Choose Cards and Castles
Choose Cards and Castles if you want a Massively Multiplayer game with Steam Leaderboards. Cards and Castles launched in 2015.
Cards and Castles vs Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game
Cards and Castles and Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game both land in Strategy, Indie, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Indie, Free To Play on Steam. Cards and Castles (2015) is 11 years older than Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game (2026). Both are free to play. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game
Choose Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game if you want the Online PvP, LAN PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game launched in 2026.
Both Cards and Castles and Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game sit in Strategy, Indie, and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Cards and Castles |  Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2026 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Strategy, Indie, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 71.8% positive (503 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Red Team Games | Thomas Friedrich Eberhard |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie, Free To Play on Steam.
- Cards and Castles (2015) is 11 years older than Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game (2026).
- Both are free to play.
Cards and Castles vs Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game — FAQ
- Should I play Cards and Castles or Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game first?
- If you want chronology, Cards and Castles (2015) came out before Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game (2026). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Cards and Castles and Star Squadrons: Galactic Trading Card Game similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Indie, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.