Galaxy Genome [Space Sim]

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Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] is a single player casual strategy game with a science fiction theme. It received positive reviews from players.

Space combat, trading and exploration.

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83%Audience ScoreBased on 480 reviews

gameplay11 positive mentions

story7 negative mentions

Extensive and massive galaxy-scale exploration similar to Elite Dangerous offering a vast universe to discover with immersive space simulation mechanics.
No ads or microtransactions, providing a complete premium experience with frequent developer updates and active community support.
Diverse gameplay options including trading, mining, bounty hunting, combat, and various ship customization and upgrading features providing great replayability.

Steep learning curve and occasionally clunky or unintuitive controls, especially during combat and navigation, which can frustrate new players.
Presence of bugs and mission progression issues such as mission softlocks, cloud save problems, and occasional UI glitches impacting user experience.
Gameplay can feel grindy at times with repetitive mission structures and slow travel times, some quality-of-life improvements like better tutorials, map features, and combat targeting are desired.

story
97 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6%
87%
7%
The story offers a sizable campaign with various missions and factions, contributing to an expansive sandbox experience, but many players find the main narrative short and occasionally glitch-prone. Progression can be hindered by mission bugs, unclear objectives, and karma restrictions, which may frustrate some users. Overall, while the story adds depth, it sometimes feels overshadowed by grind and exploration, with a desire for more robust, engaging, and better-tracked narrative content.
- “Massive story campaign, multitude of missions both scripted and daily, vast exploration across an enormous galaxy and planet surfaces, ship to ship combat that is unforgiving at times, with a developer that keeps delivering big updates and passionately solves any issues with this labor of love.”
- “Good story missions and there's a lot to do in the game.”
- “This game has been a wonderful experience and it's worth the money for a lot of things like the amount of content, replayability, and story.”
- “For what it is, it works well with single player but there's no story to push it to be interesting enough to commit more than 20 hours to the game.”
- “The bad: short main story.”
- “I love this game but there are too many bugs in the missions progression system.”
gameplay
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
35%
55%
10%
The gameplay is praised for its deep, complex, and meticulously designed mechanics, offering a challenging yet satisfying space sandbox experience reminiscent of Elite Dangerous, with smooth performance and extensive content. However, some users find aspects like flying, shooting, and steering mechanics sloppy or repetitive, and note a steep learning curve with tutorials that could better explain certain mechanics. Overall, the game delivers great pacing, exploration, and ship-building depth, appealing to fans of detailed space sims.
- “A game for those who want a meticulous and unforgiving space sandbox with surprisingly complex and deep ship building mechanics that require sacrifice in order to excel at something.”
- “Since then, I've been playing daily, around 50 hours in, and there is something so satisfying about the mechanics of the game.”
- “The developer captured the gameplay loop perfectly and the tutorial does a good job to orient the player without the frustrating levels of handholding that most mobile games are plagued with.”
- “The repetitive gameplay doesn't help either.”
- “And the flying/shooting mechanics suck.”
- “Current fighter gameplay is sloppy and mind-numbing.”
grinding
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
5%
95%
Grinding is a prominent aspect of the game, with many players noting it can be tedious and time-consuming, especially when progressing to better ships. However, others find the grind purposeful and enjoyable, fitting well within the space-sim genre, offering balanced and relatively fast-paced credit-earning options. Overall, while grinding may feel excessive for casual players, it remains a core, sometimes relaxing, part of the gameplay experience.
- “It's too much grind and farming for an offline game; it has the grind potential of an MMORPG, which it's not.”
- “You shouldn't have to spend over 100 hours just farming up for a ship you couldn't even afford.”
- “I do have a few problems with it though - it's too grindy, trying to get new ships is a chore and the map of the game is too big to actually explore everything.”
monetization
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
41%
24%
35%
The game features a straightforward monetization model with a one-time purchase and no ads, microtransactions, or paywalls, offering an ad-free, offline single-player experience. Players appreciate the absence of predatory cash grabs, though some note limited in-game options and a grind in gameplay. Overall, it is praised as a cost-effective, fair, and balanced space exploration game without intrusive monetization.
- “No ads, no microtransactions or DLC you have to buy, you just get the game with no strings attached.”
- “Absolutely zero in-app purchases and the game can be played without internet connection.”
- “I love that it's a one-time purchase with no ads or forever in-app purchases.”
