Alien Colonies — a new game like OGame for Android

A game like OGame: from your first colony to an empire

If building an economy and planning your next moves are your favourite parts of space strategy games, Alien Colonies is built around those decisions. You start with a colony, develop metal, crystal and fuel production, manage energy and invest in research and ships. In time, you can look for places to establish more planets in your empire.

The OGame comparison refers to this approach to play: colonies, resources, technologies and fleets form an interconnected system. Greater production helps fund expansion, but expeditions also need suitable ships and enough fuel. You must decide what offers the greatest benefit at each stage: another building, new research or preparations for expansion.

Alien Colonies is a separate game with its own races and mechanics. Experience with similar strategy games helps you understand the basics, but you still need to learn what your chosen civilisation can do.

Three races: Zetan, Symbiont and Automaton

Your race affects how your empire develops and how you fight. Each civilisation has its own identity and strengths:

• Zetan — advanced technology, greater crystal production and a strong opening salvo.
• Symbiont — a biological civilisation with greater fuel production and regeneration for surviving hulls. Regeneration does not restore destroyed ships.
• Automaton — a machine civilisation with greater metal production and damage-reducing armour. Its heavier units need to be considered when planning travel times and fuel consumption.

Your choice of race is permanent, so before creating an empire, read the comparison of Alien Colonies’ three civilisations (in Polish). The differences go beyond appearance, affecting both the economy and the fleet.

Fleets, alliances and the Khar Swarm

Players share the galaxy. You can talk to others, join alliances and send fleets on missions. Before an expedition, you need to consider information about the target, your fleet composition, travel time and fuel cost. This suits players who prefer to prepare an operation rather than make every decision in a hurry.

The game world also contains the Khar Swarm — an AI-controlled enemy. Alongside competition and cooperation between empires, this adds another threat in space. The fleets and alliances guide (in Polish) explains the missions in more detail.

Android and browser — the same empire

You can download Alien Colonies for Android from Google Play or play it in a browser on your computer. Both platforms use the same account and the same colonies. You can check your empire on your phone, then continue on a larger screen.

Production and projects already underway keep progressing while you are away, provided the server is running. You do not need to keep the app open all the time. The two versions may offer different interfaces: the browser supports individual missions and basic alliance features, but not every panel for joint fleet operations.

How to start playing Alien Colonies

1. Download the app from Google Play or open the browser version.
2. Sign in and create an empire, choosing its name and race.
3. Check your resources and energy balance, then plan your first colony upgrades.
4. Develop your research and fleet before setting off to colonise another planet.

The first colony guide (in Polish) can help you get started. If you are looking for a new game like OGame for phone and PC, begin with your own small foothold in Alien Colonies and see how you can grow your empire.