
Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game
Star Squadrons is a fast-paced, tactical sci-fi card game WITHOUT MANA, where you deploy cards face down, interact nonstop, and win through clever location control. Secure your Founder status ahead of the Kickstarter in early 2027! Play the browser-based Early Alpha now!
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PLAY NOW — FREE IN YOUR BROWSER AND SOON ON STEAM
Star Squadrons is a fast-paced, tactical sci-fi trading card game that brings the focus back to playing with each other — not just alongside each other.
No mana. No traditional life points. Maximum player interaction.
Choose your starting hand, deploy your squadron face down and fight for control across five locations on changing battlefields. The Browser Alpha is playable now for free. Star Squadrons launches on Steam on November 2, 2026 with full crossplay between Steam and browser.
PLAY THE FREE ALPHA
No download. No installation. No purchase required.
Play against other players or bots while Star Squadrons continues to expand toward its complete digital version. The digital version will remain completely free to play for at least one year and will provide unrestricted access to the full tournament version of Star Squadrons, including preconstructed decks.
This is not a limited free demo — our game is being built to remain fully playable for free during this period.
WHY STAR SQUADRONS HITS DIFFERENT
Victory through tactics, not destruction
— reach 7 Victory Points and hold your lead until the start of your next turn.
Card placement without mana restrictions
— ships, traps and other cards can enter the battlefield face down, forcing opponents to read the board before committing.
Combat is driven by initiative and reactions
— tactical ship combat keeps both players constantly involved in every engagement.
No stalemates. No downtime.
— the unique victory condition allows a win as early as turn one and keeps every match on a knife's edge.
PLAY-2-CLAIM — DIGITAL PLAY. PHYSICAL REWARDS.
Play-2-Claim connects Ranked digital gameplay directly with real physical Star Squadrons collectible cards.
Ranked Play is already live in the browser and Steam. During each Play-2-Claim Test Month in October and November 2026, complete at least 20 Ranked Matches to qualify for physical card rewards:
Top 25 qualified players receive a guaranteed physical Star Squadrons card
25 additional cards are raffled among the remaining qualified players
Wins are not required to qualify
The first official Play-2-Claim Season launches in December 2026, followed by monthly Play-2-Claim seasons.
ROADMAP 2026/2027
OCTOBER 2026
- Play-2-Claim Test Month 1
- Ranked Play live
NOVEMBER 2, 2026
- Steam Launch
- Steam and browser crossplay
NOVEMBER 2026
- Play-2-Claim Test Month 2
- New content and gameplay updates
DECEMBER 2026
- Official Play-2-Claim Season Launch
- First regular Play-2-Claim season
Q1 2027
- Monthly Play-2-Claim seasons
- First Star Squadrons Kickstarter
- Continued expansion of Ranked and game content
2027
Continued expansion of the digital TCG, local events, competitive play, Play-2-Claim and the physical Star Squadrons ecosystem.
THE FIRST STAR SQUADRONS KICKSTARTER — Q1 2027
The first Star Squadrons Kickstarter is planned for Q1 2027 and will introduce three fully playable, tournament-ready preconstructed decks into your own hands:
United Earth Defense
Pirates
Voidstalkers
Choose a faction. Get a complete tournament-ready deck. Start playing.
No booster chase is required to build your first competitive deck.
The Kickstarter decks are intended to remain eligible for official tournament play for at least two years.
DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL — ONE CONNECTED TCG ECOSYSTEM
Star Squadrons is being built as one connected digital and physical Trading Card Game.
Your digital Star Squadrons account is designed to follow you into local stores and physical tournaments. Results from sanctioned physical play will be credited back to your digital account with an additional progression multiplier, rewarding players for competing both online and at real-world events.
Play-2-Claim rewards, Ranked competition, physical cards, local tournaments and player progression all become part of the same connected ecosystem.
Digital battles. Physical competition. One connected TCG universe.
Disclaimer: Star Squadrons is currently in active Alpha development. Features, content, rewards and dates may change any time during development.
Facts
- Released
- Dec 31, 2026
- In catalog since
- Oct 18, 2026
- Publisher
- Thomas Friedrich Eberhard
- Developer
- Thomas Friedrich Eberhard
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy, Free To Play
- Features
- Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Family Sharing
- Languages
- English, German languages with full audio support
- Links
- Website
System requirements
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Windows 10 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 3300X or Equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 560 or Equivalent
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 20 GB available space
Recommended
Recommended:- OS: Windows 10/11 64-Bit
- Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X or Equivalent
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or Equivalent
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 20 GB available space







