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I think it’s a brilliant game. Beautiful artwork, second to none.”\n-Tim Norris, Grey Elephant Gaming\n\n“What can I say? Star Realms is excellent.”\n- Lenny, ISlaytheDragon.com\n\n“I desperately wanted to play again and again. It's just consistently fun every time.”\n-The Critical Boardgamer\n\nStar Realms combines addictive deck building game play with exciting Trading Card Game (TCG) style combat! \n\nDesigned 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.\n\nFree Version\n\n•Universal Application: Play on iPhone, iPod, iPad, iPad Mini, and Ipad Air.\n•Addictive Deckbuilding Game with Player VS Player Combat.\n•Tutorial teaches you to play in minutes.\n•Stunning visuals.\n•Play VS the AI. \n•6 mission campaign mode.\n\nFull Game Additional Features\n\n•Play the AI on 3 different difficulty settings.\n•9 additional campaign missions.\n•Battle friends face to face with Pass and Play.\n•Online play with global rankings.\n•Challenge a friend online.","facts":{"developer_id":893447128,"developer_url":null,"first_released":"2014-08-14T02:39:09Z","support_url":"http://www.starrealms.com/","privacy_url":"http://www.whitewizardgames.com/privacy-policy/","website_url":null,"app_version":"20261016.1.3","release_notes":"Updates:\n-Rise of Empire Promo Heroes is now available for sale\n-Halloween decorations added\n\nBug fixes:\n-Divine Engineer Piotr gives too much combat\n\nSR2 updates:\n-Battleboard element sizes updated\n-Ranked/challenge label is missing from menu\n-Allow viewing of cards during scrapping and discarding\n-Add avatar attack glow\n\nSR2 bug fixes:\n-Faction counts show what is in opponent hand/deck\n-Extra expansions used for challenges\n-Stealth needle breaks the game on replay\n-Undoing Survey Ship scrap lets you draw whole deck","rating_current_version":4.61871,"rating_count_current_version":4448,"star_counts":[209,84,93,422,3640],"genres":["Games","Card","Entertainment","Strategy"],"languages":["EN"],"content_advisories":["Frequent/Intense Contests"],"device_families":["iphone","ipad","ipod"],"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-22T06:38:12.725Z","catalog_read_at":"2026-10-22T06:38:12.725Z","reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-10-18T23:50:11.714Z","placed_at":"2026-10-18T04:48:11.787Z","scored_at":"2026-10-22T09:35:12.614Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A free space combat deckbuilding game for iPhone and iPad, with player versus player and AI play.","what_is":"Star Realms is a space combat deckbuilding game that mixes deck building with trading card game style combat. 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