System Lords vs Idle Space Industry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
System Lords
Engage in a unique galactic strategy game where you rule planets as a god. Explore a vast network of planets, utilize unique gate addresses, and command fleets or armies to expand your dominion. Form alliances, strategize battles, and communicate with fellow players in this immersive experience.
- Strategic planet ruling
- Galactic gate network exploration
- Ship and army combat
- Alliance creation and management
- In-game chat and messaging
- Integrated game guide
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System Lords is a Stargate SG-1 inspired online strategy game set in a massive living galaxy filled with Stargates, planets, ships, war, civilizations, and adventure. This is not just a flat map. System Lords takes place inside a real spiral galaxy that slowly expands over time, revealing new stars, new planets, and new opportunities for conquest. As the galaxy grows, so does the fight for power. Every planet has its own unique gate address. Use ships to travel across space, or strike through the massive gate network that connects planet after planet. Build your empire, command your worlds, expand your reach, and decide how you want to rule. Choose from 8 playable races: Goa’uld, Asgard, Tau’ri, Serrakin, Furling, Renegade, Oranian, and Ohne. Shape your empire further with 8 unique personalities: Merchant, Conqueror, Tactician, Scientist, Navigator, Infiltrator, Architect, and Psychopath. Your race and personality help define how you build, fight, expand, and survive. Interact with over 20 different civilizations as you explore, conquer, trade, raid, and fight for control. Every civilization adds more life, conflict, and opportunity to the galaxy around you. Research and learn advanced technologies to strengthen your empire. Improve your planets, unlock new advantages, enhance your military, boost your economy, and push your civilization beyond its limits. The right technology can change the outcome of a war before the first attack is launched. Develop your planets, gather resources, build defenses, raise armies, launch attacks, and prepare for enemies who are doing the same. A strong empire is built by planning, timing, power, and the will to dominate. System Lords has no pay wall and no building timers holding back your empire. Your progress is driven by strategy, activity, planning, alliances, war, and the choices you make as a ruler. This is not a simple tap-and-wait game. System Lords is built around deep strategy, long-term planning, and the freedom to play your way. Grow your planets, strengthen your economy, build your military, explore new worlds, join alliances, make enemies, betray rivals, raid planets, and fight for control of the galaxy. Join powerful alliances, or stand alone as a feared ruler. Make friends, make enemies, break trust, defend your worlds, and strike when your rivals least expect it. In System Lords, diplomacy can be as dangerous as war. System Lords is designed around one core idea: You are a GOD, and no one should rule over you. Take on that personality when you play. Command your people. Control your planets. Expand your power. Destroy those who threaten your rule. Every planet under your command is part of your empire, and every enemy is another obstacle between you and total domination. Choose your race. Choose your personality. Choose your strategy. Choose your allies. Choose your enemies. Choose how far you are willing to go. Enter the gate network. Claim your worlds. Build your empire. Become the System Lord you were meant to be.
Idle Space Industry
Build an intergalactic mining empire by establishing trade routes, gathering resources, and researching advancements. Conquer space, manage your fleet, and exploit new planets to become the ultimate space tycoon. Contribute to a shared Galactic Tithe for bonuses and upgrades.
- Establish trade routes
- Gather and manage resources
- Craft and research advancements
- Build and upgrade mothership
- Discover and exploit new planets
- Contribute to Galactic Tithe
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Make trade routes, gather resources, craft and research! Conquer space & get rich with your intergalactic mining empire! Use strategy to decide which planets to develop, which ships to build and where to deploy them, and which advancements to research. Spend resources to unlock upgrades, build up your mothership, and discover new planets to exploit. Contribute resources to the Galactic Tithe and help all players earn bonuses! Earn credits for your contributions and spend those on powerful upgrades, or exchange credits for even more resources! Build, expand and dominate as the best space miner in the universe. Be the space tycoon you always knew you could be.
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Verdict
System Lords and Idle Space Industry both sit at 4.1 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of System Lords's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Space Industry's. Idle Space Industry's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. System Lords sells 25 one-off in-app purchases and Idle Space Industry sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for System Lords against 4.3 for Idle Space Industry. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 35 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of System Lords's written reviews are positive against 33% of Idle Space Industry's.
System Lords ships an update every 2 days, Idle Space Industry every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | System Lords | Idle Space Industry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (35 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 3 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 652 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | John Steuber | WaffleStack Studio LLC |
Customer experience
System Lords
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In-app purchases
System Lords
- Protection$4.99
- Destroy Buildings$4.99
- Naqahdah Lovers$4.99
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- Little Booster$4.99
- Abandon Location$4.99
- Naqahdah 5$4.99
- Character Change$9.99
- Naqahdah 10$9.99
- Premium$9.99
- Endurance$9.99
- Operativeness$9.99
- Builders Pack$9.99
- Weekly Booster$14.99
- Soldiers Production Boost$14.99
- Birth Rate Boost$14.99
- Resources Production Boost$14.99
- Naqahdah Production Boost$19.99
- Super Booster$19.99
- Mega Booster$39.99
- Holiday Sale$39.99
- Naqahdah 80$79.99
- Liquid Heavy Naqahdah 80$79.99
- Naqahdah Cravers$79.99
- Resource Collection$79.99
- Elite Supporter$99.99
Idle Space Industry
- Starter Pack$7.99
- 500 Gems$9.99
- Starter Pack$9.99
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- Remove All Ads$9.99
- Get 225 Gems$9.99
- 800 Gems$14.99
- Pro Pack$14.99
- New Player Sale$14.99
- 500 Gems$14.99
- 1400 Gems$19.99
- Pro Pack$19.99
- 800 Gems$19.99
- 1400 Gems$29.99
- 3000 Gems$49.99
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