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Five-up(1959)
Games like Five-up
Looking for games like Five-up? 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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Punto(2018)
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Six(2003)
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Big Bang 13.7(2018)
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Score Four(1967)
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Pentago XL(2005)
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Bendomino(2007)
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Trixo(2008)
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Qwirkle Cubes(2009)
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IOTA(2012)
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Dominoes(1500)
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Qubo(2023)
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Latice Hawai'i(2019)
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