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Robot Colony

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75%Game Brain Score
gameplay, graphics
monetization, grinding
75% User Score Based on 1,296 reviews

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Robot Colony is a single player casual strategy game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Robot Colony is a single-player strategy game where you build robots to defend your colony from invading bugs. It features excellent game mechanics that require careful planning and resource management, though progress involves a lot of grinding. While engaging, the experience is sometimes disrupted by frequent and annoying ads.

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75%
Audience ScoreBased on 1,296 reviews
gameplay21 positive mentions
monetization84 negative mentions
  • The game is fun and addictive, providing a unique blend of strategy and resource management.
  • The graphics and overall design are charming, reminiscent of classic pixel art games.
  • The gameplay is easy to learn but offers enough challenge to keep players engaged.
  • The AI for the robots is often frustrating, as they tend to focus on one enemy at a time, leaving bases undefended.
  • The game can become repetitive quickly, with limited content and few levels to explore.
  • Difficulty spikes can be overwhelming, making it hard to progress without feeling stuck.
  • monetization
    91 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game has received mixed reviews, with many players expressing frustration over forced ads that interrupt gameplay, particularly mid-game. While some users appreciate the low frequency and unobtrusive nature of ads, others find them intrusive and detrimental to the overall experience. A common sentiment is a willingness to support the developers through purchases to remove ads, but the presence of unskippable ads has led to significant dissatisfaction among players.

    • “Fun and simple, and only $2 for monetization.”
    • “Worth the $2 to buy, gives you the ability to speed up things and no ads.”
    • “No ads.”
    • “The game itself is great fun, but the unskippable, unmutable, and extremely loud ads make this unplayable.”
    • “Forced ads suck and make your game bad.”
    • “Was fun until the ads popped up.”
  • gameplay
    44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is generally easy to learn and fun, with a solid core concept, but many players find it lacks depth and variety, leading to a sense of repetitiveness and limited long-term engagement. While some appreciate the relaxing and addictive nature of the game, others criticize the AI mechanics and the need for more features and levels to maintain interest. Overall, the game shows potential but requires improvements in mechanics and content to enhance the gameplay experience.

    • “Great game, relaxing gameplay, and the genre that I always loved to play.”
    • “Intuitive, simple, and excellent gameplay, the game had me hooked!”
    • “I'm actually genuinely surprised at how good this game is, ads are as infrequent as to almost surprise me as I'm playing and it has very addicting gameplay that actually scratched my strategy itch.”
    • “The gameplay is easy enough, but I didn't feel like there was enough to do.”
    • “Boring gameplay, little skill involved, very mindless and simple.”
    • “Very dull and repetitive gameplay.”
  • graphics
    21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, the graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players appreciating the polished visuals and charming style, while others criticize them for lacking depth and detail. Many users express a desire for enhancements, such as improved landscapes and more dynamic elements, indicating that while the graphics are decent, they could benefit from further development. The consensus suggests that the game has potential, but the visual aspect needs more attention to elevate the overall experience.

    • “I love the game so much; the graphics are good and everything.”
    • “Now this is a good game; the devs did great and so did the graphics artist.”
    • “There's fun gameplay and somewhat charming graphics.”
    • “I think my largest gripe is the graphics.”
    • “However, the graphics of this game and many like it are quite annoying.”
    • “Boring and absolutely not interesting game with poor logic and graphics.”
  • music
    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music aspect of the game has received mixed feedback, with many players expressing a desire for background music to enhance the gameplay experience, especially during idle moments. While some appreciate the existing sound effects, the absence of continuous music has been noted as a drawback, leading to a feeling of boredom during gameplay. Additionally, interruptions from ads disrupt the listening experience, as they do not resume the player's music afterward, further detracting from the overall enjoyment.

