iOS (iPhone/iPad) User Reviews

Survival games are, admittedly, a dime a dozen (except on the app store, where they're generally 99 cents a pop), and Stranded (or SWAP as it goes by), is a familiar scene: a space guy ends up stranded on a desert island in the middle of some ocean. Does SWAP stand out? Well, on the plus side, the game does have good graphics, an impressive collection of items that can be crafted, and it's very much a sandbox game (complete with the sand). While there's an overall objective, rescue, it's up to you to set your own priorities and handle staying hydrated, fed, and not dead. Unfortunately, that's it for the plus list. The biggest problem, the real problem, with SWAP is that it's not finished. While you can craft a huge menu of different survival tools, most of them don't do anything. You can build a shelter, but it does nothing. You can build a water catcher, but you can't get water from it. With the exception of a campfire a hunting tools, nothing you build has an **** that's really all that needs to be said. It's a 5 to Stranded Without a Phone, which realistically should be renamed "Stranded in an Unfinished Game."