Ikimono Hakoniwa
Kazuyuki Kikugawa Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Ikimono Hakoniwa is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Kazuyuki Kikugawa. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 23, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 32 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 23
- 2026 · v2.2.0
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About Ikimono Hakoniwa
Ikimono Hakoniwa is a tiny ecosystem you can watch. Plant grass, place a few animals, and the food chain takes over: they graze, hunt, flee, breed and decline on their own. - Just watch No goals to hit. Place rabbits, buffalo, foxes, wolves and crocodiles, then follow the ups and downs on the population graph. Change the speed, toggle day and night, and tune how fast each group breeds. "Place in bulk" in Settings drops 5 or 10 animals at once, drops piles of grass, or fills the map with grass. Your Just watch world autosaves, so it is still there when you reopen the app. (Free version: 30 minutes per day; Place in bulk: 5 tries per day.) - Explore a bigger world Use Map size in Settings to make the free-mode map 1, 2 or 3 screens wide. Pinch to zoom, and use the Move tool or a two-finger drag to look around. Tap the minimap in the lower left to jump straight to a distant herd. The bigger the map, the more creatures it can hold. Groves near the water, rocky ground and raised plateaus (on Huge) shape the land, and thirsty animals drink at the water's edge. - Challenges (18 stages) Goal-based stages such as growing 40 rabbits, keeping foxes alive under wolf attack, or helping a crocodile ambush its prey. You have limited placements and time. Clear fast and with few moves to earn all 3 stars. (Free version: stages 1-6.) - Field Guide Read about each creature and terrain, compare speed, swimming and vision, and explore the food chain diagram. Your own observation records are kept too. Unlock 20 discoveries, like a buffalo herd driving off a wolf. - Observe tool Tap any animal to see its age, hunger and what it is doing right now. Tap "Follow" to zoom in and track that one animal. (Free version: 3 times per day.) - 3 save slots Keep up to three of your favorite worlds, each with a thumbnail. (Free version: 1 slot.) - Free and Full Version The free version includes Just watch mode (30 minutes per day), Challenge stages 1-6, the Field Guide, the Observe tool and 1 save slot. The Full Version is a one-time purchase (not a subscription) that removes the daily time limit and unlocks all 18 Challenge stages, 3 save slots, unlimited follow camera and Place in bulk, and lets you change the population cap of each species. Buy it from the Full Version item in the menu; use Restore Purchase when you change devices. - The creatures Rabbit: the weakest, but breeds fast and swims well Buffalo: herds drive predators away Fox: a small hunter that flees from wolves and herds Wolf: the strongest, but slow in water Crocodile: hides in ponds and rivers, waiting to ambush Simple controls: just tap, plus pinch to zoom. The game works fully offline with no ads (the network is used only for the Full Version purchase). Available in English and Japanese.
What’s new
Version 2.2.0 · Updated October 23, 2026
Richer terrain and movement - Just watch mode now autosaves. Your world is still there after you close the app or come back from a Challenge. (The title screen's "Continue" button is now called "Saved worlds".) - The map now has groves and rocky ground. Groves give herbivores cover; on rocky ground herbivores slow down while foxes and wolves speed up. - On the Huge map size you will find raised plateaus. Animals visibly climb the slopes, and from the top they see much farther. - Animals now drink. When thirsty they head to the shore and lower their heads to the water (a crocodile may be watching). Animals that see a crocodile hunt avoid that shore for a while. - Water has shallows and deep parts. Foxes and wolves give up on prey that flees across deep water and wait on the shore. - Ponds and rivers look more natural: slightly irregular ponds, and rivers with wide and narrow stretches. - "Place in bulk" x5 and x10 now work for grass too: tap for a big patch, or drag for a wide brush. - Added "News & dev notes (website)" to the menu (top right). Improvements - Reset and New map now take two taps, so a slip of the finger does not erase your world. - The population graph now uses a vertical scale that makes the ups and downs easier to see. - Trees are drawn larger and rocks no longer have moss.
App privacy
The developer, Kazuyuki Kikugawa, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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