Madeira(2013)
Games like Madeira
Looking for games like Madeira? It rewards players who think several moves deep through tight, interlocking systems — built on the tension of claiming the best spots before anyone else can and the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. 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
Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 1 & 2(2022)
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Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles – Episodes 3 & 4(2025)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Inventors of the South Tigris(2024)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Vinhos(2010)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Coffee Traders(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Speakeasy(2025)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Polis(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Sigismundus Augustus: Dei gratia rex Poloniae(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Bora Bora(2013)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Die Macher(1986)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Scholars of the South Tigris(2023)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan(2019)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
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