Doomsday Shelter: Survival

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"Doomsday Shelter: Survival" is a single-player strategy game where you build and manage a shelter to survive in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies. The game is very grinding, requiring players to put in a lot of time and effort to progress. However, the experience is often interrupted by intrusive and annoying ads. Your main goal is to stay alive and expand your shelter while fending off zombie attacks.

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Play Modes

Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

27%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,830 reviews

humor2 positive mentions

monetization276 negative mentions

The game has a lot of potential and interesting mechanics, especially for fans of strategy games.
There is a strong community aspect, with alliances that can help players progress.
Some players find the game enjoyable despite its flaws, appreciating the storyline and various gameplay options.

The game is heavily criticized for misleading advertisements, showing a different gameplay experience than what is actually offered.
Many players report severe lag, bugs, and issues with game mechanics, making it frustrating to play.
The game is often described as a pay-to-win model, with significant pressure to spend money to progress effectively.

monetization
278 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
1%
99%
The monetization strategy of this game has been heavily criticized for its reliance on misleading advertisements that do not accurately represent the actual gameplay. Many users express frustration over the deceptive nature of the ads, which showcase a different game experience, leading to disappointment and a sense of being scammed. Additionally, the game is perceived as overly reliant on in-game purchases and advertisements, further detracting from the overall experience.
- “There are multiple in-game purchases available, which enhance the overall experience.”
- “It's great that this game doesn't rely on ads for monetization.”
- “They show one type of gameplay during ads and on photos, but in reality, you need to click your life away with all the options, upgrades, buying stuff, and whatnot to actually play for 15 seconds of the advertised gameplay.”
- “The game is completely different from the advertisement; it's a fraud just consuming our data.”
- “The reality is completely different from the advertisement.”
gameplay
53 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6%
83%
11%
The gameplay has been widely criticized for being misleading and unengaging, with many players noting that it does not match the exciting content shown in advertisements. Instead, it often devolves into repetitive mechanics and a pay-to-play model that detracts from the overall experience. Overall, the consensus is that the gameplay is dull, poorly executed, and fails to deliver on the promises made in promotional materials.
- “Textures, models, audio, gameplay mechanics... everything.”
- “Good graphics and gameplay.”
- “Gameplay is different from the ad.”
- “They show one type of gameplay during ads and on photos but in reality you need to click your life away with all the options, upgrades, buying stuff and whatnot to actually play for 15 seconds of the advertised gameplay.”
- “The game is lousy and is not even similar to the trailer, it has boring and repetitive mechanics as well as being slow and graphically ugly.”
- “Gameplay is totally different from advertisement and screenshots.”
graphics
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20%
33%
47%
The graphics of the game have been widely criticized, with many users describing them as poor, outdated, and not reflective of the advertisements. Players report issues such as lag, lack of smoothness, and a general lack of visual appeal, leading to a consensus that the graphics significantly detract from the overall gaming experience. Overall, the game's visuals are considered one of its weakest aspects, contributing to negative reviews.
- “Ad shows interesting graphics.”
- “Graphics, story line and play options.”
- “Game was okay......... graphics was okay........ typical gameplay with nothing out of the ordinary..........”
- “Worst game and worst controls, story, and graphics suck. I will give this game a 0 star; just delete the game from the Play Store.”
- “I hate this game because it is not what I really saw in the ads and consumes a lot of storage. Some levels cannot even be passed, and mostly the graphics are so dull.”
- “The game is lousy and is not even similar to the trailer. It has boring and repetitive mechanics as well as being slow and graphically ugly.”
story
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
21%
29%
50%
The game's story has received overwhelmingly negative feedback, with many players finding it slow, tedious, and unengaging. Critics describe the storyline as overly long and filled with unnecessary dialogue, detracting from the gameplay experience. However, a few users noted that the story can become interesting as one progresses, suggesting a mixed reception overall.
- “Yeah, at first I was disappointed that it's not the game I saw in the ads, but as you play, you realize that there's a storyline behind it, and you'll find it more interesting.”
- “And it has an interesting storyline.”
- “Graphics, storyline, and play options.”
- “The characters are messy and the storyline is too long to read and be interesting.”
- “All I ever want to do is play these games as they are advertised without all this story garbage!”
- “It's very boring and has a dialogue storyline.”
grinding
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Reviews indicate that players are frustrated with the heavy emphasis on grinding activities such as farming and building, which they feel detracts from the game's advertised features. Many express disappointment, stating that the game resembles a farming simulator more than the action-oriented experience they expected based on promotional materials. Overall, the grinding aspect is seen as tedious and misaligned with the game's marketing.
- “Disappointing, was expecting something like the adverts, not some grinding town sim.”
- “Wrong advertisement, the real game is farming, not arcade/running.”
- “This is more a farming and a movie than a game.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The game's optimization has been widely criticized, with users reporting poor performance and inefficient coding. Many describe it as a collection of poorly executed mini-games that suffer from significant optimization issues, leading to a frustrating experience. Overall, the game's performance is deemed subpar, detracting from any potential enjoyment.
- “This game is just a collection of different mini-games, and they are poorly optimized.”
- “I installed it after seeing an ad, and it's a completely different, generic game with awful performance and even worse code.”
- “Horribly optimized in both size and performance.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game has been criticized for its instability, with users reporting frequent glitches, bugs, and random freezes, leading to a perception that it resembles an amateur game jam project. Performance issues persist even on higher-end devices, contributing to a frustrating experience.
- “The game is glitchy and buggy.”
- “Randomly freezes my device.”
- “The game feels like a game jam project by amateurs; it's buggy and slow even on an 8th generation Snapdragon.”
humor
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's advertising is noted for its wild and humorous content, eliciting genuine laughter from users. Additionally, the irony of the download size discrepancy adds to the comedic experience, as players find it amusing that they cannot download the game due to unexpected space requirements.
- “The ads for this game are absolutely wild, actually made me laugh at some of them.”
- “I can't even download the game, which is funny because it says it needs 117MB to download but then I get a free up space message saying that I need 600-700MB.”
music
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The music in the game is widely criticized as dull and unengaging, with many users describing it as poor-quality background noise rather than an enjoyable soundtrack.
- “This is dull and boring with bad noise passed off as background music.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the game to be quite wholesome and emotionally uplifting, especially after overcoming its initial challenges.
- “Once you get past the very beginning, you'll find it's a pretty wholesome game.”