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Fest Season(2025)

★ 8.3 BGG1–5 playersWeight 3.50
Action / EventAction DraftingCommodity Speculation

Games like Fest Season

Looking for games like Fest Season? It rewards players who think several moves deep through tight, interlocking systems — 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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66/100

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The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire(2016)

★ 7.71–5 players60 minWeight 3.0
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Anachrony(2017)

★ 8.01–4 players30 minWeight 4.0
ISO Match
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Clans of Caledonia(2017)

★ 8.01–4 players30 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
64/100

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The Magnificent(2019)

★ 7.51–4 players60 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
64/100

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Brass: Birmingham(2018)

★ 8.62–4 players60 minWeight 3.9
ISO Match
64/100

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★ 7.81–4 players90 minWeight 3.8
ISO Match
63/100

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ISO Match
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