Galactic Colonies vs Space Station Simulator
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?
Space Station Simulator
Command your own orbital station, managing resources, constructing new modules, and developing your fleet. Engage in peaceful resource extraction or aggressive interplanetary warfare against other players.
- Develop your space station
- Build a fleet of ships
- Participate in star wars
- Extract and recycle resources
- Plunder interplanetary caravans
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If you are dreaming of space from childhood, then our simulator of the space station you will surely like! At your disposal is a small orbital station with one robot, who is sad without any work and only from you depends its future. You as the captain will have to deal with its development, dumb personnel, the construction of new modules. In the game you can bet on peaceful coexistence, for example, on extracting resources and recycling it or you can act with fire and sword, plundering interplanetary caravans and other players! Features: Developing your own space station Participating in star wars with other players Fantastic flights into space. Building a huge fleet of ships
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Space Station Simulator at none against Galactic Colonies's shown. Space Station Simulator also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Galactic Colonies's advantage is review sentiment (70% vs 36%) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 11 one-off in-app purchases and Space Station Simulator sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Galactic Colonies holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 297 and 108 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Galactic Colonies's written reviews are positive against 36% of Space Station Simulator's.
Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Space Station Simulator every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Galactic Colonies | Space Station Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (297 ratings) — better | 4.3 (108 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better | 36.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 297 — better | 108 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetalPop, LLC | Appscraft |
Customer experience
Galactic Colonies
Space Station Simulator
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
Space Station Simulator
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
- Skyward$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
Space Station Simulator
- Skip Mission$0.99
- Photon Cannons$0.99
- Module overboost with discount$0.99
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- Rapid resource collection$0.99
- Add 5000 credits$1.99
- Greenhouse$1.99
- Photon Cannons$1.99
- Space warping$1.99
- Hyper Jump$1.99
- Rapid resource collection$1.99
- Add 10000 credits$2.99
- All Gadgets Special Offer$3.99
- Add 40.000 credits$7.99
- Add 57.000 credits$10.99
- Add 160.000 credits$14.99
Questions
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