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2024 Ranked #1,059

Survive The Island

A lively escape from a collapsing island where every raft is contested and every creature can overturn the best route home.

Family Games Adventure Nautical Dice Rolling Map Reduction

Players

2-5

Play time

45 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.48/5

Rating

7.44

Easier to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 4.1/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.0/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.1/5

Luck-sensitive

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 12 min
Recommended edition Survive The Island – Zygomatic / Asmodee English edition (2024)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Rescue your adventurers from a sinking island while sharks, sea serpents, and a roaming kaiju turn every escape route into a gamble.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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A treasure island is collapsing one hex at a time, and every adventurer carries a secret value. Spend action points to move explorers and rafts toward safety, remove an island tile, resolve its immediate or saved effect, then roll for the creatures roaming the sea. Whales capsize boats, sharks hunt swimmers, and sea serpents threaten almost everything, so helping yourself often means redirecting danger toward a rival. When the volcano ends the escape, the player whose rescued adventurers carry the most treasure wins.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Survive The Island – Zygomatic / Asmodee English edition (2024) 2024 English Zygomatic / Asmodee / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (25)

Play and group

Players
2–5
Play time
45 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 12 min Source
Teardown time
About 8 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; every island escape is standalone. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Hidden adventurer values and the evolving creature map make rescue priorities tactical. Source
Recommended edition
Survive The Island – Zygomatic / Asmodee English edition (2024) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Box weight
900 g Source
Box dimensions
27.5 × 27.5 × 6.0 cm Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Zygomatic English Retail Edition. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Julian Courtland-Smith

Artists

4
Cloé Dessolain Stéphane Gantiez Mr. Cuddington Umeshu Lovers

Publishers

1
Zygomatic

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