Star Realms

Name: Star Realms
Rating: 4.63194 (3206 reviews)

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Star Realms

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White Wizard Games LLC

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User Reviews for Star Realms

Was good until a few weeks ago

This game was great until the last few updates. In the last few weeks the developer has decided to make small changes to gameplay and UI that have made the game annoying to play. Since these updates, the game has been less responsive and a little more annoying to play. Specifically, I’m referring to how close some of the buttons have been moved together, allowing for errors during game play. However, the worst thing that has been done is now players can concede mid turn and it stops the game immediately. This is incredibly annoying as many players use this when they know they’re going to be defeated midway through another players turn in a live game. It’s one thing to concede defeat, but it’s unsportsmanlike to cut the winning player’s turn short because the losing player doesn’t want to see their loss.

Aquad82, Dec 15, 2019

Crappy cloud saving

[update] Well the game no longer seems to have a cloud sync button (at least I can't find it), so maybe they just removed syncing altogether?? Doesn't seem like the best solution, but I guess if you can't fix it...Other comments still stand. Also, event cards should not disappear automatically! There's not enough time to read them, and if I look away, I'll miss them altogether.One more thing - the card names in the game log should show the card when tapped - otherwise what's the point of showing the name? Not everyone memorizes every single card in the game 🙄.You know, if you're going to implement a feature, do it right, not half-a$$ed. Cloud saving simply has a sync button which only seems to check the time stamp of the game progress, not the actual progress itself. So if you sync a device that's behind I progress and then sync a device that's farther ahead, too bad, you've just updated the second device to match the first rather than the other way around. There should be two buttons - upload save and download save. Or if you want to try to make it easier for the user, then check BOTH time and progress and then let the user decide in cases of conflicts.Oh, and charging almost as much for a small expansion as for the game itself is lame. Also, the campaign battles in the second chapter are REALLY hard. Difficulty ramps up too quickly!Other than all these issues, the game is good and fun to play.

artfoundry, Jul 25, 2020

Really nice space combat game

Yes it’s cards, but it really does feel like a space fleet battle with bases and ships. Faster than a lot of deck builders, each game takes only a few minutes, but plenty of strategy and depth. The card art is great and the info on each card well presented. The gameplay is 5 stars, but the interface could learn a lot from Ascension. It’s perfectly fine, just not as polished. For example, when you zoom a card to review it, you can’t just take it or play it from there, you have to unzoom first. Ascension lets you select or play right from the zoom. You can only see 5 played cards at a time, where Ascension fills the screen width and then scrolls between them more easily. Things like that lowered my overall rating, but really they’re minor. The game is exactly what I expected from the description, so if it sounds like your kind of fun, get it! No ads, no pay to win, fair prices for the many offered expansions. This is how apps should do business and it’s a solid game to boot.

Bob Dewalrus, Mar 10, 2022

Questionable RND

I've been playing for over a year now and I have serious questions about the RND function when shuffling discards. For a bit of background on me, I have a degree in statistics. When I first started playing, it seemed to that whenever I got one of the 7 or 8 cost cards, if they went to the discard pile first, were almost always one of the last two cards to appear after the pile was shuffled. I started tracking the data to see if I was remembering bad case scenarios, but after a couple hundred games, this was happening, and happening at rate nearing 2 standard deviations. For those that don't know, standard deviation is a measure of how close to the norm something is. Anything past 2 is a big problem. I played a game today where I had 5 base cards and 10 cards from the trade row. On the reshuffle, I got all 5 base card on the initial draw. That's about 400,000:1 odds. And yes, I understand computer RND isn't truly random, but it's also not this bad.Other than that, it's a good game.

Bubba Bo Bob Fett, Jul 28, 2021

Amazing Game!!! Horrible app!!!!!

This game is such a fun game to play either with family or friends. I have the physical version of this game and play it with my buds at the local card shop. Just now starting to teach my son how to play. That being said; this version of the game is horrid. About once every other game It will bug out. During the middle of my turn I will lose control of my game and the clock will run out on me. It doesn’t stop there either. After the clock running out it should by default just go to the other person and then back to me for my turn. It doesn’t though! It just plainly freezes on me preventing me from playing. The only way around is to crash the app and then start it back up again. Though at that point you have most likely taken critical damage and your on track to lose. With all that said; download the app and play, it’s great. Don’t pay money on this game though. I unfortunately dropped about $30 on this game just last night when I discovered they had this game in app version. Little did I know about all the bugs. I’m not a reviewer type of person. I don’t ever write a review cause I just don’t care. I don’t read reviews because I feel the review system only captures a small portion of the market. Usually the bad apples, or the people who go out of their way to write one. The only reason I’m writing this is because the game asked me to in the middle of my rage.

Cersei's Koont, Dec 07, 2020

Wish there was a Hero Realms app... until then I’ve got Star Realms!

I own the re-themed Hero Realms physical equivalent to Star Realms and play it a ton with my son... sadly he’s becoming a teenager and playing cards with dad is getting lower down his list of priority things to do... enter Star Realms, the app. It’s great! No bin full of cards to sort, and store. The tutorial is excellent and even broken up into sections to avoid overwhelming folks. The expansion packs are in the game as extra in app purchases for a very reasonable price and best of all I can play it without my son! The easy mode is too easy but good for newbies and is the best level to learn and build skills. I haven’t tried the expansions nor the campaign mode yet but I will!!! It’s quickly become my favorite board/card game digital app. It’s a little more thinky than Onirim but that is a good thing!

