Mm, this is a bit of a major bump, but I've been tracking the progress of Reprisal Universe (a sort of remake/follow-up? to the browser version), and it looks like more work has gone into the strategising component for players. Stronger populants who build bigger settlements move slower, while weaker ones move and build faster. Terraforming also costs more mana if you build higher, or so I heard.
Anyways, I just found out the beta for Reprisal Universe has been released, which can be downloaded here. I haven't actually tried it myself yet, hopefully tomorrow.