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18 games like Keltis
The best games like Keltis are Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Reign of Cthulhu and 7 Wonders — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 shares hand management, point to point movement, set collection with Keltis.
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Every alternative below links to its own Keltis-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s 2008 japan boardgame prize voters selection nominee / 2008 spiel des jahres nominee shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Keltis’s 1.6 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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1. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (2015)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 3 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (100%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min longer · +1.2 heavier
2. Reign of Cthulhu (2016)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 3 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (100%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
3. 7 Wonders (2010)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 7 · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
4. It's a Wonderful World (2019)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
5. Great Western Trail (2016)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 3 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (100%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~83 min longer · +2.1 heavier
6. Ticket to Ride Nordic Countries (2007)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–3 players · ~15 min longer · +0.3 heavier
7. Jaipur (2009)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: both play at 2 · about the same length · same complexity
8. Sushi Go Party! (2016)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 8 · ~10 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
9. Ethnos (2017)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~23 min longer · +0.4 heavier
10. Battle Line (2000)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: both play at 2 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
11. Arboretum (2015)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
12. San Juan (Second Edition) (2014)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~23 min longer · +0.4 heavier
13. Abyss (2014)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
14. San Juan (2004)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~23 min longer · +0.7 heavier
15. Lost Cities (1999)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: both play at 2 · about the same length · same complexity
16. Quadropolis (2016)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
17. Pandemic The Cure (2014)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Point to Point Movement · 2 shared tags · 2 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (67%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
18. Trekking the World (2020)Shares with Keltis: Hand Management, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection · 3 shared tags · 3 of Keltis’s 3 mechanics (100%)vs Keltis: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · +0.2 heavier
Frequently asked
- What game is most like Keltis?
- Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (2015) is the closest match to Keltis, sharing hand management, point to point movement, set collection. It rates 8.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Keltis?
- Pandemic Legacy Season 1, Reign of Cthulhu, 7 Wonders are the top-ranked alternatives to Keltis in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is Pandemic Legacy Season 1 harder than Keltis?
- Compared with Keltis, Pandemic Legacy Season 1 is +1.2 heavier and ~30 min longer (2.8 vs 1.6 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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