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18 games like Star Realms

The best games like Star Realms are Aeon's End, Hero Realms and Baseball Highlights 2045 — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Aeon's End shares card game, fighting, science fiction with Star Realms.

Every alternative below links to its own Star Realms-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / fighting shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Star Realms’s 1.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1. Aeon's End (2016)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 4 · ~40 min longer · +0.8 heavier
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  2. 2. Hero Realms (2016)
    2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · about the same length · same complexity
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  3. 1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.3 heavier
    View Baseball Highlights 2045 on Amazon →
  4. 2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management, Take That · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
  5. 5. Dominion (2008)
    2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management, Take That · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  6. 1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  7. 7. Eminent Domain (2011)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  8. 8. Thunderstone (2009)
    1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~40 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  9. 9. Red Rising (2021)
    1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~33 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  10. 10. Smash Up (2012)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · same complexity
  11. 1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~25 min longer · +0.8 heavier
  12. 2–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
  13. 2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 5 · ~33 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  14. 14. Abyss (2014)
    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  15. 15. Valhalla (2018)
    1–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~25 min longer · same complexity
  16. 2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  17. 2 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
  18. 2 players · 30–40 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium
    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Star Realms?
Aeon's End (2016) is the closest match to Star Realms, sharing card game, fighting, science fiction. It rates 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Star Realms?
Aeon's End, Hero Realms, Baseball Highlights 2045 are the top-ranked alternatives to Star Realms in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Aeon's End harder than Star Realms?
Compared with Star Realms, Aeon's End is +0.8 heavier and ~40 min longer (2.8 vs 1.9 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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