Botanicus(2024)
Games like Botanicus
Looking for games like Botanicus? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on picking moves from a shared, ever-shifting pool of options and the chase to complete the right combinations. 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
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Paris: La Cité de la Lumière(2019)
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Middle Ages(2024)
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Sanctuary(2025)
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Kingdom Builder(2011)
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Darjeeling(2007)
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Dawn of Ulos(2023)
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Winter Kingdom(2020)
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Ecos: First Continent(2019)
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Shallow Sea(2025)
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