Galactic Colonies vs Mars Race
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Galactic Colonies
Explore a vast, procedurally generated galaxy and build thriving colonies on alien worlds. Manage resources, establish production lines, and research new technologies to expand your civilization. Discover diverse planets and ensure your colonists survive in challenging environments.
- Procedurally generated universe exploration
- Alien planet colonization
- Technology research
- Complex production pipelines
- Colony ship upgrades
- Diverse planet types
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Download the game for free and start exploring the galaxy! Galactic Colonies is a game about exploring space and building colonies. Explore a procedurally generated universe with thousands of planets. Every colony starts small. Start by providing housing and food for your colonists before you exploit a planet’s natural resources. Set up factories and create advanced high-tech products to make your colony grow even bigger. Discover tropical, desert and ice planets and help your colonists survive on harsh, alien worlds. FEATURES: - Explore a procedurally generated universe - Find and colonize alien planets - Research new powerful technologies - Set up complex production pipelines - Beautiful 3D graphics - Upgrade and improve your colony ship - Endless hours of fun. How far can you explore?
Mars Race
Build a Martian city by harvesting solar power and extracting water. Expand your territory by constructing drones to visit and compete with other players for resources, while defending your own colony.
- Martian city building
- Resource harvesting (solar power, water)
- Drone construction for exploration and combat
- Player versus player resource battles
- Territory occupation on Mars
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Occupy Mars. You will be assigned one of the nomenclature NASA locations and stake your ground on the red planet. Here you need to harvest solar power and extract water to build your Martian city. Speed up progress by building drones to visit other colonizers and fight for resources. And the same will be done onto you. The race is on!!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mars Race at none against Galactic Colonies's 10. Mars Race also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). Galactic Colonies's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (303 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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. Galactic Colonies sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Mars Race asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Galactic Colonies against 4.5 for Mars Race. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galactic Colonies has 303 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Galactic Colonies's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mars Race's.
Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Mars Race every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Galactic Colonies | Mars Race |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (303 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetalPop, LLC | aGame Company |
Customer experience
Galactic Colonies
Mars Race
Bugs and requests
Galactic Colonies
Reported bugs
4 issues- Research projects getting stuck or going infinite
- Inability to connect buildings properly
- Inconsistent behavior of video rewards
- Crashes when trying to watch ads
Requested features
4 requests- 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
Mars Race
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Galactic Colonies
- Small Pack Of Energy Cells$1.99
- Star Racer$1.99
- Welcome Bundle$1.99
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- Cold Steel$2.99
- Medium Pack Of Energy Cells$4.99
- Weekend Deal$4.99
- Doubled Planet Boost Time$4.99
- Colonizer's Bundle$7.99
- A Large Pack Of Energy Cells$9.99
- Huge Pack Of Energy Cells$19.99
Mars Race
No in-app purchases
