Leave a Review Star Realms
Excellent implementation of an excellent game!
I’ve enjoyed Star Realms since the physical game released. But I was delighted shortly thereafter to find the digital version! I don’t always have time to sit and play a full game, so I’m frequently on the hunt for good PBM-style turn based games that I can play a little here and a little there. The 48-hour games make this possible, and I usually keep a good number of them ready to go.
Thanks for the good work, guys!Show lesspsyberduck
Could be better...
As with all card games that have an AI as the 2nd player, the devs have decided that just “giving the game the win” is appropriate. I’ve played DOZENS of games (both vs AI & campaigns) & it is, unfortunately, obvious that the game keeps giving itself “timely & fortunate” draws while the human player continually gets “coincidentally” sub-optimal draws. And this applies to both the Trade Row & the cards drawn in the hand. It’s perplexingly amazing how the AI is able to continually draw single faction hands with crazy ally abilities while drawing from all 4 factions while I only concentrate on 2 factions & can’t get a draw that makes a single ally combo. The paper game is GREAT as there’s not so much rigging of the game (last time I checked rigging a game was called CHEATING...). The app version...just par for the course as far as AI vs human games go.Show less<jtraska>
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.Show lessCersei's Koont
A+ Fantastic Game and Fantastic Devs
I got into this game on PC, and had to pick it up on mobile. It is 100% the game on mobile as the PC version (with some UI changes to match the format).
Works on my 6s well, and is great on a tablet. Smaller phone users with fat fingers may have minor frustrations though (but probably not anything your not used to already.
Space combat, crew combat, trading, diplomacy, Game if Thrones scheming by contacts, Solar Wars, trade disputes-its all there. Play laid back on basic, or crank the difficulty and get deeeeep into the systems. Follow the story, or don’t. Massive amount of stuff to do and ways to play.
With, as if this writing, the devs working on their 240th totally free update (no in game purchases or expansions, pay for the game once and it’s all yours) it has some of the best post release and consumer friendly support out there.
Need help with something or just want to know who the hell Shalun is? The devs and community are on Discord, Reddit and the like to help you out.
Can’t say enough good things here. The learning curve can be a bit steep when you 1st wade in, but it is well worth it!Show lessStreamlock
Overall, very well done, but 2 negs
Within the app, I only play vs AI on iPad. I enjoy this game. The visuals and action states are well designed. However, there is a bug that happens on rare occasions (play a lot and only had it happen 4 times). I started taking screen shots to see if I can find a pattern. In the middle of a turn, [play all] button disappears and I can not select any remaining cards to play. I think I kicked the game out of memory, came back in to game in progress and I was able to conShow lessSenaM
Briefly distracting but not worth the money
I own star realms, the base set. It’s truly a classic. You can fit it in your sock and spend a few hours on a Sunday drinking beer with a friend and having a good ole time.
I generally give poor marks for iOS boardgame apps because of these persistent annoyances:
1- They tend to lose dev support, becoming abandoned and useless and unplayable or—
2- They have to be redeveloped for new versions requiring users to repurchase. This is unacceptable. I’m looking at you, Ticket to Ride and others...or—
3- They rely on store purchases, like this game. These tend to add little for value. You could spend $50+ on this app. Will it even be playable in two years? Your gamble.
4- and/or they port iOS games direct to PC platforms like Steam, then charge several times more as if they just made a PC game. Then they drop dev support. This is just unscrupulous and wrong. I don’t have the space to list these titles but I am pretty sure this is one.
If money is no object, buy away. The hard AI is easy, unless playing campaigns, where they start with extra cards in play. It does teach you the value of ships and will improve your irl skillz. Buy the two big expansions if you need more ship candy, but not that mind blowing of a change.Show lessgrimoire_games
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.Show lessartfoundry
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.Show lessTMattE1999
Broken AI
I really enjoy the card game for a number of reasons, but playing on this app is just a frustrating experience. The main problem with this app is between the 3 difficulty levels there seems to be only 2 actual. For example, easy is so insultingly easy it’s like the AI tries to lose. However, you bump it up one notch to medium and all of the sudden the game becomes Nintendo hard. It’s like when in medium the game rules no longer matter to the AI and winning (by the human player) becomes nigh impossible. Though all of the great art work and play style are still in the app; the broken AI makes this game an unplayable frustrating experience.Show lessB1234567:/
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!Show lessNdiege
