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18 games like Cyclades

The best games like Cyclades are Minos, Olympos and Kemet — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Minos shares ancient, city building, civilization with Cyclades.

Ranked alternatives to Cyclades (ancient, city building), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Cyclades’s medium weight.

1. 1. Minos (1991)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, City Building, Civilization, Fighting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
2. 2. Olympos (2011)
   2–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Fighting, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement
3. 3. Kemet (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
4. 4. Inis (2016)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
5. 5. Lords of Hellas (2018)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
6. 6. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Dice Rolling
7. 7. Kemet Blood and Sand (2021)
   2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Fighting, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
8. 8. City of Remnants (2013)
   2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Auction/Bidding, Card Drafting
9. 9. A Brief History of the World (2009)
   3–6 players · 90–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
   Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
10. 10. Court of the Dead Mourners Call (2019)
    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Auction/Bidding, Card Drafting
11. 11. Titans (2021)
    1–4 players · 80–160 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting
12. 12. Blood Rage (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement
13. 13. Spartacus A Game of Blood and Treachery (2012)
    3–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Fighting, Miniatures, Auction/Bidding, Dice Rolling
14. 14. Antike (2005)
    2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Fighting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement
15. 15. Mare Nostrum Empires (2016)
    3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Mythology, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
16. 16. Polis Fight for the Hegemony (2012)
    2 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Fighting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling
17. 17. Antike II (2014)
    3–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, Civilization, Fighting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement
18. 18. Peloponnes Card Game (2015)
    2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
    Shares with Cyclades: Ancient, City Building, Civilization, Auction/Bidding, Card Drafting

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