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18 games like Inis

The best games like Inis are Blood Rage, Mythic Battles Pantheon and Cyclades — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Blood Rage shares fighting, miniatures, mythology with Inis.

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

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Inis’s 2.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Blood Rage (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Drafting · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
   View Blood Rage on Amazon →
2. 2. Mythic Battles Pantheon (2017)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Card Game, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Card Drafting · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
   View Mythic Battles Pantheon on Amazon →
3. 3. Cyclades (2009)
   2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · same complexity
   View Cyclades on Amazon →
4. 4. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Exploration, Medieval, Mythology, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
5. 5. Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion (2020)
   1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
6. 6. Rising Sun (2018)
   3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Action Drafting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
7. 7. Kemet (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · same complexity
8. 8. Lords of Hellas (2018)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Miniatures, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
9. 9. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~75 min longer · 0.2 lighter
10. 10. Black Rose Wars (2019)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Card Game, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
11. 11. El Grande (1995)
    2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Medieval, Action Drafting, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Card Drafting · 4 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · +0.2 heavier
12. 12. 878 Vikings Invasions of England (2017)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Medieval, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · 0.2 lighter
13. 13. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven · 3 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · +1.3 heavier
14. 14. Chaos in the Old World (2009)
    3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Fighting, Mythology, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. 15. Cthulhu Wars (2015)
    2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement · 2 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
16. 16. Scythe (2016)
    1–5 players · 90–115 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~28 min longer · +0.5 heavier
17. 17. Mice and Mystics (2012)
    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Exploration, Fighting, Miniatures, Area Movement · 1 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
18. 18. Titans (2021)
    1–4 players · 80–160 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Inis: Fighting, Miniatures, Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Campaign / Battle Card Driven, Card Drafting · 4 of Inis’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Inis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · same complexity

Looking for the original? See the full Inis fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.