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18 games like No Thanks!

The best games like No Thanks! are Smile, Lost Cities and Scripts & Scribes — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Smile shares card game, auction/bidding, closed economy auction with No Thanks!.

Every alternative below links to its own No Thanks!-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of No Thanks!’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Smile (2017)
   3–5 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Auction/Bidding, Closed Economy Auction, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Push Your Luck · 4 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (80%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~10 min longer · same complexity
   View Smile on Amazon →
2. 2. Lost Cities (1999)
   2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: no player-count overlap (2–2 vs 3–7) · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
   View Lost Cities on Amazon →
3. 3. Scripts & Scribes (2007)
   2–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Auction/Bidding, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
   View Scripts & Scribes on Amazon →
4. 4. Port Royal (2014)
   2–5 players · 20–50 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier
5. 5. Canvas (2021)
   1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · plays solo · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
6. 6. Coloretto 10 years edition (2003)
   2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
7. 7. Herbaceous Pocket Edition (2017)
   1–4 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.1 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
8. 8. Archaeology The New Expedition (2016)
   2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
9. 9. Codenames XXL (2015)
   2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
   Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck · 1 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (20%)
   vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–7 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 8 · about the same length · same complexity
10. 10. Dead Man's Draw Captain Carcass (2015)
    2–4 players · 10–15 min · ★ 6.9 · Light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
11. 11. Rise of Augustus (2013)
    2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–6 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
12. 12. Jaipur (2009)
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Set Collection · 1 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs No Thanks!: no player-count overlap (2–2 vs 3–7) · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
13. 13. Century Golem Edition (2017)
    2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources · 1 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~18 min longer · +0.5 heavier
14. 14. Codenames Duet XXL (2017)
    2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Push Your Luck · 1 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–7 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 99 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
15. 15. Abyss (2014)
    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Auction/Bidding, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 3 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–4 players · goes down to 2 · ~25 min longer · +1.2 heavier
16. 16. Sushi Go Party! (2016)
    2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Set Collection · 1 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (20%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–7 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 8 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
17. 17. Campy Creatures (2017)
    2–5 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.1 · Light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Auction/Bidding, Set Collection · 2 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 3–5 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
18. 18. Nanuk (2009)
    5–8 players · 45 min · ★ 6.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with No Thanks!: Card Game, Auction/Bidding, Push Your Luck, Set Collection · 3 of No Thanks!’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs No Thanks!: overlaps at 5–7 players · scales to 8 · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier

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