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18 games like Dungeon Lords

The best games like Dungeon Lords are Caverna The Cave Farmers, Gloomhaven and Belfort — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Caverna The Cave Farmers shares economic, fantasy, tile placement with Dungeon Lords.

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

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

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1. 1. Caverna The Cave Farmers (2013)
   1–7 players · 30–210 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Economic, Fantasy, Tile Placement, Worker Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 7 · ~30 min longer · +0.2 heavier
   View Caverna The Cave Farmers on Amazon →
2. 2. Gloomhaven (2017)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Action Queue · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
   View Gloomhaven on Amazon →
3. 3. Belfort (2011)
   2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Economic, Fantasy, Hand Management, Worker Placement, Worker Placement · 3 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (60%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
   View Belfort on Amazon →
4. 4. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
   2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · +0.6 heavier
5. 5. Spirit Island (2017)
   1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
6. 6. BattleCON Devastation of Indines (2013)
   1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~45 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
7. 7. The Manhattan Project (2012)
   2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Economic, Fighting, Worker Placement, Worker Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
8. 8. A Game of Thrones The Card Game (Second Edition) (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
9. 9. Blood Rage (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.7 lighter
10. 10. Root (2018)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Action Queue, Hand Management · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
11. 11. Viticulture Essential Edition (2015)
    1–6 players · 45–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Economic, Hand Management, Worker Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~22 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
12. 12. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.4 lighter
13. 13. Kingdom Rush Rift in Time (2020)
    1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management, Tile Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~22 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
14. 14. The Lord of the Ice Garden (2014)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Action Queue, Worker Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
15. 15. Chaos in the Old World (2009)
    3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 3–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
16. 16. Magic: The Gathering (1993)
    2 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: both play at 2 · ~70 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
17. 17. Agricola Revised Edition (2016)
    1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Economic, Hand Management, Worker Placement · 2 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
18. 18. Runewars (2010)
    2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Dungeon Lords: Fantasy, Fighting, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Dungeon Lords’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Dungeon Lords: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min longer · +0.2 heavier

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