Catan: New Energies(2024)
Games like Catan: New Energies
Looking for games like Catan: New Energies? 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 pushing your luck against the roll. 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
Catan: Starfarers(2019)
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Plunder: A Pirate's Life(2020)
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The Castles of Burgundy: The Dice Game(2017)
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Catan(1995)
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Parsec: Age of Colonies(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Kings & Things(1986)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Wolves(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Castles of Tuscany(2020)
Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more
Wise Guys(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Rise of Tribes(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
A Game of Thrones: Catan – Brotherhood of the Watch(2017)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Small Star Empires(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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