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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. Caverna The Cave Farmers (2013)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
- 2. Hallertau (2020)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
- 3. La Granja (2014)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
- 4. Great Western Trail (2016)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. Terraforming Mars (2016)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. Puerto Rico (2002)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. Fields of Arle (2014)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. Concordia (2013)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. Pax Pamir Second Edition (2019)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. Le Havre (2008)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. Goa A New Expedition (2004)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. Brass Birmingham (2018)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. Cuba (2007)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. Terra Mystica (2012)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. A Feast for Odin (2016)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. Root (2018)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. Maracaibo (2019)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. Viticulture Essential Edition (2015)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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