# Galactic Colonies — user reviews > 126 indexed App Store user reviews of Galactic Colonies by MetalPop, LLC, rated 4.50/5 from 297 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/galactic-colonies/id1240422237/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/galactic-colonies/id1240422237.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 202 · 4★ 58 · 3★ 21 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Galactic Colonies? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Highly addictive and engaging - 👍 Accessible for blind and visually impaired users - 🎨 Great graphics and sound design **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches, especially with accessibility features - 🔁 Repetitive and lacking variety in gameplay - 💰 Unsustainable monetization model **Commonly reported bugs** - Research projects getting stuck or going infinite - Inability to connect buildings properly - Inconsistent behavior of video rewards - Crashes when trying to watch ads **Most requested features** - Ability to relocate or remove buildings - More varied mission objectives and planet types - Improved navigation and map UI for accessibility - Offline mode with background resource production ## Newest reviews (19 of 126) ### 4/5 — Accessibility *2026-01-14, version 1.6* Accessibility is pretty great, however I did find an issue where, in the research lab, it says I have completed 105/111 projects, but when I try to go find the uncompleted ones, they all show up as completed. However, when I had a sited person help me out, they found the ones that haven’t been completed yet. Additionally, I activated the skill that should allow me to complete exploration and construction using energy cells, but I cannot find how to use that skill. I also just found out that when accessibility is off, you have the ability to destroy any accidentally created buildings by long pressing on them for a few seconds, but you cannot do that with the accessibility turned on. I’d like this feature to be available for us blind users as well. ### 4/5 — Accessibility *2026-01-01, version 1.6* Accessibility is pretty great, however I did find an issue where, in the research lab, it says I have completed 105/111 projects, but when I try to go find the uncompleted ones, they all show up as completed. However, when I had a sited person help me out, they found the ones that haven’t been completed yet. Additionally, I activated the skill that should allow me to complete exploration and construction using energy cells, but I cannot find how to use that skill. ### 4/5 — Accessibility *2025-11-30, version 1.6* It’s a pretty great game, and the accessibility mode works well. The newest update, however, seems to have broken the compatibility with voiceover’s direct touch feature, but other than that, it is pretty stable. ### 4/5 — Хотелось быулучшений *2025-06-15, version 1.34* Здравствуйте уважаемые разработчики захожу в магазин Imre за просмотр раньше давали пять энерго ячеек за просмотр рекламы сейчас такого нет написано там нет таких объявлений исправьте пожалуйста если это возможно ### 4/5 — Almost Perfect *2024-06-25, version 1.34* I love this game, it's so clever and fun and I don't get board playing it. That being said, there is a major accessibility flaw that makes the game significantly more annoying. For some reason, the colony map does not stay consistent and it is all in one straight line so it's impossible to tell what regions or buildings are actually next to each other because they keep moving around and they're not listed in a grid. This wouldn't be a big deal except the game makes it a big deal because if you put a living too close to an industrial building like a resource collector or a factory lowers the number of colonists that can be in your headquarters. I kept this in mind and I put my gas collector very far away from my headquarter only to discover that oops apparently it was right next to it, I could tell. That being said I'm pretty sure this game has been abandoned though, but if anyone ever picks it back up, I would love more opportunities to earn energy cells as well! But again, probably gonna keep playing this game and I love it just some minor suggestions that would help the game immensely improve if anyone actually cares. ### 2/5 — Ein sehr schönes Spiel,aber *2024-04-12, version 1.34* Ich bin Vollblind und auf Voice over angewiesen. Im Spiel ist es leider nicht möglich neue Gebiete am Rand der Karte zu erforschen. Deswegen nur zwei Sterne. ### 3/5 — loot box *2024-03-14, version 1.34* level 10 bogs 2 and beyond. ### 3/5 — Not recommended for voiceover users *2024-01-14* third mission after crystals are found game lies when extractors cannot be built since no crystals are in either area. if not enough cash is on hand yet and aI was told that I would not have abandoned the