Diplomacy(1959)
Games like Diplomacy
Looking for games like Diplomacy? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and deals, bluffs, and shifting alliances around the table. 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
Machiavelli(1977)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Ruthenia(2010)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Colonial Diplomacy(1994)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Wallenstein(2002)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Fief(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Diplomacy: Classical Variant(1998)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire(2023)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York(2010)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Pax Pamir(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Strike of the Eagle(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
A Game of Thrones(2003)
Shares Area Movement + 2 more
Global War 1939(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
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Machiavelli
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The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire
Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York
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Strike of the Eagle
A Game of Thrones
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