fun. We have some ideas. Add storms that cut or reduce visibility that either force you to wait inside your tent or have a raincoat and rain boots with a lantern. You could even have a moving storm that is incoming and you have to make it to some inhabitants and lead them as a group to your tent, or the area around your tent. Maybe you have to gather materials to prepare for the incoming storm? And bring all of them into your cozy tent to wait the storm out. Build mystery, community, achieve coziness. Inside the tent you can watch the storm outside next to an indoor or outdoor campfire and listen to each inhabitant tell a story during the storm, maybe you can walk outside your tent and use a lantern to access an area thats only accessible during the storm. Have a raft or ship travel mode where youre on a ship and the game continues on this ship as you travel to a new island in the world. Add more side quests, where you assemble a small team and look for artifacts that someone wants or needs, building more mystery and richness. Add more small side quests: Take your assembled team or single companion through dark caves that require a lantern.
The original release was a grind, but in a good way. You could complete things without paying and we felt the good spending money to reward a great game. This last release has been an absolute cash grab forcing large spend or an overload of ads. It also ramps so quick you are forced to pay or sit through 100s of ads. Feels gross and in no way do we desire to reward the developer. Avoid this.
Its a good game for curing boredom and passing time.
Pretty nice but at some points its confusing, its a really cute game and simple :3.
We mean the games not bad once you start but after you play the game for about 1 or so more hours. Than the game gets really difficult. It cost was more materials to buy walls, upgrade weapons, and not to mention the skeletons stealing the materials as well. Overall we would say its alright at the start, but gets WAY harder when you get deeper into the game. We wouldnt recommend it, but you do you.
We personally love this game, having to restock hearts every time we get something is a tad annoying though. We personally love this game and theres not many ads or any in app purchases that are pushed onto you. We think that this game is great to relax.
Great game, just the right amount of grinding so its not tedious but not too easy either. In the latest update Ive built the first layer of the submarine but we cant progress any more and am stuck. On the far right area in the dungeon with the river and snakes, we dont get any resources when we break the rocks. Is this a bug? Am we supposed to get the helix shell or another resource from them.
Honestly great game and watching ads help with speeding up the game. But the end stage makes it pay to play with coins being an issue to build the submarine.
Im 20 minutes in and so far we dont plan on stopping any time soon. Simple, fun, great to play while binge watching a show.
Great game but how do you get silver bones.
Es un juego entretenido y divertido.
This game is super cozy! It reminds us of a game on Apple Arcade Im playing rn. Not many ads at all tbh and its just a calm and quiet game 100/10 recommend.
Ive had this game lurking on our phone for a long time. We actually deleted it months ago only to discover the new update. The update blew us away! We had to start over but that wasnt a big deal since we removed ads like two years ago and the game honored that purchase. Holy cow the underground expansion rocks! The developers did a fantastic job. This is great. Sure it can get a little repetitive but keep upgrading your pickaxe and the monsters get stronger and youll end up unlocking more resources to gather. The game keeps surprising us. All in all this is a fantastic game.
Really fun to play it has ads but we feel like its too much and it doesnt randomly give ads it only give ads when you reset your hearts.
Nice game. Wish landscape mode or just wider but its nothing to complain about.
Good game to pass the time when out in public.
We had no idea how wonderful this game was going to be!! We had been looking for something to keep our attention for quite awhile and we found this hidden gem! We never looked for these types of games and was thrilled at the start with the simple no-brain actions of the game. Little did we know that this game is so much bigger than it seemed. The in game supports and ad rewards give you everything you need for most of the adventure. We will say that it has started to get stale halfway through the submarine build, but even with this lull, we felt compelled to leave a rare review to share our experience with this game! Great game, Thank you.
Soo cute! We love the graphics and theres not too many ads.
We love this game it calms us down and helps us think slow and be calm ~.
This is a great game and easily one of the better games Ive played im definitely a video game lover and Im a sucker for pixel art we love this game a lot. We love the pixel art, and we love upgrading the weapon. The whole game is just really good. Right now Im at the squid boss, which is pretty difficult. We could see some people getting lost. And it would be nice if there was like main quests that would tell you where to go and we could see some people saying you have to do a lot of grinding but we still think its a really good game.
Its genuinely such a cute game!! We love the adorable little characters, and its so much fun.
Fun game – super simple perfect for when you have 2 minutes or 2 hours to kill graphics are awesome and controls are simple.
This the best game ever have to try it.
Think the ads you choose are a tad bit too long, especially considering how often you have to watch them since you have to recharge the hearts every 30 seconds basically.
Its a good game just the resting too slow.
Great game but too many monsters come out.
Unfortunately, youre gonna have to pay the $12 if you want. Enjoy this game. Once you do, its a well worth it. It gives you the rewards without video. It is a slow grind. Its exactly as advertise and its a great time killer. Its cute. We havent gotten too far yet. We do see purple orbs. Im gonna have to buy to upgrade to a certain point if we hit a point where the only way to place to spend more money than we will call it a day an update this review!! Its only been an hour, but we do enjoy it.
Relaxing tap progression game, with no time pressure. Graphics are cute. A simple way to pass the time. BGM could use some more variety.
Very fun game! We just wish there was a little more opportunity to get more resources earlier on. Maybe an extra silver or iron ours to find.
Ads should never interrupt gameplay, but be watched optionally for in-game rewards.
We just started playing this game, and it's amusing enough–but be weary of the "free" treasure. Twice, we've opted to watch the insufferably long ads, as "treasure" (coins and supplies) were the rewards for doing so. And, twice, our game froze as soon as the ad ended. Just as our island reappears, the game glitches and stops loading, forcing us to close it out and reopen. We wasn't given either reward, which has obviously left a bad taste in our mouth.
Game is hyper casual. Cute art but repetitive with the hearts.
It is fun but it is mostly grinding and VERY slow grinding.
The game is cute, just so boring and repetitive. You collect the same 4 resources, 2 of which are rarer. And upgrade stuff to cut down the next tree and make your path a little longer.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.1.21
- Size: 125.46 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, ZH
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: GAME START LLC
Last updated: 18th November 2025 | Genre: Roleplaying, Entertainment | Developer: GAME START LLC