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Festival(2024)
Games like Festival
Looking for games like Festival? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands. 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.
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Copenhagen(2019)
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Dollars to Donuts(2021)
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Azul: Master Chocolatier(2022)
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Gingerbread House(2018)
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Art Society(2023)
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Bonsai(2023)
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Patchwork(2014)
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Patchwork Express(2018)
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Block and Key(2022)
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Betta(2022)
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