Comparison

Galactic Colonies vs Occupy Mars

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head

Galactic Colonies

Build Your Colony!

Free

🎮 Games

★ 4.5297 ratingsView app →

Occupy Mars

Build your base on Mars!

Free

🎮 Games

No ratingsView app →

About

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.

Highlights

Procedurally generated universe exploration
Alien planet colonization
Technology research
Complex production pipelines
Colony ship upgrades
Diverse planet types

Features

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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?

About

Occupy Mars

Build and manage a thriving colony on Mars. Ensure survival by managing resources like water, oxygen, and power, while expanding your base and discovering new technologies. Share your creations with friends in this universe-spanning simulation.

Highlights

Build and upgrade your base
Grow crops on Mars
Manage water, oxygen, power, and food
Create fuel generators and connect infrastructure
Discover new regions and resources
Unlock new technologies

Features

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Build your Mars Colony, protect your city and share it with your friends! Occupy Mars: Colony Builder is a mobile game set in Occupy Mars Universe Game Features: Occupy Mars: Colony Builder: - Build and upgrade your base. - Build greenhouses and grow crops on the Red Planet. - Make sure that there is enough water, oxygen, power, and food to survive. - Create fuel generators, oxygen tanks, connect pipes and cables - Discover new regions with valuable resources. - Unlock new technologies.

Screenshots

Galactic Colonies4 screens

Occupy Mars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Galactic Colonies at 70% against Occupy Mars's 13%. Occupy Mars's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Galactic Colonies sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Occupy Mars sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Occupy Mars every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level

Galactic Colonies versus Occupy Mars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter	Galactic Colonies	Occupy Mars
Price	Free	Free
Rating	4.5 (297 ratings) — better	—
Positive reviews	69.8% of reviews — better	12.5% of reviews
Number of ratings	297 — better	—
Update frequency	Every 10 days — better	Every 2 weeks
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	13.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size	196 MB	173 MB
Age rating	4+	4+
Developer	MetalPop, LLC	PLAYWAY SPOLKA AKCYJNA

Customer experience

Galactic Colonies

All ratings297 ratings

Positive87.5%

Neutral7.1%

Negative5.4%

Written reviews126 reviews

Positive69.8%

Neutral14.3%

Negative15.9%

Occupy Mars

Written reviews24 reviews

Positive12.5%

Neutral8.3%

Negative79.2%

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

Occupy Mars

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Galactic Colonies

One-time11

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

5 purchases

Occupy Mars

One-time5

50 Mars Coins Pack$1.99
200 Mars Coins Pack$4.99
500 Mars Coins Pack$11.99

Show 2 more

Disable Ads$16.99
Special pack$21.99

Questions

Is Galactic Colonies free?

Galactic Colonies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Is Occupy Mars free?

Occupy Mars is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

Do Galactic Colonies or Occupy Mars have ads?

Galactic Colonies shows ads; Occupy Mars does not.

Which is updated more often, Galactic Colonies or Occupy Mars?

Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, and Occupy Mars every 2 weeks. Most recently, Galactic Colonies was updated on September 18, 2026 and Occupy Mars on September 19, 2026.