swap_horiz Power Grid Alternatives

1

Wingspan

Wingspan is a beautifully designed engine-building game where players attract birds to their wildlife reserves. Through...

Nature Strategy Resource Management Family Friendly

9.5 Brilliant

2

Forbidden Island

Forbidden Island is a fantastic cooperative board game where players work together to retrieve four sacred treasures fro...

Adventure Family Easy To Learn Escape

9.2 Excellent

3

Outfoxed!

Outfoxed! is a cooperative mystery game where players work together to solve the case of the missing pie. Children beco...

Family Friendly Problem Solving Family Detective

9.2 Excellent

4

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 is a cooperative board game where players work together to eradicate four deadly diseases glob...

Legacy Campaign Cooperative Thematic

9.1 Excellent

5

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition

Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition is a sprawling strategy board game for 3-6 players where participants compete to domin...

Epic Space 4X Negotiation

8.9 Great

6

7 Wonders Duel

7 Wonders Duel cleverly adapts the popular 7 Wonders into a streamlined two-player experience. Players draft cards to bu...

Strategy Miniature Strategy Game Asymmetric

8.8 Great

7

Jaipur

Jaipur is a quick and engaging two-player card game centered around trading goods in a bustling Indian market. Players c...

Strategy Family Friendly Fast Paced India

8.8 Great

8

Ark Nova

Ark Nova is a complex and rewarding engine-building game where players design and develop urban parks in a bustling metr...

Strategy Modern Resource Management Complex

8.8 Great

9

Scythe

Scythe is a strategic engine-building game set in an alternate 1920s Eastern European nation where players control facti...

Strategy Alt History Area Control Engine Builder

8.6 Great

10

Spirit Island

Spirit Island is a deeply strategic cooperative game where players embody powerful spirits defending their island from c...

Nature Strategy Fantasy Complex

8.5 Great

11

Pandemic

Pandemic is a board game designed for cooperative play. Players assume the roles of specialists tasked with combating fo...

Strategy Classic Cooperative Pandemic

8.5 Great

12

The Castles of Burgundy

The Castles of Burgundy is a tile-laying strategy game where players collect sets of medieval goods – like spices, cloth...

Strategy Heavy Dice German Style

8.5 Great

13

Concordia

Concordia is a strategic board game where players represent medieval European monarchs vying for control of a newly disc...

Strategy Deck Building Economic Roman Era

8.5 Great

14

Ticket to Ride

Ticket to Ride is a strategy board game where players compete to build railway routes across a map. The game’s notable a...

Strategy Classic Easy Family

8.3 Great

15

Lost Ruins of Arnak

Lost Ruins of Arnak is a cooperative exploration game where players, as archaeologists, delve into the crumbling city of...

Strategy Exploration Deck Building Worker Placement

8.3 Great

16

El Grande

El Grande is a strategic, area-control game for 2-4 players set in the Spanish Golden Age, where players command powerfu...

Strategy Heavy Area Control German Style

8.0 Great

17

Kingdomino

Kingdomino is a simple yet strategic tile-laying game where players build their own kingdoms by connecting domino-like t...

Strategy Light

7.6 Good

18

Catan

Catan is a strategic board game where players compete to establish settlements and cities on a modular island terrain, c...

Strategy Family Gateway Trading

7.6 Good

19

Risk

Risk is a strategy board game where players compete to dominate territories around the globe by deploying armies and att...

Strategy Classic War Game Area Control

5.5 Mediocre

20

Monopoly

Monopoly is a property trading game where players purchase and develop properties, collecting rent from opponents who la...

Classic Family Economic Hasbro

4.5 Poor