Comparison

Galactic Colonies vs Geometry War RTS

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

Head to head
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

Geometry War RTS

Features
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A whole realtime strategy game drawn in pencil and ink. Mine gold, train an army, and knock down the enemy base — the classic RTS loop, rebuilt for one hand and a phone screen. No menus full of currencies, no timers asking you to come back tomorrow. Just a map, a river, and someone on the other side trying to do to you what you are trying to do to them. BUILD Workers mine gold and put up your buildings. Barracks makes infantry and rocket soldiers, the factory makes tanks and lasers, the hangar makes aircraft. Houses raise your population, towers hold ground, and a second base near a rich mine pays for itself. FIGHT Tanks shell buildings and lob shells that splash. Rocket soldiers scatter fire over a crowd. Lasers charge for two seconds and then cut through anything at range. Aircraft ignore walls and water entirely. Send everything at once, or press and hold to pick one type. THE OPPONENT The computer player was trained, not scripted — thousands of games against itself, and against a copy of how the developer actually plays. It expands, researches, raids your miners, retreats when it is losing a fight, and comes back with more. Four difficulties from Easy to Brutal; Brutal is the same brain that never stops thinking. MODES • Skirmish — one map, one enemy, no mercy • Survival — hold off endless waves, and get your name on the world board • Multiplayer — share a five-letter code and play a friend anywhere Portrait. One hand. No ads, no purchases, no account needed.

Screenshots

Galactic Colonies4 screens
Geometry War RTS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Geometry War RTS at none against Galactic Colonies's 10. Geometry War RTS also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 10 one-off in-app purchases. Geometry War RTS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Galactic Colonies versus Geometry War RTS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGalactic ColoniesGeometry War RTS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (303 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings303 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB29 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperMetalPop, LLCPretty Motion LLC

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

Geometry War RTS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Galactic Colonies

One-time10
  • 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
None

Geometry War RTS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Galactic Colonies free?
Galactic Colonies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Geometry War RTS free?
Geometry War RTS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Galactic Colonies or Geometry War RTS have ads?
Galactic Colonies shows ads; Geometry War RTS does not.

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