Ndiege, May 19, 2020

After all these years, still a mediocre port

I enjoy playing Star Realms, but after all of these years the app still remains a mediocre port of a desktop application. Why are we tapping on arrows to scroll through cards on a touch screen device? This makes no sense and is extremely counterintuitive and cumbersome. This latest updates makes the stealth needle morph into the card you clone. This is fine unless you want scrap the card you copied; you have to be careful to scrap the original and not the copy with no visual clues, just logically remembering that the original came first.The AI is infuriating at the end of games. It will play out complete turns even when it can already end the game. Real fun when it has two battle screechers and you get to watch the painfully slow animation of shredding the whole tableau of cards twice (I have NEVER seen it scrap less than all of them) while you’re sitting there with 5 health and the computer already has 38 attack.I have a notification badge on my iPad icon even though I have no active games. My friend does, too, so it’s not just me. So irritating. I’ve tried everything I can to delete it, but even removing the app and reinstalling only works until the next time I play online and then the notification is back.I appreciate that one price unlocks tablet, phone, and desktop apps but I really wish they would put more effort into the iOS app.

pbeasi, Sep 24, 2017

Devs - Please allow some suspense

First off, game is great. Probably one of the most successful boardgame ports I have played and I’ve played them all. Star realms is very easy to pick up and very approachable for new comers. I mainly play it online with a group of friends so I will not comment on the way the AI seems to manipulate decks. Online async play on any platform is almost flawless. ALMOST. The reason for the title of this review and my major gripe is that the online play gives you spoilers. The list of ongoing games tells you the players Authority AFTER the upcoming turn. Meaning you will know if your opponent had an awesome turn even before you see it. That is disappointing. But what’s worse is that the game will tell you you have lost before you see the final turn. It’s way more compelling to have a little bit of authority left and draw a bunch of good cards hoping you can last one more turn and then watching your opponent draw every card in her deck and annihilate you. Instead you get an iPhone notification that you lost or the ongoing games icon changes to “YOU LOST”. Lame. Why not make all that update AFTER you watch your opponent’s turn? That is satisfying to all sides. Anyhoo, I wish I could say that’s a minor gripe but I find it really disappointing. That said, I’ve still played dozens and dozens of Star realms and will continue to do so. Thanks.

StopSpamming, Sep 19, 2019

Bugs make this Game hard to play

I really do like this game I think it’s an incredible deck builder and always have a ton of fun when I play in person with friends but the app has some problems. My biggest issue with the app is one specific bug that happens to me 1/3 games. As far as I can tell the bug happens when my turn starts in a live game (arena or just online) when I am looking at what’s in either my opponents or my own discard pile or deck. What the bug does is prevent you from playing any cards for your whole turn. The only thing you can do is watch the turn timer tick down or go into the pause menus and end your turn. It has been a part of me losing 2 arena games in a row two weeks ago and I was very frustrated because it was an arena I paid my previous winnings to get into. This bug is debilitating and game ruining. In a game today I lost a great hand that would have allowed me to get in an excellent position and buy a command ship but because of the bug I got steam rolled as my opponent was able To get out three outposts and destroy me. I hope this is something the devs can fix because I really do love the game and aside from a few other minor issues (not being able to unlock digital conent with codes or proof of purchase of the same physical cards, or arena being very expensive to play in) this could be a 5/5 app.

TMattE1999, Jun 28, 2020

Plenty to do, even in the at the free level

This game is fantastic. From what I understand, it was created by one of the guys responsible for Magic: The Gathering, and it shows in the deck building and stacking of abilities. If you enjoy Magic, but don’t want to spend time on deck management or between games, check this gem out. You start with a basic deck each game and draft from a market in the center. As you learn the different factions, you learn what combinations work well together and get to a point where you can almost always find a good option in the market. I’ve only played the free version so far, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely. In fact, you can play the first campaign stage and then just play battles pretty much forever without paying anything. If you do decide to pay for content, it is reasonably priced in my opinion. A physical version of this game would cost around $20. There is a similar game called “Cthulhu Realms” if you’re into the Cthulhu mythos. My fingers are crossed for Hero Realms to come to the App Store.

Volman1229, Dec 10, 2018

Description

Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, including Best Mobile Game, and 2 Dice Tower awards! Reviews: "My readers are going to have a seizure about how good Star Realms is." -Owen Faraday, pockettactics.com “Good on all levels, thumbs up!” -Tom Vasel, The Dice Tower “This game is superb!

I think it’s a brilliant game. Beautiful artwork, second to none.” -Tim Norris, Grey Elephant Gaming “What can I say? Star Realms is excellent.” - Lenny, ISlaytheDragon.com “I desperately wanted to play again and again. It's just consistently fun every time.” -The Critical Boardgamer Star Realms combines addictive deck building game play with exciting Trading Card Game (TCG) style combat! Designed by Magic the Gathering Hall of Famers Darwin Kastle and Rob Dougherty (of the Ascension Deckbuilding Game), Star Realms provides tons of playability for free, and a one-time upgrade to be able play with your friends and more on any device. Free Version •Universal Application: Play on iPhone, iPod, iPad, iPad Mini, and Ipad Air. •Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat. •Tutorial teaches you to play in minutes. •Stunning visuals. •Play VS the AI. •6 mission campaign mode. Full Game Additional Features •Play the AI on 3 different difficulty settings. •9 additional campaign missions. •Battle friends face to face with Pass and Play. •Online play with global rankings. •Challenge a friend online.