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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. 1. Hero Realms (2016)
   2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · games like Hero Realms →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 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
   View Hero Realms on Amazon →
2. 2. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)
   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · games like Baseball Highlights 2045 →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 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
   View Baseball Highlights 2045 on Amazon →
3. 3. Aeon's End (2016)
   1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · games like Aeon's End →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 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
   View Aeon's End on Amazon →
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 · 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 · games like It's a Wonderful World →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 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 · games like Eminent Domain →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 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 · games like Thunderstone →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 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 · 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 · games like Smash Up →
   Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 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 · games like Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck · 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 · 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 · games like Arctic Scavengers →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 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 · games like Abyss →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 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 · 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 · 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 · games like KeyForge Call of the Archons →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Hand Management, Take That · 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 · games like Friday →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 2 of Star Realms Colony Wars’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Star Realms Colony Wars: no player-count overlap (1–1 vs 2–2) · plays solo · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
18. 18. Dominion (2008)
    2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · games like Dominion →
    Shares with Star Realms Colony Wars: Card Game, Deck, Hand Management, Take That · 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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