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Frost World: Comprehensive Review of Estoty Vilnius' Survival Game

by Estoty Vilnius

4.2
ANDROIDRole Playing Games
Frost World delivers an immersive survival experience set in a frozen post-apocalyptic world. Players scavenge resources, craft tools, and build shelters while managing dwindling supplies. Targets survival game enthusiasts seeking strategic resource management challenges.

Detailed Review

Frost World presents a compelling survival simulation set in a permanently frozen post-apocalyptic landscape where players must navigate treacherous conditions from a base established in an abandoned gas station. Developed by Estoty Vilnius, the game occupies a competitive space within the mobile survival genre, distinguishing itself through its persistent winter theme and resource scarcity mechanics. The core gameplay revolves around three interconnected systems: resource gathering through environmental scavenging, crafting weapons and tools using collected materials, and base building through camp expansion. Players must balance immediate survival needs like food and warmth against long-term progression goals such as radio upgrades and trap construction. The crafting system requires strategic planning as higher-tier items demand rare components like tool boxes, creating deliberate progression gates that extend gameplay duration. User interface design employs minimalist snow-themed aesthetics with intuitive icon-based navigation, though some menu structures require multiple taps for basic actions. Real-world usage patterns show players engaging in short sessions for resource collection followed by extended waiting periods for crafting completion, creating a stop-start rhythm that some users find disruptive to immersion. The game's difficulty curve escalates appropriately through environmental hazards and resource scarcity, though progression bottlenecks occasionally emerge around specific item requirements. User feedback reveals consistent patterns regarding both satisfaction and frustration. Multiple reviewers from June-July 2025 praise the core gameplay while criticizing technical issues; Jamie Richardson (June 26, 2025) noted problematic auto-ads that force application restarts, while Emma Dunbroch (June 27, 2025) highlighted progression confusion regarding tool box acquisition. The most frequent criticism centers on advertising implementation, with Katie K (August 5, 2025) reporting that ads disrupt gameplay at critical moments unless players purchase the $8.99 ad removal option. Crafting wait times emerged as another common concern, with Mnealia (July 1, 2025) describing 40-minute waits as "immersion breaking." Frost World demonstrates strengths in atmospheric world-building and meaningful survival mechanics, though its experience is significantly compromised by aggressive monetization and waiting mechanics. The game succeeds most effectively for players willing to purchase ad removal and those who appreciate incremental progression systems. While the core survival loop provides genuine engagement, technical issues and progression opacity prevent it from reaching its full potential within the genre.

Key Features

  • Environmental scavenging system requiring strategic exploration of snow-covered ruins for limited resources
  • Multi-tier crafting mechanics producing weapons, traps, and shelter components from gathered materials
  • Base building progression transforming abandoned gas station into fortified survival headquarters
  • Resource management system tracking food, fuel, and warmth levels with real-time depletion
  • Survivor recruitment mechanic adding NPC companions with specialized abilities and needs
  • Radio communication system providing narrative progression and mission objectives through upgradeable equipment

Why Users Love It

Immersive atmospheric design
Strategic resource management

Perfect for: Survival genre enthusiasts preferring methodical progression systems

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Ranking History

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Current Rank

#20

4 from last week

Best Rank

#8

All-time high

Average Rank

#15

30-day average

User Reviews

Jo Griffin
Jul 5, 2025

excellent game highly reccommend however please creators can you continue with the game because firstly amazing game but you dont make us players aware of a comming soon upgrade so i have currently finished the game

Emma Dunbroch
Jun 27, 2025

I love this game, adds we're annoying, definitely worth paying to get rid lol I'm a bit stuck at the moment as only thing I can upgrade is the radio , its at level 4 and I need 10 tool boxes, I have 4 and don't know how to get more. hope someone can help

Michael Myers
Jul 4, 2025

I so dig this game and the story line. And gameplay is fantastic. All can be accomplished with patience. Been playing for awhile now.

Shodmehr Karimov
Sep 7, 2025

It is masterpiece, if you are apocalyptic fan and want to enjoy your time In some kinda good game, this is must play game

Brent J
Sep 6, 2025

my review is more like a complaint every single time I tried to load the app and it froze right in front of me and I only want to see is a black screen and it's not loading up I tried several times try to read open the app and it's taking more than about 10 minutes before it loads up and it's doing this every single time I'm doing it that's the second time I had to download the app so I can play the game but it is freezing up every single time when I go and try to play something in the game.

App Details

Developer

Estoty Vilnius

Platform

android

Rating

4.2

Last Updated

10/7/2025