Illuvium vs Colony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Illuvium
Build and manage a thriving city in a dynamic economic simulation. Strategically allocate resources, trade profitably, and expand your influence. Own, buy, and sell in-game assets securely through blockchain integration.
- Strategic city-building
- Dynamic economic simulation
- Resource management
- Blockchain asset trading
- High-quality graphics
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Engage in the ultimate city-building and economic strategy experience with Illuvium: Zero. Strategically build your city, manage resources, to rule resources in Illuvium, every decision impacts your City’s success. - Strategic City-Building: Design and manage your city with intricate detail—Optimise resource allocation to expand your city and increase your economy share. - Dynamic Economy: Dive into a realistic economic simulation where market forces and trade decisions affect your progress. Balance resource extraction with demand and trade profitably. - Stunning Graphics and Intuitive Controls: Experience high-quality graphics that bring your city to life. Easy-to-navigate controls make building and managing your city a breeze. - Blockchain Integration: With blockchain technology, you can securely own, buy, and sell in-game assets.
Colony
Rebuild civilization in a post-war world by establishing and expanding your own colony. Command tactical battles, manage resources, and craft custom gear for your colonists. Guide their adventures and conquer a dynamic world map.
- Command tactical battles
- Build and expand your colony
- Design custom gear
- Advise and guide colonists
- Conquer the world map
- Craft items for survival
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A world in ruins, devasted by the war for Earth between the 5 Parallel factions. Claim your stake and begin anew, building a new home within the new world. Set your differences aside, recruiting new Colonists to expand and evolve a Colony of your own. - Command Tactical Battles Destroy and dodge waves of enemies as you defend your Colony from assaults. Quick decision making and strategic positioning will bring your team success as each lane offers obstacles and opportunity! - Build a Thriving Colony As the Reactor whirs back to life, power is slowly restored to the Colony. Manage your resources and recruit new Colonists to upgrade and expand your Colony, solidifying your place in the new world! - Design Custom Gear Leverage groundbreaking technology to design and create custom gear for your Colonist. Taking a spark of creativity and making it a reality, turning your ideas into in-game equip-able 3D items! - Advise your Colonist Provide wisdom and guidance to your Colonist using your own words and ideas! Turning a Choose your Own Adventure experience, into your very own story, as you guide your Colonist through unthinkable challenges. - Conquer the World Rally your Recruits and send Convoys into the world to battle other players, and lay claim to a dynamic World Map. - Craft to Survive Your Colony will be faced with many challenges, work alongside Skipjack to come up with creative solutions to protect your Colony. Watch as your ideas become reality in real-time, as Skipjack generates and crafts items of your own design. Do you have what it takes to thrive in this new world? Download Colony: Survival now and experience a journey of idle fun, puzzle solving, creativity, and strategy! Follow Us Official Website: https://parallel.life/colony Discord: https://discord.gg/paralleltcg Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ParallelTCG X: https://x.com/ParallelColony (edited) Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Colony at none against Illuvium's shown. Colony also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Illuvium's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Illuvium sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Colony sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Colony holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 65 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Illuvium's written reviews are positive against 92% of Colony's.
Illuvium ships an update every 5 weeks, Colony every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Illuvium | Colony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (65 ratings) | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.5% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 65 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 381 MB | 877 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Illuvium Labs - FZCO | 12783185 Canada Inc. |
Customer experience
Illuvium
Colony
Bugs and requests
Illuvium
Reported bugs
6 issues- Sign-in server down
- Cannot sell, transfer, or do anything of value on free to play
- No option to access paid lot on mobile
- Game does not start on iPhone 13
- Profile reverted to lower level after upgrade
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- Game not loading on the app
Requested features
8 requests- More languages, especially German
- Tutorial for beginners
- PC and mobile availability
- AI for language translation
- More combat against friends
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- Allow free land users to use self-produced fuel and blueprints
- Progress bar on passive fuel generation
- Fix profile level reverting bug
Colony
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Illuvium
- Handful of Credits$0.99
- Bundle of Credits$4.99
- Stack of Credits$9.99
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- Coffer of Credits$19.99
- Hoard of Credits$49.99
- Pile of Credits$99.99
Colony
- Ultimate Colony Uplink$9.991 Month
- Stack of Creds (80)$0.99
- Pile of Creds (500)$4.99
- Bag of Creds (1200)$9.99
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- Box of Creds (2600)$19.99
- Crate of Creds (7000)$49.99
- Container of Creds (15000)$99.99









