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Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival

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68%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, gameplay
68% User Score Based on 707 reviews

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Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival is a single player survival action adventure game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

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68%Audience ScoreBased on 707 reviews
graphics11 positive mentions
monetization65 negative mentions
  • The game has a unique and interesting survival concept with building and crafting mechanics.
  • Graphics are generally well-received and provide a visually appealing experience.
  • The game shows potential and some players find it enjoyable and addictive once past initial bugs.
  • Excessive intrusive ads disrupt gameplay, often forcing players to watch many ads for basic actions.
  • Numerous bugs and technical issues cause freezing, crashes, and unresponsive controls.
  • Lack of content variety, including repetitive gameplay, limited enemies, no NPCs, and minimal story development.

  • monetization

    67 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    1% positive mentions, 2% neutral mentions, 97% negative mentions

    Players find the game's monetization heavily intrusive, with ads required for nearly every action—crafting, opening chests, expanding inventory—leading to long, unskippable, frequent interruptions that hinder gameplay enjoyment. Many suggest drastically reducing ads or offering alternative monetization methods, as the overwhelming ad presence detracts significantly from the game's potential and fun.

    • “Very interesting game. The low in-app purchases make it fair and challenging without pushing you to spend.”
    • “Way too many ads, it's ridiculous. The fact that you still have to click on the ad button to get chests is outrageous. Stop spamming ads every minute please and thank you. All I want is to play the game and not have to watch ads every single second. Even if I want to play offline to avoid ads, I still have to watch them to open chests.”
    • “First thing I saw was that ads aren't optional but actually required to watch to progress the game more efficiently.”
    • “This game sucks, it forces you to watch ads every time you create an item or open a chest. I advise you not to download this game.”

  • graphics

    25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    44% positive mentions, 44% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    The game's graphics receive mixed feedback, with some users praising their quality as good or even realistic for a mobile game, while others find them mediocre or poor and in need of improvement. There are frequent calls for enhanced visuals, more detailed environments, and greater graphical depth to enhance the overall experience. Additionally, ads and loading issues sometimes hinder the enjoyment of the game's graphics.

    • “It's awesome, I like the graphics of it.”
    • “Nice graphics compared to PC games, this game we play on Android mobile, keep it up.”
    • “Cool game, the graphics look good.”
    • “The graphics are literally very different from the pictures shown.”
    • “And the graphics are bad and you need to play sandbox.”
    • “Not yet there, poor controls, poor graphics, improve.”

  • story

    23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 13% negative mentions

    The story aspect of the game is widely criticized for being dull, incomplete, and plagued by bugs that often corrupt quests and hinder progress. Many players find the narrative minimal or lacking engaging content, with repeated quest glitches and excessive ads diminishing enjoyment. Despite its potential and good design, the story feels underdeveloped, making the overall experience frustrating and monotonous.

    • “Original game is fun, explorative, it has variations, NPCs, story, good controls and it doesn't crash.”
    • “Nice game with good survival story line, good design and best design atmosphere.”
    • “Good game but lacking story line.”
    • “I closed and reopened the game 4 or 5 times, it's still stuck on the one quest note and does not allow you to exit unless you restart your phone.”
    • “Can't get past the quest to get the hat and note, I tried everything and nothing happens. Quest is stuck... the game has potential, too bad quests are not playable.”
    • “Boring, very little to do, can't kill the seeker, everything is 'watch ad or pay money to open a damn chest', no story, nothing you can interact with, barely any crafting recipes, overall pretty boring.”

  • gameplay

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions

    The gameplay receives mixed reviews, with some praising its challenging mechanics and smooth controls, while others criticize frequent ads, unclear explanations for new players, and inconsistent or frustrating mechanics like tool durability. Several users also note discrepancies between this version and similar PC games, leading to disappointment.

    • “This game has terribly awesome and challenging gameplay, easy controls, awesome game mechanics, and smooth performance with no problems.”
    • “The gameplay isn't that good because tools break incredibly fast and the game doesn't explain the concepts to newer players.”
    • “I'll upgrade my rating when the ads aren't forced every 30 seconds; other than that, there are not many issues with the gameplay.”
    • “Too many ads and not even close to the PC game. Some game mechanics don't make sense at all, like needing a stone hatchet to mine wood even when I crafted an iron hatchet.”
    • “Well, I've seen gameplay of this and it straight up is nothing like what the gameplay is. I can only believe that this is a trashy copy of the original game, and if it isn't, the difference should not be this big between platforms.”
    • “I'll upgrade my rating when the ads aren't forced every 30 seconds; other than that, not many issues with the gameplay.”

  • stability

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from several stability issues, including bugs that prevent furnace menus from opening, frequent freezing, and glitches that disable tool usage. These problems disrupt gameplay and make the experience frustrating, though restarting the game temporarily resolves some issues.

    • “Seems like there's a bug when clicking on the furnace. After clicking 'use' on the furnace, it does not open the menu and it glitches the crafting and fuel menu too. I had to restart the game for it to work again. Please fix this as it makes the game unenjoyable.”
    • “The game freezes when you first start and swipe your screen right. You can't even play because it just freezes.”
    • “Fun game but it glitches to the point where I cannot use any tools.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's music is generally perceived as dull, depressing, and unengaging, contributing to a lack of excitement and variety. Multiple users feel the soundtrack is too quiet and repetitive, adding to the overall bland atmosphere. Improvements in music variety and energy could enhance the game's appeal.

    • “The background music is not interesting enough, and the game feels too quiet.”
    • “The song of the game could be improved to enhance the overall experience.”
    • “The music is depressing.”
    • “The music of the game is just a little bit sleepy.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is praised for its smooth performance and good optimization, delivering a seamless and enjoyable experience without technical issues.

    • “I love this game I rate 5 stars because this game is terribly awesome & challenging gameplay, controls are easy, awesome game mechanics and also their performance is smooth. There's no problem in this game and I'm really grateful to Playdarium.”
    • “There is good performance and excellent application.”
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Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival is a survival action adventure game. Common tags for Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival include free to play and stylized.

Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival was developed by Playdarium.

Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Desert Skies: Sandbox Survival is a single player game.

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