Colonizer

A very simple game. Not one that will captivate you, definitely not one that will get you obsessed BUT it's the kind that you will return to when you feel like killing some time and/or you get bored playing other games so it will last much longer before (if actually) uninstalling and moving on. Added bonus that it's a bit addictive since levels are small (just one more match...) ;)

First, all the 5⭐ ratings were bribed after one game and they probably never got their reward. The controls are too sensitive and wonky! I can't see what I'm doing before the game reacts. My fingers block the graphics showing what action I'm about to do by mistake. It's an interesting idea having the ships fly out in a wide swarm, but since they're flying completely randomly in a wide path, you will miss your targets more than you hit them, and you can NEVER send just a small fleet because they will miss and go flying through the void off the screen. I'd recommend ships get sent out in a distribution wave that centers on the center so if I send one ship out on its own then I'll know it'll go down the middle and hit its target.

I like the conceit, I just don't like how it controls on a phone. This is mainly because panning and shooting (the main action) are both done by the same gesture: touching and dragging. Group select also takes an extra tap which ends up making macro management clumsy and unintuitive. It seems like it would be perfect on PC, and I'd be happy to throw my cash at a Steam port. But alas, it's just not really worth it on a phone (although I could see it being more bearable on a tablet due to the larger screen, which means less need for panning).

It is extremely simple to learn how to play. I have been looking for a galactic war game like this for so long. There is a slight problem that isn't really necessary for a fix but, when I select all of my planets, and I have almost all planets available, the number for the total amount of ships I'm sending becomes the map itself. So it's more for being able to really see than actual game problems.

The concept is pretty fun, but there are a lot of bugs to the point this feels like a beta version 1.0. It takes too long to click on a planet to send out ships, a mechanic that relies on speed to be successful. The pause menu will keep scrolling down and down and down. The ship upgrades don't make much sense either, as they're not balanced nearly well enough.

Great concept but poorly executed. If they find a way to better identify when you are trying to move your vision or shoot some ships it would be better. But besides that trying to change what ships you are firing in the heat of battle is one of other super frustrating parts of the game. Seems like it would be fun with a mouse and hotkeys but on mobile its just frustrating.

This is a bad knockoff of another game... which is probably a knockoff itself. Controls are awful. Anything but the small map isn't playable on a phone.. playing on one of the largest screens, a Note9. The pop-up info in the center is too big and unnecessary during gameplay. The only plus is it can be played in portrait or landscape. Edit: .. found the original, Auralux.

Great concept, but not so good implementation, mostly on the UI, which is most of the times uncontrollable. When navigating the locked ships, sometimes pops the "Not ebough X" message and instantly opens the web, which is extremely annoying. Apart from this it's great. Not the big hit but I didn't get dissapointed

It's controls are extremely annoying. When selecting multiple planets, if you accidentally press just outside the planet circle, it cancels all selections, so you waste time on it. You can zoom in, to make the window bigger, so to speak, but that too is annoying because if you're not careful you will deselect everything you just selected. Its annoying. I am uninstalling the game now because it is THAT f***g annoying

I let myself get blinded by a rating of 4,7 stars - turns out, many ratings already told me what to expect: a kind of unfinished game. Yes, it feels like beta. The controls are clumsy, the gameplay is original but somehow gets boring fast. No missions, no achievement, no incentive apart from collecting stars and planets to unlock new ships. I gave it 30min of time - there are better games out there.

Wow... So the game bribed me with in game currency to leave a 5 star review, I clicked "Yes", left a review, and got nothing. So now I'm going to be honest. Im really not seeing what everyone loves about this game. The amount of micromanagement necessary makes the game unbearable for me. I simply can't keep up with the AI. I'm clicking dragging and firing rockets into planets as fast as I can, but the AI can see the entire map and fire faster than I can. Its not even a fun loop. At all.

