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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 · games like Aeon's End →
   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
   View Aeon's End on Amazon →
2. 2. Hero Realms (2016)
   2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · games like Hero Realms →
   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
   View Hero Realms on Amazon →
3. 3. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)
   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · games like Baseball Highlights 2045 →
   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. 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 · 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 · games like Dominion →
   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. 6. It's a Wonderful World (2019)
   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · games like It's a Wonderful World →
   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 · games like Eminent Domain →
   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 · games like Thunderstone →
   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 · games like Smash Up →
    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. 11. Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014)
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game →
    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. 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 · 2 of Star Realms’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Star Realms: both play at 2 · scales to 4 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
13. 13. Arctic Scavengers (2009)
    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light · games like Arctic Scavengers →
    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 · games like Abyss →
    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. 16. Warhammer Underworlds Shadespire (2017)
    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. 17. KeyForge Call of the Archons (2018)
    2 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · games like KeyForge Call of the Archons →
    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. 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 · 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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