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18 games like Agricola

The best games like Agricola are Caverna The Cave Farmers, Hallertau and La Granja — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Caverna The Cave Farmers shares animals, economic, farming with Agricola.

Every alternative below links to its own Agricola-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s animals / economic shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Agricola’s 3.6 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1–7 players · 30–210 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Animals, Economic, Farming, Automatic Resource Growth, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 2 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–5 players · scales to 7 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
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  2. 2. Hallertau (2020)
    1–4 players · 50–140 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Animals, Economic, Farming, Advantage Token, Automatic Resource Growth, Hand Management · 3 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
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  3. 3. La Granja (2014)
    1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Automatic Resource Growth, Drafting, Hand Management · 3 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
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  4. 1–4 players · 75–150 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Animals, Economic, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~23 min longer · same complexity
  5. 1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–5 players · ~30 min longer · 0.4 lighter
  6. 6. Puerto Rico (2002)
    3–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~30 min longer · 0.4 lighter
  7. 7. Fields of Arle (2014)
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Automatic Resource Growth · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–2 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
  8. 8. Concordia (2013)
    2–5 players · 100 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Advantage Token, Hand Management · 2 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~10 min longer · 0.6 lighter
  9. 1–5 players · 45–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Hand Management, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 2 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
  10. 10. Le Havre (2008)
    1–5 players · 30–150 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Automatic Resource Growth, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 2 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · same complexity
  11. 2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
  12. 12. Brass Birmingham (2018)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
  13. 13. Cuba (2007)
    2–5 players · 75–120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–5 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
  14. 14. Terra Mystica (2012)
    2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  15. 15. A Feast for Odin (2016)
    1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Automatic Resource Growth · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
  16. 16. Root (2018)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Animals, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
  17. 17. Maracaibo (2019)
    1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
  18. 1–6 players · 45–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Agricola: Economic, Farming, Hand Management · 1 of Agricola’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Agricola: overlaps at 1–5 players · scales to 6 · ~22 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Agricola?
Caverna The Cave Farmers (2013) is the closest match to Agricola, sharing animals, economic, farming. It rates 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Agricola?
Caverna The Cave Farmers, Hallertau, La Granja are the top-ranked alternatives to Agricola in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-heavy complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Caverna The Cave Farmers harder than Agricola?
Compared with Agricola, Caverna The Cave Farmers is same complexity and ~30 min longer (3.8 vs 3.6 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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