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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. Aeon's End (2016)

   1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Aeon's End alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management · 7 shared tags · 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

   Check price for Aeon's End →
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   2. Hero Realms (2016)

   2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See Hero Realms alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 6 shared tags · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · about the same length · same complexity

   Check price for Hero Realms →
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   3. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)

   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Baseball Highlights 2045 alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 6 shared tags · 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

   Check price for Baseball Highlights 2045 →
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   4. Shards of Infinity (2018)

   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management, Take That · 6 shared tags · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
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   5. Dominion (2008)

   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See Dominion alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 4 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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   6. It's a Wonderful World (2019)

   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · See It's a Wonderful World alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 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
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   7. Eminent Domain (2011)

   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium · See Eminent Domain alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)

   vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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   8. Thunderstone (2009)

   1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium · See Thunderstone alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 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
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   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 · 5 shared tags · 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 · See Smash Up alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · same complexity
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    11. Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014)

    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck · 5 shared tags · 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
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    12. Unmatched Cobble & Fog (2020)

    2–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-light

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
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    13. Arctic Scavengers (2009)

    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light · See Arctic Scavengers alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 5 · ~33 min longer · +0.3 heavier
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    14. Abyss (2014)

    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · See Abyss alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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    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 · 5 shared tags · 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
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    16. Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire (2017)

    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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    17. KeyForge Call of the Archons (2018)

    2 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · See KeyForge Call of the Archons alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
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    18. Neuroshima Convoy (2012)

    2 players · 30–40 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium

    Shares with Star Realms: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 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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