Game mechanics are simple, but engaging and challenging. Not sure how long this will stay fun, but there seem to be plenty upgrades available. Stars for upgrade can be bought, but earning them through playing games seems easy enough, so I think the inapp purchases are not in the way of good gameplay (and there is a paid advanced versions, so you can still support the devs).

It had the breath of something interesting. Fun at first, it quicky becomes just another game where the ridiculous computer team can simply do whatever it wants, and does. Between easy level and normal level skills setting there is a gap you can fit a small world into, basically easy is like playing a game with a rock, and "normal" is like trying to play Skynet. Opnipresent, it occupies all planets simultaianiously. Good job computer, Why am I not impressed? Pulling the plug :)

I have only played a few rounds of this game so far and I like it very much although you need to think and strategise on how many ships to shoot out. I like the way you can customise the game to your needs but I would like to have unlimited access to fully control my game without paying but I also understand that you need to make your money some how. I highly recommend this game if you like simple easy strategy games and like space.

It's actually a well execute of quite a simple idea. It's like the old classic defender, but you have to be aggressive. Do it on normal difficulty though, hard will just make you frustrated ;) I like battling the stress the game causes, because you have to bw quick to beat the computers. Try it out!

Only giving a three star because I am unable to purchase the colonizer unlimited as anytime I click on the options to do so, I am skipped to the play store screen with a spinning wheel for days. Furthermore, I am unable to contact the developer as I have tried sending an email to the address provided in the play store, only to have it bounced back for unknown email address despite having clicked the option/link from the page directly in the play store. Frustrating.

Very simple and fun. Very nice UI, no ads, and lots of customization. This is how all games should be. My only suggestion is, it's hard to tell what some of the things are. For example, I still don't know what the planet currency is, the visits didn't make sense until I found the page accidentally, and most of the game mechanics have to be learned with trial and error. That isn't all bad, but it would be nice to know what the paid features actually do before paying for them.

Started off fun. Then ai gets harder and the touch controls aren't good the touch and drag shoots troops when you try to scroll and scroll when you try to shoot troops while zoomed out that is. Along with the "troop selection" takes to much time to adjust tactics and the ai has already steamed rolled you. Because game doesn't pause when you shoot/pick troops they take over the map making troop selection pointless unless you pay to win it seems like

Great idea and well constructed but super frustrating. Apparently Elmer Fudd was your planet's flight instructor because most of your ships miss the intended target. When you try to click certain planets it doesn't recognize and wastes too much time which is the name of the game. AI doesn't have this problem and super annoying. Very surprised this is so highly rated but what do I know.

A Fun,strategic, and oddly satisfying game to play when ever and where ever since no internet connection is required, u are Abel to customize the game #of player # of a.i players, size of map, +planters and game speed but this only come with the ultimate version which u need to pay... there's also different ship types and little upgrades u can buy with stars or planets ( currency in game earned when playing a match no real money needed!) Which are earned every game u play no ads or money needed

Right when you saved enough captured planets to unlock things, the app directly changes the type of currency for buying them. Hence, losing all your time for it and what's even worse is they several times increased the price of items as to what it is before.

By far the worst implementation of this type of strategy game I've ever played. Controls make the game needlessly difficult and are incredibly clunky, and cause you to frequently lose significant portions of your populations into the void because you accidentally scrolled over a planet while panning. Very aggressive and invasive marketing that takes you directly to the play store anytime you accidentally click a setting that's in the paid version or if you don't have enough of something.

When trying to send ships from one planet to another it moves the map and then sends them in the wrong direction making for a waste of troops and a frustrating experience. The gameplay is fun beyond that, and is a great idea.

So apparently if I rate this 5 stars I get some stars. OK, sure! Well, everything is cool; the variety of troops, the strategies you can play with, that's all well and good. But the one thing I think this game could add is a guiding system for airships (its a bit unrealistic for them to fly so far off some of the times) and maybe a bit more.... detail when it comes to colonising planets and taking planets from another player/AI. Obviously these are just my recommendations. Thank you!