Borderlands(1982)
Games like Borderlands
Looking for games like Borderlands? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn. 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
Alien Contact: Extraterrestrial Empires in Conflict(1983)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975(2010)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Raiders and Traders: The Heroic Age of Greece(1979)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome(2006)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Barbarian, Kingdom & Empire(1983)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
War of Kings(2014)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Triomphe à Marengo(2023)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Warriors of God: The Wars of England & France, 1135-1453(2008)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Hispania(1994)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Bonaparte at Marengo(2003)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Victory in the Pacific(1977)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
Byzantium Reborn(2004)
Shares Area Movement + 1 more
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Alien Contact: Extraterrestrial Empires in Conflict
Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975
Raiders and Traders: The Heroic Age of Greece
Catan Histories: Struggle for Rome
Barbarian, Kingdom & Empire
War of Kings
Triomphe à Marengo
Warriors of God: The Wars of England & France, 1135-1453
Hispania
Bonaparte at Marengo
Victory in the Pacific
Byzantium Reborn
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