Wilderness survival simulation game. Travel to safety.

— SEP 12, 2021 NEWS —
New update is coming after all these years.

Development continues. I am aiming for first internal tests by Sep 19 and from there it means 1 more week for open beta testing. After beta, it is release time.

The new version has new crafting, renewed levels, skills, crafting options and ability to move back and forth between levels. A new (paid only, eill cost a few bucks) expansion STRANDED provides long-term survival challenge in a warm environment. The next update will be considered ”early access” in a sense - there will be series of fixed and updates after the release.

Some people have asked for localizations: I have made it ”possible to add” but languages will need to be done ”this year” or later.

Feel free to email me, I try my best to reply. All support and questions and ideas are more than welcome.

Thanks for the support and patience.

Juuso

--- JULY 27, 2021 NEWS ---
A new version is finally coming this summer (current target is August 2021). This version will be available for ANDROID and IOS. New version will remove out achievements and progress (as it is completely rewritten codebase and is not possible to maintain old save data with new functionality). Versio. introduces a completely new set of achievements, scenario mechanisms and so forth. Stay tuned. There will also be one more additional paid scenario expansion.

- Juuso @sandbaydev

--- DESCRIPTION ---
Try survive and travel to safety. Wilderness survival themed simulation where you need to decide how you spend your time and what action is most crucial for you now in order to survive: building a shelter, finding food, water, traveling, collecting firewood.

--- PRIVACY ---
Game can be played OFFLINE. If you have internet connection, then game will try send anonymized data about gameplay (things like "X number of people play game"). Please check out "for humans" privacy policy at thesurvivegame.com

--- IAP ---
As of September 2017: Inside the game you can purchase the "full edition" (or "wolf edition") that gets you play the game without ads (+ you get few extra perks). That's one time payment and you get to choose the price. There are no microtransactions for gems/coins or anything else to purchase. This IAP option is for those who wish to support development. You can continue playing free edition that is very close to same as the paid version.

--- PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED ---
* IN-APP PURCHASES (IAP): Only for convenient one-time full game purchase for those who wish to do so. Free version is almost the same as 'full' one. There are no gems/coins/whatnot to buy.
* FULL NETWORK ACCESS: you can play offline, but if you play online game sends stats info like "created fire using bow drill" using anonymizedId. Please see detailed & "for humans" privacy policy at the game website.
* VIEW NETWORK CONNECTIONS: To best of my understanding this checks if your device is online or offline. If offline, there's no store purchases. I try and see if I can get rid of this one.
* CONTROL VIBRATION: this can be toggled off in the settings. It's used only for in-game events (like if you catch a fish or something like that)
* OTHER WORTH MENTIONING: game stores "save game" files to your device so that you can save & continue game after playing. Should not require extra permissions though. Game does not read your phone files. It only reads game files and via settings screen you can see list of files that were created.

--- DISCLAIMER ---
'SURVIVE' IS A SIMULATION GAME INTENDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY. THIS IS NOT A COURSE IN WILDERNESS SURVIVAL; PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THESE MEASURES WITHOUT INSTRUCTION FROM A PROFESSIONAL OR EXPERT.

Recent changes:
Update 319:
- new easy PIKE LAKE scenario for training
- challenging new SWAMP scenario
- new ACHIEVEMENTS
- new INVENTORY
- new CRAFTING
- streamlined wound/CONDITION
- new TRAPS screen
- procedural HUNTING/TRACKING
- choose your DESTINATION is now back
- new VICTORY condition
- possibility to support development by one-time IAP purchase
- hundreds of other fixes/tweaks/polishing
- read DEVLOG for details