Comparison

Roll for the Galaxy vs Viticulture

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

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About

Roll for the Galaxy

This digital adaptation of a popular board game lets you build a space empire by managing dice representing your populace. Direct your workers to develop technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods to create the most prosperous empire. Features a challenging neural network AI and multiplayer options.

Highlights
  • Dice-based space empire building
  • 2-5 player network multiplayer
  • Asynchronous and real-time multiplayer
  • Advanced neural network AI
  • Nine starting factions and worlds
  • Sixty developments and settlements
Features
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Following the launch of Race for the Galaxy, Temple Gates Games in association with Rio Grande Games brings the Roll for the Galaxy boardgame to digital life! Roll for the Galaxy is a dice game of building space empires for 2-5 players. Your dice represent your populace, whom you direct to develop new technologies, settle worlds, and ship goods. The player who best manages their workers and builds the most prosperous empire wins! This dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy, but with the the feel of the original game. Designed by Wei-Hwa Huang and Tom Lehmann, this dice version of Race for the Galaxy takes players on a new journey through the Galaxy. Keldon Jones, the developer behind the Race for the Galaxy AI, is at it again with Roll for the Galaxy. This game will feature a new neural network AI that will challenge even the most advanced players. Features - 2 - 5 player with network multiplayer - Asynchronous and real-time multiplayer modes - Advanced neural network AI by Keldon Jones - Nine starting factions, nine starting worlds - Sixty developments and settlements[/list]

About

Viticulture

Manage a vineyard in pre-modern Tuscany, allocating workers and visitors to tasks across seasons. Expand your estate, plant vines, and fulfill wine orders to become the top winery owner. Enjoy single-player or multiplayer modes with global competition.

Highlights
  • Worker and visitor allocation
  • Seasonal tasks
  • Vineyard expansion
  • Wine order fulfillment
  • Single-player vs AI
  • Online multiplayer
  • Asynchronous gameplay
Features
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You find yourself in rustic, pre-modern Tuscany, where you’ve inherited a meager vineyard. You own a few plots of land, an old crush pad, a tiny cellar, 3 workers…and the dream of owning the best winery in Italy. Your job is to allocate your workers and helpful visitors to complete various tasks throughout the year. Each season is different on a vineyard, so the workers have different tasks they can take care of in the summer and winter. There’s competition over those tasks, and often the first worker to arrive at each one has an advantage over the rest. Using those workers and visitors, you can expand your vineyard by building structures, planting vines, and filling wine orders as you work towards the goal of owning the most successful winery in Tuscany. Features: • 1 to 6 players • Family friendly – non violent theme • Cross Platform • Easy tutorial to learn the game from scratch. • Single-player mode with 3 challenging levels of computer opponents. • Multiplayer games against your friends in friendly games. • Face players from all over the world in ranked multiplayer games online! • Worlwide leaderboard • Take your time in asynchronous game mode with push notifications and never miss a turn. • Analyze your best games or learn tricks from the best with playback • Uses the newest rules of the board game.

Screenshots

Roll for the Galaxy4 screens
Viticulture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Roll for the Galaxy at 4.9 against Viticulture's 3.6. Roll for the Galaxy also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (81% vs 55%). Viticulture's advantage is chart position (#116 vs unranked) and price ($8.99 vs $9.99). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Roll for the Galaxy costs $9.99 and Viticulture $8.99 up front. Viticulture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Roll for the Galaxy asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Roll for the Galaxy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Roll for the Galaxy has 507 ratings behind it against 94, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Roll for the Galaxy's written reviews are positive against 55% of Viticulture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roll for the Galaxy ships an update every 10 days, Viticulture every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Roll for the Galaxy versus Viticulture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoll for the GalaxyViticulture
Price$9.99$8.99 — better
Rating4.9 (507 ratings) — better3.6 (94 ratings)
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings507 — better94
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank—#116 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB322 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTemple Gates Games LLCDIGIDICED

Customer experience

Roll for the Galaxy

All ratings501 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive81.5%
Neutral11.1%
Negative7.4%