planet and deleted the game. all game developers should regularly track their delete counts since high delete counts point at quality problems of one sort or another . ### 4/5 — Vraiment chouette. *2023-11-30, version 1.34* Jeu vraiment sympa, avec ce qu'il faut de musique et de sons sans qu'ils soient envahissant. Encore quelques bugs avec voiceover, mais dans l'ensemble, c'est très accessible. Il me semble aussi que la configuration des planètes change si on a le malheur de valider une recherche pendant une mission, mais je ne suis pas tout à fait certain de ce que j'avance⋯ ### 3/5 — Connecter avec Facebook *2023-11-21, version 1.34* Bonjour, ce jeu est super. Pourriez-vous faire en sorte qu’on puisse connecter le jeu à Facebook pour pouvoir avoir un classement entre amis et pouvoir se partager des petits cadeaux quotidien comme dans tous les jeux semblants. Merci par avance. ### 3/5 — Not recommended for voiceover users *2023-08-25* Voiceover cannot tell players about adjacent buildings and on second mission an error is forced on voiceover users with industrial building being next to living quarters. No warnings are given so a player can cancel a building either. I’m done with this game for that reason until this problem really gets fixed and will read the blind gaming lists to learn of the fix if it ever happens. ### 2/5 — Past level three *2023-06-29, version 1.34* I love this game, but I’ve uninstalled it and reinstalled it a bunch of times. Closed out of it and come back but I can’t seem to get past level three. The mission I get does not lineup with the resources that are only available in that planet. For example: if I need computer parts, and they need crystals, crystals are not available in the planet. Therefore, I cannot addVance. Please fix this but overall I love the game. I’d love to continue to play this. ### 3/5 — First sell 25 computer parts mission bug3 stars for being accessible and this bug. *2023-02-16, version 1.34* Crystal extractor cannot connect to warehouse for storing crystals so computer parts cannot be manufactured. ### 4/5 — Good game *2023-02-14, version 1.34* This is a good game, but I am encountering a bug where the factory is saying not connected to other valid buildings please fix asap ### 5/5 — A few accessibility issues and recommendations *2023-02-04, version 1.34* I love this game, but the biggest issue I have is understanding how the colony map layout works because it’s very confusing and unclear to me. I have next to no eye sight and have to use VoiceOver no matter what. I know from reading the “How To Play” manual in the settings menu says in each colony you build the colony’s base will always be in the center of the colony, but I don’t know if the colony map is supposed to be a sort of grid view or if it’s all linear and you just swipe left and right to get to each region. I don’t mind that but only being able to navigate the colony map by swiping left, and right alone isn’t enough or makes much sense because without some type of system, that tells you what the coordinates are of each region on the map and there’s no way to know, keep track and understand how the voiceover cursor is actually moving around on the colony map or if it’s moving adjacently with each swipe or not which is very annoying to me. If the colony map is suppose to be a grid like structure, but if so then, you should be able to swipe left, right, up and down with one finger to navigate to every adjacent region, not just left and right or horizontally, but vertically too and I wish that the developers could program the game in a way that when you swipe to a adjacent region, it announces what column and row the VoiceOver cursor is in on the colony map, followed by if it’s an empty region, unexplored empty region, unexplored empty region with ore, crystal and or gas deposit or any other kind of deposit region for mining or if that region is an unexplored lake, ocean, mountain or any other kind of geographical feature. Single tapping with two fingers can tell you how much cash and energy cells you currently have and what boosters are active (if any are active) triple tapping with two fingers can tell you how many colonist you have + how many are unemployed and the rate of income, swiping up with three fingers will return you to the space map, swiping down with three fingers, can open the mission status menu, swiping left with three fingers can open your inventory and swiping right with three fingers can open the Settings menu. I think if more voiceover gestures can be utilized like this and if each region in the colony map can be labeled with some type of coordinates system then, this game would be amazing despite the video booster and reward bug. ### 5/5 — Great game *2023-01-02, version 1.34* Love it ### 3/5 — Add issues *2022-11-11, version 1.34* so game is