Ants!(2009)
Games like Ants!
Looking for games like Ants!? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and carving out routes before your rivals box you in. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Marabunta(2023)
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Victory in the Pacific(1977)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Admirals' War: World War II at Sea(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Leningrad '41(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: Game of Thrones(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: StarCraft Collector's Edition(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Norway 1940(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: The Walking Dead – Survival Edition(2013)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: Édition Napoléon(1999)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Grand Imperialism(1978)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Risk: The Lord of the Rings(2002)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Apocalypse: The Game of Nuclear Devastation(1980)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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