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18 games like Pandemic Legacy Season 2

The best games like Pandemic Legacy Season 2 are Terraforming Mars, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon and The 7th Continent — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Terraforming Mars shares environmental, hand management, set collection with Pandemic Legacy Season 2.

Every alternative below links to its own Pandemic Legacy Season 2-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s environmental / exploration shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 3.3 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Environmental, Hand Management, Set Collection · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · same complexity
    View Terraforming Mars on Amazon →
  2. 1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · same complexity
    View Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon on Amazon →
  3. 1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~443 min longer · 0.4 lighter
    View The 7th Continent on Amazon →
  4. 1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~90 min longer · 0.6 lighter
  5. 5. Gloomhaven (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game · 1 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  6. 2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · 0.5 lighter
  7. 1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · same complexity
  8. 8. Sleeping Gods (2021)
    1–4 players · 60–1200 min · ★ 8.7 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~570 min longer · 0.2 lighter
  9. 9. Maracaibo (2019)
    1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Hand Management · 1 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  10. 2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~120 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  11. 11. Mount Everest (2013)
    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Environmental, Exploration, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
  12. 12. Spirit Island (2017)
    1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Environmental, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.8 heavier
  13. 1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~90 min longer · 0.3 lighter
  14. 1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game · 1 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min longer · +0.5 heavier
  15. 15. Akrotiri (2014)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Hand Management, Pick-up and Deliver · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  16. 1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Pick-up and Deliver, Point to Point Movement · 2 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~120 min longer · 0.2 lighter
  17. 1–6 players · 45–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Cooperative Game · 1 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~23 min longer · same complexity
  18. 3–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic Legacy Season 2: Exploration, Pick-up and Deliver · 1 of Pandemic Legacy Season 2’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Pandemic Legacy Season 2: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · same complexity
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Pandemic Legacy Season 2?
Terraforming Mars (2016) is the closest match to Pandemic Legacy Season 2, sharing environmental, hand management, set collection. It rates 8.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Pandemic Legacy Season 2?
Terraforming Mars, Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon, The 7th Continent are the top-ranked alternatives to Pandemic Legacy Season 2 in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Terraforming Mars harder than Pandemic Legacy Season 2?
Compared with Pandemic Legacy Season 2, Terraforming Mars is same complexity and ~60 min longer (3.2 vs 3.3 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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