The Colonists / Similar games

18 games like The Colonists

Ranked alternatives to The Colonists (civilization), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to The Colonists’s medium-heavy weight. Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game is the closest match.

1. 1. Sid Meier's Civilization The Board Game (2010)
   2–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Modular Board
2. 2. The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
   2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Modular Board, Tile Placement
3. 3. BATTALIA The Creation (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Modular Board, Tile Placement
4. 4. Prehistory (2018)
   2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Modular Board, Tile Placement, Worker Placement
5. 5. Hegemonic (2013)
   2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board, Tile Placement
6. 6. Escape Plan (2019)
   1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Area Movement, Card Drafting, Modular Board
7. 7. Key Market (2010)
   2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Area Movement, Hand Management, Modular Board
8. 8. Through the Ages A Story of Civilization (2006)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management
9. 9. Civilization (1980)
   2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Hand Management
10. 10. StarCraft The Board Game (2007)
    2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Modular Board
11. 11. Viceroy (2014)
    1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Tile Placement
12. 12. Eight-Minute Empire Legends (2013)
    2–4 players · 16–32 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Card Drafting, Modular Board
13. 13. Antiquity (2004)
    2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Modular Board, Tile Placement
14. 14. Akrotiri (2014)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board, Tile Placement
15. 15. The Golden Ages (2014)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Modular Board, Tile Placement
16. 16. Patchistory (2013)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Card Drafting, Hand Management
17. 17. Empires of the Void II (2018)
    2–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Hand Management, Modular Board
18. 18. Exodus Proxima Centauri (2012)
    2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with The Colonists: Civilization, Area Movement, Modular Board

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