PLAYER GUIDE

How the numbers work, straight from the game's rules: building, money, automation, Prestige and what happens while you're away.

HOW THINGS WORK

Getting started

A new game has 10 cash: enough for one small House.
An empty lot suggests the building its zone needs. Fill lots builds suggestions until the cash runs out.
Keep homes, shops and industry near the world's target mix for up to +10% income.
A colony is finished when every plot has a finished building. Go to… asks before moving on; nothing moves by itself.

Districts & plots

A new colony opens its civic district and one more. Only open districts can be built on.
Opening the next district costs 4× the cheapest 1×1 building at the current price.
Plots come in 1×1, 2×2 and 3×3. Bigger plots cost, earn and house by their area.
Each building placed makes the next one cost more. Upgrades raise income; residents come with buildings.

Civic buildings

Every colony has a parking garage, an airport, a Governor's Office and a Research Lab.
Dealerships sell vehicle types. Each ground type adds +2% income in its colony, and every type brings coins more often.
The Research Lab holds ten tiers of colony upgrade cards, then Vehicle Tech.
A gold arrow bobs over a civic building with something you can afford.

Automation

Build (bottom left, or B) upgrades the cheapest building.
Build Queue (colony 2) upgrades up to 3 buildings per press.
Work Crews (colony 4) unlock Auto: a build every 10 s, 5 s when maxed, 2.5 s with Swarm Builders.
Auto only upgrades. It never places new buildings or opens districts.

Money & sharing

Cash is private per colony. Finished colonies keep earning into their own wallet.
A colony's first Governor opens the world fund, which every colony on that world can spend.
The Interworld Treasury links worlds into one empire. Cross-world transfers lose 20%.
Purchases use colony cash, then the world fund, then the Treasury. Shared funding shows a gold outline.

Prestige & Keys

From Earth's colony 3, Prestige starts the game over for Keys: +1% income on every world per Key, for good.
Keys follow the digits of every world's earnings: about 100 the first time, then roughly doubling.
Reaching new colonies and worlds pays far more than waiting.
Keys, achievements and the soundtrack survive a Prestige.

While you're away

A closed or suspended game earns 50% for up to 2 hours.
Offline Management (Governor's Office) adds 1 point and 30 minutes a level, up to 100% and 48 hours.
Every colony earns in full while the game runs, even when you're looking at another one.
Events run on real time, so they play out the same offline.

Coins & contracts

Car coins pay 5–15 seconds of income, plane coins 10–30. Golden craft pay far more.
Coins pile up on cars while you're away, one per car at most. Sweep them fast for a combo.
Three contracts are always on offer, each worth 5 minutes of that world's income.
You get one free reroll every 10 minutes.

Mobile boosts

Watch an optional ad for ×2 income on every world for 30 minutes, offline included.
Bank up to 4 hours of boost; at most 8 ads per day (UTC).
Double Income is a one-time purchase: ×2 income on all three save slots.
The PC version has no ads and nothing to buy.

CONTROLS

Action	Mouse & touch	Keyboard	Gamepad
Pan the city	Drag	—	Left stick
Zoom	Wheel or pinch	—	Right stick
Inspect a lot or building	Click or tap	—	A
Quick build	Build button	B	X
Auto build on / off	Auto button	Y	Y
Switch colony	Arrows by the colony name	← / →	LB / RB
Switch world	Map or Worlds list	1–9	LT / RT
Switch between world and menus	Dock buttons	—	View / Select

ACHIEVEMENTS

41 in all. The title screen's Achievements page lists every one, with the save slots that earned it.

First StepsReach Earth's second colony.
LiftoffLand on the Moon.
Red PlanetLand on Mars.
Cloud NineSettle Venus.
ProspectorReach the Asteroid Belt.
JovianSettle Io.
RingsideSettle Titan.
Far OutSettle Triton.
ContractorComplete 10 contracts.
Trade NetworkRun 5 Trade Routes at once.
DelegatorPromote a Governor to level 5.
New DawnPrestige 10 times.
KeymasterHold 10,000 Keys.
Master KeyHold 1,000,000 Keys.
PolishedMax out a colony.
Grand TourMax out all ten worlds.

Plus 25 more: mastering each world, Prestige and Key ladders, and three no-Prestige challenges (Stubborn, No Shortcuts, Iron Will) that only count while a save has never prestiged.