    • “Absolutely wonderful, gameplay is amazing, and flows well. However, it would be nice to have background music during early/late game when you are just waiting around.”
    • “It would be great if we had music and the ability to build or upgrade turrets.”
    • “I get that you need to make money, but I much prefer the 'click here to watch an ad that gives you x [currency]' over the 'every so often, your game, your music, and your whole vibe are going to be nonchalantly violated by noisy spam for a minimum of five seconds' approach.”
    • “Absolutely wonderful, gameplay is amazing and flows well, but two things are my only 'complaints': 1) no background music (early/late game when you are just waiting around it would be nice to listen to something other than clicking), 2) a support/healer robot (a robot that is designed to heal other robots). I find that it becomes to the point of just spamming bots to keep my defenses up because minor damage stacks up over time.”
    • “It's a really nice game, but there's no music, which makes it a bit boring.”
  • grinding
    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, particularly as they progress beyond the initial stages. While some express that with better balancing and additional content, the grind could become more engaging, many feel that the experience quickly becomes monotonous and lacks variety, leading to frustration. Improvements such as easier navigation to bonus chests are suggested to alleviate some of the tedium.

    • “I wish there was another way to gain energy; it gets extremely tedious after a moment, and I'm only on the first level.”
    • “Also, late game is really tedious and not fun.”
    • “Gets tedious quite fast, and you're just doing the exact same thing each map.”
  • story
    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's story is set in a post-nuclear apocalypse where an AI seeks to understand its origins amidst mutated bugs. While the premise is intriguing, players find the campaign slow and repetitive, with a desire for more engaging missions and updates to enhance gameplay. Overall, the narrative has potential but lacks depth and variety in execution.

    • “Simple game, I would add bot accelerators (like roads to make them travel faster) for the campaign storyline. I would suggest a post-nuclear apocalypse setting, where the only thing that survives is an AI and mutated bugs. The computer is trying to find answers about its origin or its creator.”
    • “Pretty good game but gets kinda slow and stale on the later missions.”
    • “Nice but my units keep focusing on one single bug and my base destroyed absolutely quickly in the higher rounds.”
    • “Simple game, I would add bot accelerators (like roads to make them travel faster) for the campaign storyline. I would suggest a post-nuclear apocalypse setting, where the only thing that survives is an AI and mutated bugs, with the computer trying to find answers about its origin or its creator.”
  • replayability
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, the game's replayability is mixed; while some players find it easy and fun with strategic depth that encourages multiple playthroughs, others criticize its short game cycle and paywalls, leading to a lack of interest in replaying.

    • “This would add tremendous strategy to the game, along with replay value.”
    • “Easy, fun, replayable!”
    • “Good basic mechanics but very short game cycle, no interest in replayability, paywall in round one. I'll be deleting.”
  • optimization
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Overall, the game's optimization is a mixed bag; while some players report smooth performance at 60 fps even on older devices like the Samsung S9+, others experience frustrating performance issues that lead to unskippable ads. Despite these concerns, many users remain hopeful for future improvements and appreciate the game's potential.

    • “Promising game, has a lot of work to be done, but I enjoy it. I hope the developers don't just drop it at some point because I'm sure it can become a very good game. I'm playing it on a Samsung S9+ and it runs smoothly even with a colony size of 600-700 or even more. Gave it 4 stars because I want more features, but so far so good!”
    • “Smooth 60 fps, so optimized really well.”
    • “Performance issues then force you to watch a 30-second unskippable ad.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor in the game is described as amusing and relatable, with players finding it entertaining and light-hearted. The comedic elements resonate well, contributing to an enjoyable experience.

    • “This game is funny because it captures the absurdity of everyday office life.”
    • “Very funny.”
  • stability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers an enjoyable experience, but players have noted significant issues with buggy AI, impacting overall stability.

    • “This game is really fun, but I don't like how buggy the AI is.”
  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the emotional impact of the game to be unsettling, particularly due to the graphic depiction of bugs being crushed, which detracts from their overall enjoyment despite the fair game mechanics.

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Robot Colony is a casual strategy game.

Robot Colony is available on Phone and Tablet.

Robot Colony was developed by 717 pixels.

Robot Colony has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its monetization.

Robot Colony is a single player game.

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