Holdfast: Atlantic 1939-45(2016)
Games like Holdfast: Atlantic 1939-45
Looking for games like Holdfast: Atlantic 1939-45? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — 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
Amerika(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Victory in the Pacific(1977)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Second World War at Sea: Horn of Africa(2013)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Norway 1940(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Les Guerres de Bourgogne 1474-1477(2014)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Admirals' War: World War II at Sea(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Seas of Thunder: Global Naval Warfare, 1939-45(2023)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Leningrad '41(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Counter-Attack: The Battle of Arras, 1940(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, 1939-43(2013)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Grand Fleet(2010)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Holdfast: Pacific 1941-45(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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Holdfast: Pacific 1941-45
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