- “If you want a game that will take a while to 'beat' and isn't riddled with ads or a paywall, scroll no further.”
- “I will describe this game as everything about sci-fi exploration in one pack of mobile game ads.”
- “Good space game for phone... wish there were more top-down RPG space games like this without the ads.. I'll pay easily for them.”
music
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30%
40%
30%
The music in the game is widely praised for being calming, soothing, and immersive, enhancing the overall mellow and engaging atmosphere of the space sim. Players appreciate the soundtrack's quality and ambiance, though some wish it continued playing seamlessly during the galaxy map and that streaming the soundtrack was easier. Overall, the soundtrack is considered a standout feature that complements the game's elegant mechanics and exploration.
- “The core mechanics are very nicely mirrored, the music is nice and calm (most of the time) and it’s genuinely quite a nice feel.”
- “I love the bar feature where the more you drink the more rumours you hear, and the music and ambience of the game just pulls you in.”
- “Just really started and already loving it. It has a lot in common with a few space sims I love playing. This game does space sims very well. I really like the planet exploration side and gathering resources; it really doesn't feel grindy at all. It's got a very mellowing soundtrack too. Overall, I'd say go buy it. If you like space sims, you certainly need to have a blast on Galaxy Genome — you won’t be disappointed, that's for sure.”
- “I just wish a few things would be different: the music would keep playing in the galaxy map to stay in the mood.”
- “-1 star: when I stop playing for a few hours and resume, I get a black screen, Google Play greets me and I hear menu music.”
- “The soundtrack is very soothing until you're transporting 300 tons of drugs and see detected 3/4.”
graphics
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The game's graphics are generally praised for being clean, beautiful, and detailed, contributing to an immersive and calming experience. While visuals are considered a strong point with continuous improvements, some users report occasional graphical glitches and criticize certain elements, such as ship graphics. Overall, the visuals complement the game's mechanics and exploration well.
- “I've been playing this game for a while now and all I can say is it's very rewarding with the graphics and the depth of all the details alone, not to mention the constant improvements.”
- “Great pacing, great visuals, fantastic exploration mechanics.”
- “There are many things to do, the big world, and beautiful graphics.”
- “The game is exceptional, although I do have issues on the galaxy map glitching out graphically when scrolling on Pixel 6 Pro.”
- “Graphics of ships are horrible.”
- “The graphics are better than Space RPG 3 and 4, but the intricacy of options is quite shallow.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's stability is marred by multiple bugs, including mission completion issues, faulty energy management, incorrect ship sale pricing, and background rendering glitches. These problems detract significantly from the enjoyment of space battles and galaxy exploration.
- “It's so buggy, with so many oversights that they managed to take the fun out of space battles and galaxy exploration.”
- “Buggy too, I gave up the moment I realized that when buying a new ship and choosing the option to sell your current one, you won't get the amount of money it says your ship is worth.”
- “The glitches: I found one glitch so far. I took a lot of pirate missions at once and three were in the same system. All of the pirates appeared after warping into the system, I beat them, but one mission didn't clear.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
67%
33%
Users praise the game's atmosphere and sound effects as immersive and well-crafted, enhancing the overall experience despite technical limitations. They also feel the game has strong potential to become a top mobile RPG sandbox with some improvements.
- “The game really feels immersive because of this plus good atmosphere.”
- “I don't want to ask for a refund because everything else is great. The atmosphere and sound effects are great for what it is, even if it's made with Adobe Air.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users praise the game for its strong replayability, highlighting the abundant content and engaging story that make multiple playthroughs enjoyable and worthwhile.
- “This game has been a wonderful experience and it's worth the money for a lot of things like the amount of content, replayability, and story.”

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43h Median play time

60h Average play time

20-170h Spent by most gamers

*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs

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Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] is a casual strategy game with science fiction theme.

Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] is available on Phone, Tablet, Android and Mobile Platform.

On average players spend around 60 hours playing Galaxy Genome [Space Sim].

Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] was developed by SKVMAR.

Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Galaxy Genome [Space Sim] is a single player game.

Similar games include Elite Dangerous, Astrox Imperium, Starpoint Gemini 2, Endless Sky, X4: Foundations and others.

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