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18 games like Myrmes

The best games like Myrmes are Dominant Species, Caverna The Cave Farmers and Agricola Revised Edition — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Dominant Species shares animals, environmental, grid movement with Myrmes.

Every alternative below links to its own Myrmes-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s animals / environmental shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Myrmes’s 3.5 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Dominant Species (2010)
   2–6 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Environmental, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~90 min longer · +0.6 heavier
   View Dominant Species on Amazon →
2. 2. Caverna The Cave Farmers (2013)
   1–7 players · 30–210 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 7 · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
   View Caverna The Cave Farmers on Amazon →
3. 3. Agricola Revised Edition (2016)
   1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Agricola Revised Edition on Amazon →
4. 4. Takenoko (2011)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Environmental, Farming, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~45 min shorter · 1.5 lighter
5. 5. Terraforming Mars (2016)
   1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Myrmes: Environmental, Hexagon Grid · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.2 lighter
6. 6. Viticulture Essential Edition (2015)
   1–6 players · 45–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~22 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
7. 7. Barrage (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Myrmes: Environmental, Network and Route Building · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
8. 8. Haspelknecht The Story of Early Coal Mining (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Myrmes: Environmental, Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
9. 9. Clans of Caledonia (2017)
   1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Network and Route Building · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
10. 10. Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar (2012)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
11. 11. Fields of Arle (2014)
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
12. 12. Dinosaur Island (2017)
    1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · 0.4 lighter
13. 13. Glen More II Chronicles (2019)
    2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Grid Movement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · 0.4 lighter
14. 14. Village (2011)
    2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
15. 15. Viticulture (2013)
    2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
16. 16. The Manhattan Project Energy Empire (2016)
    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Environmental, Worker Placement · 1 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
17. 17. Mariposas (2020)
    2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Myrmes: Animals, Environmental, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid · 2 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min shorter · 1.3 lighter
18. 18. Key Flow (2018)
    2–6 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Myrmes: Farming, Network and Route Building, Worker Placement · 2 of Myrmes’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs Myrmes: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min shorter · 0.6 lighter

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