When comparing Mindustry vs Galaxy Trucker, the Slant community recommends Mindustry for most people. In the question“What are the best space-themed games for Android?” Mindustry is ranked 9th while Galaxy Trucker is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Mindustry is:
The developer of Mindustry is actively updating the game . Mindustry will most likely not be the same each year because of various big update.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Very active development
The developer of Mindustry is actively updating the game . Mindustry will most likely not be the same each year because of various big update.
Pro Big campaign
There is a big campaign if you want to play alone.
Pro Great graphics
One of the best looking 2D games.
Pro Free
You won't lose anything if you don't like it.
Pro Active community
Dozen of maps are uploaded every day and you have many choices if you want to play on a server.
Pro Single-player and multi-player
It can be played in single an multi-player.
Pro Open-source
Pro Unique gameplay
Pro Tutorial
Has a good tutorial.
Pro Coop , team and FFA
Multi-player isn't limited to only coop or FFA multi-player game but can do both and have also a team mod.
Pro Time based strategy
Users have to strategize how much time they can spend on balancing their ships to how much time spent looking at the upcoming rounds cards. This makes for fast paced decision making.
Pro Even doing poorly at the game is fun
Galaxy Trucker has lighthearted humor that can make even loosing at the game fun due to the scenarios that can play out.
Pro Fastest player sets the pace
Some games can be slowed down by a player that is lagging behind but in Galaxy Trucker the gameplay is set by the fastest player, which is refreshing.
Cons
Con Beginning of game is more exciting than the last two parts
The game is broken up into three phases with the first being the most exciting. This makes for unbalanced gameplay in that the other two sections feel a bit dull.