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Star Realms

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!

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep strategic deckbuilding” (33 of 76 reviews) and “cross-platform friend play” (12); the most common complaint is “luck overwhelms strategic skill” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Mar 8, 2016 Developer Wise Wizard Games, LLC Platforms Windows DeckbuildingStrategyCard BattlerCard GameBoard Game
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

86.8%positive2,242 reviews

What reviewers agree on

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Bar length = how many of the 76 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“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 main…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

229all-time peak
0 100 200 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 117 avg · May 2017

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 21, 2026
Rise of Empire Promo Heroes is now available!

Change Log Updates: -Rise of Empire Promo Heroes is now available for sale -Halloween decorations added Bug fixes: -Divine Engineer Piotr gives too much combat SR2 updates: -Battleboard element sizes

Oct 14, 2026
Update 20261012.2.2

Bug fixes: V2: Previous opponent turn not shown on game open V2: Incorrect expansions shown in selection screen

Oct 05, 2026
20261001

Hello Star Realms players! We've made some big changes in the 20261001 Star Realms update! Tournament update We've updated the tournament page with a fresh look and feel and we've also completely upda

Sep 25, 2026
20260924

Bug fixes: -In app purchases

Sep 17, 2026
20260914 - bug fixes

Updates: -Stealth Needle interactions with Pod Token ships and ships from Strikeforce -Updates to in-app purchasing Bug fixes: -Can't buy credits

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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.

GenresStrategy
Player tagsDeckbuilding · Strategy · Card Battler · Card Game · Board Game · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy · Combat · Space · Action · Tactical · Building (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Remote Play Together
LanguagesEnglish * *
Official sitehttps://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.