ok. however the last 2 days every time i watch an add to recieve the free 5 energy cells it glitchs and freezes up the game and wont give me my cells. i have the latest update. so i figure it only lets me have 100 energy cells for free. if that is the case then why not say that. if that is not the case then something is wrong with the game and needs fixed. ### 5/5 — Accesibilidad y otras cuestiones. *2022-10-20, version 1.34* Es un juego interesante, pero la verdad, para encontrar un edificio con Voiceover tienes que andar un rato con el dedo. Si tratas deslizar el dedo en horizontal o vertical para buscarlos en forma de lista, se queda pillado y tienes que darle más rápido, a ver si así avanza. La respuesta de los botones es lenta y a veces como pasas el dedo tan rápido, te selecciona algo éue no quieres. Cuando me descargué el guego, no podía entrar ni a WhatsApp ni a internet. Me iba lo que era entrar en las aplicaciones, pero no hacer nada en ellas. Así que lo eliminé. ### 5/5 — What happened? *2022-09-18, version 1.34* I loved the game but it crashed for some reason. A green square popped up on the screen and I could no longer click on the tabs to double or even proceed into the game. I tried leaving and coming back. To no avail. I just had to delete it all together and see if rebooting helps. Great format overall, although I would prefer more abilities to upgrade buildings with cash versus needing a specific box to do so. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New version not accessible for blind users *2025-11-22, version 1.6* This game used to be fun, but it’s no longer accessible for blind people. The new version that just came out on November 21, is not playable. ### 1/5 — Unplayable currently *2022-05-16, version 1.34* Self-explanatory title, app crashes on startup since most reset update. ### 1/5 — Ads to play even after spending 15$? *2021-11-18, version 1.34* After spending $15, the game still requires you to watch ads, no way to play an ad-less game. ### 1/5 — Leider nach dem Update nicht mehr wirklich spielbar *2021-08-07, version 1.31* Nach dem letzten Update sind die Timer leider scheinbar kaputt gegangen weshalb das Spiel aktuell fast unspielbar ist. Booster werden sobald man das Spiel verlässt einfach abgebrochen, Forschungen laufen nicht weiter etc. ich hoffe das Ganze wird schnell gefixt, da das Spiel ansonsten sehr großen Spaß macht. ### 1/5 — On s’ennui *2021-03-28, version 1.28* Il n y a aucun challenge autre que de cumuler des récompenses et de niveau aprèsiveau augmenter légèrement la difficulté... BORING Jeux a click de pub. Sert à rien. Le concept était bon pourtant ### 1/5 — Good game. Bad app behavior *2021-03-09, version 1.28* I started playin this game and was enjoying it actually. Then randomly one day I noticed that whenever I opened the app I got a notification that it was reading from my iPhone clipboard. Why does this game need to read my clipboard when I’m not doing a ‘paste’ function? This is really shady and this kind of stuff needs to get banned. I don’t know why Apple would even allow an app to read from the clipboard without me explicitly pasting something. Great game, really shady developers. ### 1/5 — Inaccesible con voiceover. *2020-03-17, version 1.13* Una pena que este juego no sea accesible para usuarios de voiceover. Me había entusiasmado con la temática y los sonidos pero el soporte para la accesibilidad es nulo. Espero esto pueda cambiar con el tiempo. ### 1/5 — No Accessibility *2020-01-26, version 1.13* I loved your previous Crafting Kingdom game... but why have you stopped making your games accessible with Voiceover? There is absolutely no accessibility in this game, and I'm very disappointed because of how great the last game was!!! Please, please make this accessible, then I might increase my rating, but for now I'm very very disappointed in this game. Update: It has been months since I left this review. Came back and downloaded the game again and still, no accessibility. I'm very disappointed. The developers promised months ago that blind people would be able to play this game. Why can't we even though it's January and that promise was made in July? ### 1/5 — game is still not accessible *2019-11-09, version 1.13* it's been a long time since the game was released and it is still not accessible ### 1/5 — Idioma español? *2019-06-20, version 1.02* Buenas me he bajado el juego, pero mi sorpresa a sido cuando he ido a cambiar el idioma y solo me ha dejado elegir entre ingles y alemán. Espero que en la próxima actualización añadan el español, cuando lo añadan les daré las 5 estrellas ya que los graficos están bastante bien y la jugabilidad es buena. Espero que estos comentarios se los tomen en serio. Saludos ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Urgent updates to the accessibility for this game *2026-06-30, version 1.6* Subject: Urgent Feature Request: VoiceOver Compatibility Updates for Galactic Colonies Dear Metal Pop Team, I hope this message finds you well. First and foremost, thank you for your incredible work on **Galactic Colonies**. It is a fantastic game with immense potential. I am reaching out to you today with an urgent request regarding accessibility, specifically concerning **VoiceOver (screen reader) compatibility** for visually impaired players. Currently, the game's interface presents significant barriers for players who rely on text-to-speech technology. To make Galactic Colonies fully accessible and inclusive, we urgently request the integration of the following updates: ### 1. Accessible UI Elements & Labeling * **Button Labeling:** Ensure all graphical buttons, icons, and interactive elements have clear, descriptive text labels embedded in the code (e.g., instead of a screen reader saying *"Button,"* it should say *"Build Colony Button"* or *"Resource Market"*). * **Dynamic Text Support:** Ensure that menus, resource counters, and colony stats can be read sequentially by assistive technologies. ### 2. Streamlined Navigation * **Focus Order:** Implement a logical swipe/navigation order so that VoiceOver users can navigate through menus, pop-ups, and upgrading systems seamlessly from top to bottom, left to right. * **Pop-up Alerts:** When a prompt or a new event window appears on the screen, the VoiceOver focus should automatically shift to that pop-up so the player knows an action is required. ### 3. Audio & Haptic Feedback * **Text-to-Speech Summaries:** Provide short, spoken summaries for major text blocks, such as mission briefings, planetary descriptions, or tutorial steps. * **Sound Cues:** Add distinct audio or haptic cues for successful actions (e.g., successful building placement, resource collection, or insufficient funds). Making these adjustments would not only open up Galactic Colonies to a deeply passionate and loyal community of gamers with visual impairments, but it would also set a high standard for accessibility in the strategy gaming genre. We love your game and want to ensure that everyone, regardless of their visual abilities, can experience the joy of building galactic empires. Thank you for your time, dedication, and consideration of this urgent matter. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on implementing these accessibility features. Warm regards, [Your Name] [Your Contact Information / Community Role] إليك صيغة رسالة احترافية، واضحة، ومؤثرة لإرسالها إلى مطور اللعبة عبر **Discord** أو **الموقع الإلكتروني**. تم إعدادها بأسلوب يجمع بين الإشادة باللعبة وتقديم المتطلبات التقنية الخاصة بإمكانية الوصول (Accessibility) والتعليق الصوتي (VoiceOver / Screen Readers) بشكل منظم ومقنع. ### خيار 1: صيغة مخصصة لموقع الويب (أو البريد الإلكتروني) *هذا الخيار مثالي للموقع الرسمي لأنه يتيح تنسيقاً رسمياً ومفصلاً.* **Subject:** Urgent Accessibility Improvement Request: Full Screen Reader / VoiceOver Support for Galactic Colonies Metal Pop Dear Developer, I hope this message finds you well. First of all, thank you for your hard work on **Galactic Colonies Metal Pop**. It is a fantastic concept with great potential. I am reaching out to you today to urgently request some critical accessibility updates that would make the game fully playable for visually impaired and blind gamers. Currently, the game lacks full compatibility with screen readers (like VoiceOver on iOS or TalkBack on Android). With a few adjustments, you can open up your game to an incredibly passionate and loyal community of players who love strategy and colony-building games but are often excluded due to interface barriers. Here are the urgent updates needed to achieve full accessibility: 1. **Unlabeled Buttons:** Ensure all graphical buttons, icons, and menus have text labels or descriptive traits embedded in the code so screen readers can announce their functions (e.g., "Build Button," "Resource Count"). 2. **Accessible Navigation:** Implement a clear swipe/navigation order so screen reader users can move logically through UI elements, pop-ups, and upgrading screens. 3. **Dynamic Text & Status Updates:** Ensure that changing values (such as resource production, colony status, and timers) are read aloud when focused or updated. 4. **Accessible Sliders/Sliders Control:** Make sure that adjusters for production or trading can be manipulated easily using standard accessibility gestures. Investing a little time into accessibility not only expands your player base significantly but also sets a wonderful standard in indie game development. Thank you so much for your time, dedication, and for considering this urgent request. I am more than happy to help test any beta builds or provide detailed feedback regarding accessibility if needed. Looking forward to your positive response. Best regards, [اسمك هنا - Your Name] ### خيار 2: صيغة مخصصة لتطبيق Discord *هذا الخيار أقصر قليلاً ومنسق باستخدام علامات الـ Markdown ليناسب القراءة السريعة على سيرفرات ديسكورد.