Gizmos / Similar games

18 games like Gizmos

The best games like Gizmos are Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game, It's a Wonderful World and Star Realms Colony Wars — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game shares card game, science fiction, card drafting with Gizmos.

Every alternative below links to its own Gizmos-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / science fiction shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Gizmos’s 2.0 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014)
   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
   View Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game on Amazon →
2. 2. It's a Wonderful World (2019)
   1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
   View It's a Wonderful World on Amazon →
3. 3. Star Realms Colony Wars (2015)
   2 players · 20 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: both play at 2 · ~25 min shorter · same complexity
   View Star Realms Colony Wars on Amazon →
4. 4. Abyss (2014)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
5. 5. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)
   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
6. 6. Century Golem Edition (2017)
   2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Card Drafting, Contracts · 2 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (100%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
7. 7. Eminent Domain (2011)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
8. 8. Among the Stars (2012)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
9. 9. 7 Wonders Duel (2015)
   2 players · 30 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
   vs Gizmos: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. Wingspan (2019)
    1–5 players · 40–70 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
11. 11. Red Rising (2021)
    1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
12. 12. Duelosaur Island (2018)
    1–2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
13. 13. Smash Up (2012)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
14. 14. Port Royal (2014)
    2–5 players · 20–50 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Card Drafting, Contracts · 2 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (100%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~10 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
15. 15. XenoShyft Onslaught (2015)
    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
16. 16. Gravwell Escape from the 9th Dimension (2013)
    1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~12 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
17. 17. Capital Lux (2016)
    2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
18. 18. Aeon's End (2016)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Gizmos: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting · 1 of Gizmos’s 2 mechanics (50%)
    vs Gizmos: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.8 heavier

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