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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!
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 ↓
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.
What reviewers agree on
33 of the 76 reviews raise this.
12 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I first played the core set on paper at a friends house and immediately fell in love. I doubted there would be a solid digital version, but I was so excited to see there was! I've replayed this game on various platforms…”
“It's a really fun card game to play with friends. It's simple to get into but there's a decent amount of nuance to it that adds a lot of depth and a probability aspect to the gameplay.”
“Solid 2 player PVP deckbuilder. Get all the expansions when they're on sale, they're pretty much all worth it. There's a weekly arena with special rules that keeps the game fresh for me. Mostly I play on my phone; being…”
9 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“sweet. i love that i can play in steam and android with same purchase.”
“Solid 2 player PVP deckbuilder. Get all the expansions when they're on sale, they're pretty much all worth it. There's a weekly arena with special rules that keeps the game fresh for me. Mostly I play on my phone; being…”
“I mostly play on mobile, but I think it is crazy that the developers have enabled cross platform play, and carry over of assets purchased there. Can't recommend this deck builder enough. My only complaint is that my…”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Star Realms is easy to understand, fun to play, and quick for many games.”
“Best Card Game Ever and most Fair one! Easy to learn, hard to master!”
7 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“I first played the core set on paper at a friends house and immediately fell in love. I doubted there would be a solid digital version, but I was so excited to see there was! I've replayed this game on various platforms…”
“Solid 2 player PVP deckbuilder. Get all the expansions when they're on sale, they're pretty much all worth it. There's a weekly arena with special rules that keeps the game fresh for me. Mostly I play on my phone; being…”
“great game - longer staying power than any other game I play.”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a cards game that without balance that whole ruler like random and wired to went thought.”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“once you understand it the strategies become very in depth for a living card game and all the expansions makes very exiting and interesting gameplay just wish you could play online for free”
3 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game in the Real with friends and wanted to play it digitally to learn it better. Really great game! I am not super huge into deck builders but this has been my favorite. The difficulty settings are not…”
3 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“too expensive. base game bores fast. they could include expansions at this price.”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“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“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.
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
Update 20261012.2.2
Bug fixes: V2: Previous opponent turn not shown on game open V2: Incorrect expansions shown in selection screen
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
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.
| 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.