Comparison

Colony Zero vs DeflectMug Roastery

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

Head to head
About

Colony Zero

Features
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Colony Zero is a colony simulation where you never issue direct orders. You set priorities, policies, and conditions โ€” then ten colonists decide who mines, builds, farms, and explores. You land on an unknown world with a landing module, a generator, and a thirty-day survival goal. Keep food, water, energy, metal, minerals, electronics, plastic, and medicine in balance while health, happiness, and loyalty shift with every cycle. Propose buildings โ€” mines, greenhouses, solar panels, storage, and quarters for workers, engineers, and scientists โ€” then assign work on the colony map. Scan, repair, and trade from the action wheel as Outpost Alpha grows. People carry professions, traits, values, and ambitions. Friendships and rivalries form, factions appear, and autonomy requests can split districts from your control. Choose a governance model: Colony Council, Administrator, Corporate Colony, Military Command, or Free Settlement. Research new projects, manage the economy, and push into new biomes as days pass: Red Desert, Alien Forest, Frozen Zone, Volcanic Region, Ocean, and Crystal Caves. Daily events force hard choices. Survive the first thirty days, or watch the colony fail.

About

DeflectMug Roastery

Features
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DeflectMug Roastery is a playful arcade experience built around a bustling coffee-roastery setting. Guide a lively glass ball across a handcrafted service route, read the changing path ahead, and deliver each order to the counter. Every run combines quick decisions, careful timing, and a satisfying sense of momentum. Build your progress across the roastery as completed orders fill the Wall with new results. Explore different roast bands, collect beans, discover new ball options, follow the daily shift, and review your growing record in the Ledger. With its warm illustrated presentation and compact pick-up-and-play format, DeflectMug Roastery turns every delivery into a fresh little challenge.

Screenshots

Colony Zero4 screens
DeflectMug Roastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DeflectMug Roastery at weekly against Colony Zero's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colony Zero ships an update every 3 weeks, DeflectMug Roastery weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Colony Zero versus DeflectMug Roastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColony ZeroDeflectMug Roastery
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly โ€” better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size123 MB14 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBenjamin FosterLuka Tsiklauri

In-app purchases

None

Colony Zero

No in-app purchases

None

DeflectMug Roastery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colony Zero free?
Colony Zero is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeflectMug Roastery free?
DeflectMug Roastery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colony Zero or DeflectMug Roastery have ads?
Both Colony Zero and DeflectMug Roastery show ads.
Which is updated more often, Colony Zero or DeflectMug Roastery?
Colony Zero ships an update every 3 weeks, and DeflectMug Roastery weekly. Most recently, Colony Zero was updated on October 10, 2026 and DeflectMug Roastery on October 14, 2026.

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