Viticulture

All ratings93 ratings
Positive60.2%
Neutral15.1%
Negative24.7%
Written reviews132 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral22.0%
Negative23.5%

User reviews

Roll for the Galaxy

From 507 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent UI/UX design and interface
  • 🎮 Great strategic gameplay mechanics
  • 🤖 Challenging AI difficulty levels
  • ⚡ Fast game performance and load times
  • 📚 Helpful tutorials and learning aids

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes in pass and play mode
  • 🐛 Game crashes during winning moments
  • 🐛 Online multiplayer stability issues
  • 🐛 Game state reset and loss problems
  • 🤖 AI cheats on hard difficulty

Viticulture

From 94 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Faithful recreation of beloved board game
  • 🎮 Engaging gameplay with strategic depth
  • 🎨 Good graphics and visual presentation
  • 🎵 Nice background music
  • 📱 Convenient portable play anywhere

Room to improve

  • 🐢 AI turns extremely slow and tedious
  • 🎮 Clunky and unintuitive user interface
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and game freezes
  • ❌ Poor UI conventions and design patterns
  • ⏱️ Excessive confirmation buttons required

Bugs and requests

Roll for the Galaxy

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Pass and play mode crashes frequently
  • Game crashes mid-turn with server lost messages
  • Game state loss after crash resume attempts
  • Resume function causes repeated crashes
  • Links to developer games redirect to wrong app store
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  • Replicant Robots card doesn't function properly
  • Forced credit spending bug in recruitment phase
  • Online multiplayer state reset issues
  • Dice roll animation not appearing in pass and play
  • Game unplayable after certain crashes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ambition expansion pack implementation
  • Promo pack and optional modules
  • German language localization
  • French language localization
  • Japanese language localization
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  • Shake cup dice rolling mechanic
  • Game tile inspection outside gameplay
  • Mixed AI and human player matches
  • Improved pass and play logic
  • Opponent score details visibility
  • Better multiplayer experience

Viticulture

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Game crashes on startup or during gameplay
  • Unable to plant grapes despite having buildings
  • Special workers cannot be selected at correct times
  • Merchant worker action not functioning
  • Game hangs when multiple human players with AI
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  • AI gets stuck and requires force quit to progress
  • Blank tableau display
  • Missing windmill points for summer actions
  • Visitor cards appearing back-to-back duplicates
  • Motivator card not allowing all players to respond
  • Summer volunteer crew card not functioning
  • Build button greyed out despite sufficient coins
  • Cannot purchase multiple workers in one season
  • Game ends abruptly without warning
  • Undo function causes game freeze
  • Games not syncing across devices
  • Main screen cannot find games that side menu shows
  • Card selection prompts disappear too quickly
  • Unclear when multi-action cards end turn
  • Loading screen hangs indefinitely

Requested features

16 requests
  • Tuscany expansion (now available)
  • Moors and Visitors expansion
  • Auto-save functionality for crashes
  • Improved notification system
  • Configurable turn timers for casual play
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  • Separate volume controls for music and effects
  • Replay button for quick rematches
  • Better game history and turn tracking
  • Simultaneous action selection (not turn-based)
  • Clearer worker placement location labels
  • Guided tutorial for UI elements
  • Pause functionality for async games
  • Undo multiple moves (not just current decision)
  • Dark mode option
  • Better iPad optimization
  • Improved app icon design

In-app purchases

None

Roll for the Galaxy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Viticulture

One-time1
  • Tuscany Essential Edition$8.99

Questions

Is Roll for the Galaxy free?
Roll for the Galaxy costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Viticulture free?
Viticulture costs $8.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roll for the Galaxy or Viticulture?
Roll for the Galaxy is rated higher. Roll for the Galaxy averages 4.9 out of 5 from 507 ratings, while Viticulture averages 3.6 from 94 ratings.
Do Roll for the Galaxy or Viticulture have ads?
Neither Roll for the Galaxy nor Viticulture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roll for the Galaxy or Viticulture?
Roll for the Galaxy ships an update every 10 days, and Viticulture every 3 weeks. Most recently, Roll for the Galaxy was updated on October 29, 2026 and Viticulture on October 29, 2026.

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