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18 games like Happy Salmon
The best games like Happy Salmon are Tales & Games Baba Yaga, Spoons and Pick Picknic — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Tales & Games Baba Yaga shares childrens game, party game, real-time with Happy Salmon.
Every alternative below links to its own Happy Salmon-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s animals / childrens game shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Happy Salmon’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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- 1. Tales & Games Baba Yaga (2013)Shares with Happy Salmon: Childrens Game, Party Game, Real-time, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~13 min longer · +0.2 heavier
- 2. Spoons (1972)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Childrens Game, Real-time, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 4–6 players · scales to 13 · ~28 min longer · same complexity
- 3. Pick Picknic (2001)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Childrens Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · goes down to 2 · ~18 min longer · same complexity
- 4. Sushi Go Party! (2016)Shares with Happy Salmon: Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 8 · ~18 min longer · +0.2 heavier
- 5. Get Bit! Deluxe Tin Edition (2007)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~18 min longer · same complexity
- 6. Der Widerstand (2009)Shares with Happy Salmon: Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 5–6 players · scales to 10 · ~28 min longer · +0.5 heavier
- 7. Dixit Journey (2012)Shares with Happy Salmon: Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~28 min longer · +0.2 heavier
- 8. Bunny Bunny Moose Moose (2009)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~18 min longer · +0.4 heavier
- 9. Jungle Smart (2002)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Real-time, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · plays solo · scales to 10 · ~18 min longer · +0.4 heavier
- 10. Nobody but Us Chickens (2003)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~18 min longer · same complexity
- 11. You've Got Crabs (2018)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 4–6 players · scales to 10 · ~16 min longer · same complexity
- 12. Draftosaurus (2019)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~13 min longer · same complexity
- 13. Apples to Apples Junior! (2002)Shares with Happy Salmon: Childrens Game, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 4–6 players · scales to 10 · ~28 min longer · same complexity
- 14. Worm Up! (1994)Shares with Happy Salmon: Animals, Childrens Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~16 min longer · same complexity
- 15. Apples to Apples Kids (2001)Shares with Happy Salmon: Childrens Game, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 4–6 players · scales to 10 · ~28 min longer · same complexity
- 16. Dixit Jinx (2012)Shares with Happy Salmon: Party Game, Real-time, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~13 min longer · same complexity
- 17. Disney Apples to Apples (2009)Shares with Happy Salmon: Childrens Game, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 4–6 players · scales to 8 · ~13 min longer · same complexity
- 18. GolfMania (1997)Shares with Happy Salmon: Party Game, Real-time, Simultaneous Action Selection · 1 of Happy Salmon’s 1 mechanics (100%)vs Happy Salmon: overlaps at 3–6 players · goes down to 2 · ~18 min longer · same complexity
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Frequently asked
- What game is most like Happy Salmon?
- Tales & Games Baba Yaga (2013) is the closest match to Happy Salmon, sharing childrens game, party game, real-time. It rates 5.5/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Happy Salmon?
- Tales & Games Baba Yaga, Spoons, Pick Picknic are the top-ranked alternatives to Happy Salmon in the MeeplePick database, matched on light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is Tales & Games Baba Yaga harder than Happy Salmon?
- Compared with Happy Salmon, Tales & Games Baba Yaga is +0.2 heavier and ~13 min longer (1.3 vs 1.1 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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