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18 games like Glass Road
The best games like Glass Road are 7 Wonders, Keyper and Glen More II Chronicles — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. 7 Wonders shares city building, economic, set collection with Glass Road.
Every alternative below links to its own Glass Road-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s city building / economic shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Glass Road’s 3.0 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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- 1. 7 Wonders (2010)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 7 · ~20 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
- 2. Keyper (2017)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Set Collection, Tile Placement · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~55 min longer · +0.6 heavier
- 3. Glen More II Chronicles (2019)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Set Collection, Tile Placement · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~55 min longer · same complexity
- 4. Castles of Mad King Ludwig (2014)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Medieval, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~40 min longer · 0.3 lighter
- 5. Key Flow (2018)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
- 6. Suburbia (2012)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~25 min longer · 0.2 lighter
- 7. Glory to Rome (2005)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Set Collection, Variable Phase Order · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
- 8. 51st State Master Set (2016)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Card Drafting, Variable Phase Order · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~25 min longer · same complexity
- 9. Charterstone (2017)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Card Drafting · 1 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (20%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~10 min longer · 0.2 lighter
- 10. Saint Petersburg (2004)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
- 11. San Juan (2004)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Set Collection, Variable Phase Order · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.7 lighter
- 12. Race for the Galaxy (2007)Shares with Glass Road: Economic, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection, Variable Phase Order · 3 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (60%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
- 13. It's a Wonderful World (2019)Shares with Glass Road: Economic, Card Drafting, Set Collection, Simultaneous Action Selection · 3 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (60%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.7 lighter
- 14. Saint Petersburg (Second Edition) (2014)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~10 min longer · 0.3 lighter
- 15. Unfair (2017)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Card Drafting, Set Collection · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~38 min longer · 0.3 lighter
- 16. The Palaces of Carrara (2012)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Economic, Set Collection, Tile Placement · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min longer · 0.4 lighter
- 17. The Castles of Burgundy (2011)Shares with Glass Road: Medieval, Set Collection, Tile Placement · 2 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (40%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min longer · same complexity
- 18. Fields of Green (2016)Shares with Glass Road: City Building, Card Drafting, Simultaneous Action Selection, Tile Placement, Variable Phase Order · 4 of Glass Road’s 5 mechanics (80%)vs Glass Road: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
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Frequently asked
- What game is most like Glass Road?
- 7 Wonders (2010) is the closest match to Glass Road, sharing city building, economic, set collection. It rates 7.8/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Glass Road?
- 7 Wonders, Keyper, Glen More II Chronicles are the top-ranked alternatives to Glass Road in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is 7 Wonders harder than Glass Road?
- Compared with Glass Road, 7 Wonders is 0.6 lighter and ~20 min shorter (2.3 vs 3.0 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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