CardSurvival: Tropical Island

This may be my favorite game ever outside the Zelda franchise. It looks simple, but is incredibly complex, and there’s always something new to discover. I’m only on day 76, but I *think* I’m set up to survive the rest of the dry season… We’ll see if I can keep the macaque friend fed and watered through it too. (See what I mean with the complexity? Sure I’ve only just scratched the surface, too.) It may seem expensive for a mobile game, but I’ve also never found a mobile game that goes this deep, so pretend you’re paying for a PC game. You essentially are, I think it’s a full port.

This game is the crème de la creme of indie mobile gaming. Don’t let the price tag deter you, or maybe do let it and leave it to those of us less aversive to risk. I have owned it for 2 days and it has to be in my top all time games on any platform. The no frills minimalism provides a level of simplicity that is the perfect match for how deeply complex the game actually is. I feel like I will be playing this for years to come.

I play this game on my computer on Steam. I have approximately 200 hours already, and it is absolutely one of my favorite games I have ever played. The survival aspects of the game are everything I've ever been looking for in a survival game. Incredibly in-depth. There's a bit of a learning curve, so be prepared to die a few times, but it's so rewarding to start to survive for longer and longer. The ios version seems to be an EXACT port from the computer version, which is really awesome. I mean even down to the exit button on the menu screen that kicks you out of the app. That's why it's $16. The only way I could see the app being better is if they find a way for me to sync my steam save files with ios and let me pass them off from device to device. Ps the game has a fairly avid chinese market! So don't think the other reviews are invalid because they're from Chinese accounts or there's broken English.