Colony Setup vs Empire's Order
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colony Setup
This app helps board game players create randomized setups for variable cards. Customize card appearance frequency, from "Always On" to "Always Off", to tailor your game experience. It also includes options for card type balance and conditional defense card availability.
- Customizable randomized setups
- Adjust card appearance frequency
- Exclude disliked cards
- Ensure specific cards appear
- Balance card types
- Conditional defense card logic
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The Colony Setup app is designed to be used with the boardgame "Colony" from Bezier Games, Inc. It provides customizable randomized setups of all variable cards in the game. If there's a card you don't like, set it to "Unlikely" and it won't show up all that often. Despise a card? Set it to "Always Off" and it will never show up. Want to always see a card in your random setups? Set it to "Always On". There are a number of other options as well, including the ability to always have one of each type of card, and to ensure that defense cards are only present if there are attack cards available.
Empire's Order
Embark on a sci-fi adventure on a distant planet, mining precious ore for the Empire. Build your deck, research technologies, and manage agents in this challenging rogue-lite incremental deck-building experience.
- Deck-building mechanics
- Technology research
- Equipment upgrades
- Player trading
- Agent operations
- Rogue-lite gameplay
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Empire's Order is a unique sci-fi game that takes players on a journey on a distant planet in the galaxy where a precious ore is waiting to be mined. As the chosen one, it is up to you to settle on the planet, extract the ore, and deliver it to the Empire in a timely manner. Players will have the ability to build their own deck, research new technologies, upgrade their equipment, trade with other players, and run operations with their agents. With a variety of gameplay options and the use of all means necessary to deliver the ore, Empire's Order offers an engaging and challenging rogue-lite incremental deck-building experience. The game features 42 different cards, 37 different buildings, 33 events, and 84 achievements, as well as a variety of events, perks, and specializations to keep players engaged and challenged.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Colony Setup at Free against Empire's Order's $3.99. Colony Setup also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Empire's Order's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 113 months) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Colony Setup is free to download; Empire's Order costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Empire's Order holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Colony Setup's written reviews are positive against 67% of Empire's Order's.
Colony Setup ships an update every 113 months, Empire's Order fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colony Setup | Empire's Order |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.2 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 113 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #174 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 136 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Bezier Games, Inc. | YOAN LE CLANCHE |
Customer experience
Colony Setup
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In-app purchases
Colony Setup
No in-app purchases
Empire's Order
No in-app purchases
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