* Hello **@Developer** (أو اكتب معرف المطور إذا كنت تعرفه), First, thank you for creating **Galactic Colonies Metal Pop**! It’s a great game. I’m reaching out to urgently request some critical updates regarding **Accessibility** to make the game fully compatible with **Screen Readers (VoiceOver/TalkBack)** for visually impaired players. Right now, the game is highly inaccessible due to some UI barriers. Here are the most urgent fixes needed: * **Labeling Elements:** All buttons, icons, and resource menus need proper text labels so screen readers can read them aloud instead of staying silent. * **UI Navigation:** Ensure a logical swipe/navigation flow through menus, upgrades, and pop-up screens. * **Live Updates:** Resource counters and timers should be accessible and read aloud when focused. The visually impaired gaming community loves deep strategy and colony-building games, and making these tweaks would open your game to a whole new, dedicated audience! Tha ### 5/5 — No issues *2026-05-29, version 1.6* It doesn’t compared with voiceover, but it has its own screen reader which is something I think it’s a pretty fun game and so does my friend we both enjoy the game ### 5/5 — Urgent updates to the accessibility for this game *2026-03-09, version 1.6* Hello Galactic Colonies Development Team, I hope you are doing well. I am writing to kindly request an **urgent accessibility update** for the game *Galactic Colonies*. Currently, the game is not fully compatible with **VoiceOver**, the screen reader used on **iOS** devices. This makes it very difficult for blind and visually impaired players to access and enjoy the game. I would greatly appreciate it if you could consider improving the game's accessibility by ensuring that all menus, buttons, and in-game elements are properly labeled and fully compatible with VoiceOver. Full VoiceOver support would allow many more players to experience and enjoy Galactic Colonies. Accessibility is very important, and adding proper support would make the game more inclusive for everyone. Thank you for your time and consideration, and I hope to see accessibility improvements in a future update. Best regards.إذا أردت، أستطيع أيضاً: - صياغة **رسالة أقوى وأكثر رسمية** للمطورين ✉️ - أو **إضافة تفاصيل تقنية عن VoiceOver** حتى يفهم المطور المشكلة بسرعة. ### 5/5 — Improve the accessibility for this game *2026-02-14, version 1.6* Greetings to the developer of the game galactic Colonies. We, the blind in various parts of the world, suffer from the game's incompatibility with the voiceover. Please update the game as soon as possible to become more compatible with the voiceover. Thank you very much. ### 5/5 — Improve the accessibility for this game *2026-01-19* All greetings and full respect to the developer of this game. I am blind and I have a big problem with the accessibility of this. They came doesn’t work correctly with voice over when I get started to play it please help us to make your improvements to this game and make it more easy and accessible with blind people, specially with VoiceOver thank you very much. We are very grateful for you. ### 5/5 — Juego entretenido *2025-12-27, version 1.6* Tiene ramas de desbloqueo Qe te matienen adentrado al juego. ### 5/5 — What an amazing and amusing game. *2023-12-22, version 1.34* What a cool and interesting game. I'm actually surprised that people in the reviews say that this is not as good as they hoped for. But to me, it's a very, very good game. You need to be able to manage your money correctly to be able to buy all the required things. And also, thank you very, very much for making this app accessible for visually impaired people. It is indeed, very much appreciated. Thank you for reading this, if you actually read it. Over all, an amazing and good game. ### 5/5 — Fun game but needs updated *2023-12-01, version 1.34* As I said, in the title, this game is fun, but it needs updated. In fact, it hasn’t been updated in two years. We’re on iOS 17 now, not iOS 15. I want to see this game continue, but it looks like it’s been abandoned. Please update the game. It’s fun to play, and it’s accessible to the blind. ### 5/5 — Bug *2023-10-01, version 1.34* Bonjours j’utilise galactique colonies avec voice over et je pense qu’il y a des soucis d’accessibilité car les colons descendent tout seul merci par avance de régler le soucis ### 5/5 — Needs the ability to go back and look at your colony *2023-07-11, version 1.34* The accessibility is great. However, a cool feature would be to go back and check on your colony. currently after a planet is colonized you can’t go back to it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-18.*