Galactic Colonies vs Galaxy Auto Miner
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?
Galaxy Auto Miner
Explore new galaxies and planets in this idle space game featuring 8-bit retro graphics. Resources are gathered automatically, even when you're offline. Upgrade planets, hire managers, and learn new skills to expand your universe.
- Automatic resource gathering
- Planet exploration and upgrades
- Manager hiring for increased productivity
- Offline play supported
- 8-bit retro graphics
- Skill progression
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Galaxy Idle Miner is one of the most interesting idle space games in the 8-bit retro graphics lately!The gameplay motivates you to explore new galaxies and planets, feel like a pioneer! You don't need to constantly click the planets to earn resources. You can stay idle and resources will be gathered even if you are away in auto mode. Upgrade old ones and discover new planets. Mine resources and develop planets to expand the possibilities of the visible universe.Hire managers to mine more resources and leave them to manage colonies, productivity will grow under their leadership. Learn new skills to accelerate the development of your expedition.FEATURES OF THE GAME： - Free mining game - No internet connection or Wi-Fi required - 8-bit retro graphics - More than 30 different planets and an infinite number of universes to mine more resources • Sounds of old/retro computers • Idle/Auto Mode • Mine resources even if you are away • Explore new galaxies Your feedback is greatly appreciated!stereo7games@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Galactic Colonies at 4.4 against Galaxy Auto Miner's 2.8. Galactic Colonies also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 31%) and ratings volume (303 vs 8). Galaxy Auto Miner's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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 Galaxy Auto Miner sells 10 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, 4.4 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Galactic Colonies has 303 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Galactic Colonies's written reviews are positive against 31% of Galaxy Auto Miner's.
Galactic Colonies ships an update every 10 days, Galaxy Auto Miner fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Galactic Colonies | Galaxy Auto Miner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (303 ratings) — better | 2.8 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better | 30.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MetalPop, LLC | Cantalooza Games LLC |
Customer experience
Galactic Colonies
Galaxy Auto Miner
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
Galaxy Auto Miner
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
Galaxy Auto Miner
- Space Cash$1.99
- Disable All Ads$4.99
- x2 Idle Forever$4.99
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- Space Cash$4.99
- Ship Speed x5$4.99
- Space Cash$9.99
- Epic Boost Bundle$9.99
- Space Cash$19.99
- Space Cash$79.99
- Space Cash$119.99
Questions
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