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18 games like Star Realms Colony Wars

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

Every alternative below links to its own Star Realms Colony Wars-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 Colony Wars’s 1.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Hero Realms (2016)

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 6 shared tags · 4 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (100%)

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

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

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 6 shared tags · 4 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (100%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.3 heavier

   Check price for Baseball Highlights 2045 →
3. 

   3. Aeon's End (2016)

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 4 · ~40 min longer · +0.9 heavier

   Check price for Aeon's End →
4. 

   4. Shards of Infinity (2018)

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
5. 

   5. 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 Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier
6. 

   6. Eminent Domain (2011)

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.6 heavier
7. 

   7. Thunderstone (2009)

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

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~40 min longer · +0.6 heavier
8. 

   8. Red Rising (2021)

   1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~33 min longer · +0.4 heavier
9. 

   9. Smash Up (2012)

   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light · See Smash Up alternatives →

   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

   vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.2 heavier
10. 

    10. 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 Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck · 5 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~25 min longer · +0.8 heavier
11. 

    11. Unmatched Cobble & Fog (2020)

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

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · +0.2 heavier
12. 

    12. Arctic Scavengers (2009)

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

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 5 · ~33 min longer · +0.4 heavier
13. 

    13. Abyss (2014)

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

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~25 min longer · +0.5 heavier
14. 

    14. Valhalla (2018)

    1–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 5 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~25 min longer · +0.2 heavier
15. 

    15. Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire (2017)

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

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.6 heavier
16. 

    16. 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 Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.6 heavier
17. 

    17. Friday (2011)

    1 players · 25 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · See Friday alternatives →

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: no player-count overlap (1 vs 2) · plays solo · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
18. 

    18. Dominion (2008)

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

    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 4 shared tags · 3 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (75%)

    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier

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