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18 games like Ora et Labora

The best games like Ora et Labora are Roads & Boats, Forge War and &Cetera — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Roads & Boats shares city building, economic, industry / manufacturing with Ora et Labora.

Ranked alternatives to Ora et Labora (city building, economic), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Ora et Labora’s medium-heavy weight.

1. 1. Roads & Boats (1999)
   1–4 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Modular Board, Network and Route Building
2. 2. Forge War (2015)
   1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Medieval, Modular Board, Worker Placement
3. 3. &Cetera (2003)
   1–6 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Modular Board, Network and Route Building
4. 4. Forged in Steel (2016)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Territory Building
5. 5. Caylus Premium Limited Edition (2005)
   2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Worker Placement
6. 6. Le Havre (2008)
   1–5 players · 30–150 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources
7. 7. Keyflower (2012)
   2–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Territory Building, Modular Board
8. 8. The Pillars of the Earth (2006)
   2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Ora et Labora: Economic, Medieval, Religious, Worker Placement, Worker Placement
9. 9. Antiquity (2004)
   2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
   Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Modular Board
10. 10. Calimala (2017)
    3–5 players · 75 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Ora et Labora: Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Medieval, Modular Board, Worker Placement
11. 11. Keyper (2017)
    2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Worker Placement
12. 12. Ground Floor (2012)
    2–6 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Worker Placement
13. 13. Merv The Heart of the Silk Road (2020)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Modular Board
14. 14. Key to the City London (2016)
    2–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Territory Building, Modular Board, Worker Placement
15. 15. Key Flow (2018)
    2–6 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Medieval, Network and Route Building, Worker Placement
16. 16. Kingdom of Solomon (2012)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Religious, Network and Route Building, Worker Placement
17. 17. Ground Floor (Second Edition) (2018)
    1–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Worker Placement
18. 18. DRCongo (2015)
    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Ora et Labora: City Building, Economic, Industry / Manufacturing, Network and Route Building

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