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Star Realms
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
“[h1] Seems to be card based space game. Gameplay is basic, play cards which are mostly your fleet and gather trade resources (coins) which can be traded for special cards on the board during your turn. Playing some cards will give attack points. Goal is to destroy mothership or…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“I am over 400 hours in, and can't stop. The digital game is well maintained, with new (optional) expansions coming out at a reasonable rate. There is also a great community online, be it on Facebook (I know) and BGG. Highly recommend!”
— a player, Steam review · 470 hrs played“You can play it cross play, so games you have on your phone can be played on steam. Very easy way to play the game.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
20260903 - Bug fixes
Improvements: -Updated IAP handling Bug fixes: -Cosmetics Gallery page won't load
20260814
V2 tournament improvements: -Show start time in local timezone -Chat improvements -Removed Drop button when you have an active game
20260811 - Bug fixes
Bug fixes: -Rise of Empire Promos 1 not available for purchase in the store screen Improvements: -Various tournament screen improvements
20260724 - Rise of Empire Promos 1 available for purchase
Attention Star Realms players! The Rise of Empire Promos 1 expansion is now available for purchase in the Star Realms app! Here are the other features in the 20260724 update: New features: -Rise of Em
20260424 - New expansions available for Legend players
Updates: - Rise of Empire Hero Promos and Rise of Empire Promos 2 are available for Legend users to try
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Deckbuilding · Strategy · Card Battler · Card Game · Board Game · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy · Combat · Space · Action · Tactical · Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Remote Play Together |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://www.starrealms.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2+ Graphics: DX9 (shader model 2.0) capabilities; generally everything made since 2004 should work.