Magnate: The First City(2021)
Games like Magnate: The First City
Looking for games like Magnate: The First City? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands and deciding how far to press before it all comes apart. 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
Mount Tai(2019)
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Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Second Edition)(2012)
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The Oracle of Delphi(2016)
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Star Trek: Fleet Captains(2011)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-42(2008)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! – Kursk 1943(2009)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Tinners' Trail(2008)
Shares Action Points + 2 more
Dinosaur Island(2017)
Shares Action Points + 2 more
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc(2019)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Third Edition)(2019)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Keythedral(2002)
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1861: Railways of the Russian Empire & 1867: Railways of Canada(2020)
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