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Ingenious(2004)
Games like Ingenious
Looking for games like Ingenious? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands and the squeeze of wringing the most out of a limited hand. 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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Ingenious 3D(2024)
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Ingenious: Travel Edition(2006)
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Six(2003)
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Lanterns: The Harvest Festival(2015)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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Gemblo(2003)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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Qwirkle Flex(2025)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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Latice(2015)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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Café International(1989)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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Big Bang 13.7(2018)
Shares Pattern Building + 2 more
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Caminos(2010)
Shares Pattern Building + 2 more
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Five-up(1959)
Shares Pattern Building + 2 more
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Reef(2018)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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