Comparison

Colony Attack vs Hamster Universe

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

Head to head
About

Colony Attack

Build and command your own space colony, construct a powerful fleet, and engage in epic interstellar warfare. Explore a vast universe, battle pirates or other players, and forge alliances to achieve galactic dominance.

Highlights
  • Build spaceships
  • Develop colony buildings
  • Attack player and AI planets
  • Research new technologies
  • Explore the universe
  • Form alliances
Features
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Colony Attack is a space mmo where you create your planet, build your fleet, explore the universe and engage in epic space battles! As the commander of your own space colony you must prepare to fight for supremacy or simply fight for survival. This massively multiplayer space game allows you to create everything you need to grow your space colony, build a powerful fleet of spaceships and attack other planets. As you battle for dominance you can choose to fight space pirates, attack player planets or explore asteroids, stars and other deep space wonders looking for treasure. - Build spaceships including Fighters, Corvettes, Battleships, and the awesome Dreadnaught are ready to command. - Develop buildings such as Sensor Arrays, Plasma Facilities, Research Centers and Armory's. - Attack other player planets or AI planets including the Empire and Pirates, it's space warfare! - Research to unlock powerful Shields, Armor and new ships through the tech tree. - The Universe is populated with Planets, Asteroid fields, Debris, Nebula's and Stars to explore using specialist ships such as the mighty Freighter. - One Universe containing every player amongst millions of stars, no more server selection. - Play with your friends, create alliances, and top the leaderboard. Colony Attack is one of those classic space games you will just want to keep on playing. PLEASE NOTE! Colony Attack is free to play, however some game items can also be purchased for real money. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. A network connection is required to play Colony Attack. Terms of Use: http://www.colonyattack.com/termsofuse Privacy Policy: http://www.colonyattack.com/privacypolicy Geek Beach Website: http://www.geekbeach.com

About

Hamster Universe

Guide a brave hamster on an epic space journey. Tap to generate energy, upgrade your spaceship, and explore the cosmos. Collect special items and outfits for your adventurous rodent.

Highlights
  • Tap to generate energy
  • Explore outer space
  • Collect special items and clothing
  • Upgrade spaceship
  • Complete rewarding tasks
Features
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Hamsters are critters that spend all their lives eating, sleeping, occasionally going for a run and not much else. But one hamster decided that there is more to life than just that. Instead of going through the routine of an ordinary rodent, he gathered like-minded hamsters for a trip of their lifetimes. He built a high-tech spaceship powered by his wheel and set for a journey to explore the vastness of the outer space. All he needs before the take off is you. Your duty is to make sure that the brave hamster does not revert to his idling ways by tapping him or his wheel encouraging him to generate energy and delve ever deeper into unexplored reaches of the universe. Spend generated energy for special items and clothing appropriate for a heroic space voyager this hamster is (after all, you don’t want the first space hamster traveling dressed in some old rags, do you?). While the amount of energy the hamster can generate by running is truly astounding, you can add to it by spending a part of the energy yield on alternate sources of energy which will keep the energy flowing even when the hamster is resting. If you want to generate even more, the hamster will always have some rewarding tasks to do. Fulfill them and you shall see the energy levels skyrocketing. The thought of flying through the space with nothing but void around makes you feel uncomfortable? Worry not! You shall not be alone. In fact, your gnawer friend has a whole fleet of hamster-piloted spacecrafts in support.

Screenshots

Colony Attack4 screens
Hamster Universe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hamster Universe at none against Colony Attack's 7. Hamster Universe also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). Colony Attack's advantage is ratings volume (208 vs 17). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Colony Attack sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Hamster Universe asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Colony Attack against 4.5 for Hamster Universe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Colony Attack has 208 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Colony Attack's written reviews are positive against 83% of Hamster Universe's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colony Attack versus Hamster Universe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony AttackHamster Universe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (208 ratings)4.5 (17 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings208 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size96 MB345 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGeek BeachSneakyBox

Customer experience

Colony Attack

All ratings205 ratings
Positive88.3%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews277 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral5.8%
Negative15.2%

Hamster Universe

All ratings16 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Colony Attack

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inconsistent chat functionality
  • Incorrect resource/time calculations

Requested features

5 requests
  • More ship variety and customization
  • Improved battle mechanics and tactics
  • Ability to protect/bank ships
  • Expanded galaxy and exploration
  • Better balancing between players

Hamster Universe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Colony Attack

One-time7
  • Small Nanites$0.99
  • Medium Nanites$2.99
  • Elite$4.99
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  • Large Nanites$9.99
  • Huge Nanites$19.99
  • Speed Bundle$28.99
  • Massive Nanites$39.99
None

Hamster Universe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colony Attack free?
Colony Attack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hamster Universe free?
Hamster Universe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Colony Attack or Hamster Universe?
Hamster Universe is rated higher. Colony Attack averages 4.4 out of 5 from 208 ratings, while Hamster Universe averages 4.5 from 17 ratings.
Do Colony Attack or Hamster Universe have ads?
Neither Colony Attack nor Hamster Universe shows ads.

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