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Maki Master(2024)

★ 7.1 BGG1–4 playersWeight 1.46
Action DraftingContractsHand Management

Games like Maki Master

Looking for games like Maki Master? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night — built on picking moves from a shared, ever-shifting pool of options and the chase to complete the right combinations. 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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ISO Match
75/100

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ISO Match
70/100

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Lanterns: The Harvest Festival(2015)

★ 6.92–4 players30 minWeight 1.5
ISO Match
67/100

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Seikatsu(2017)

★ 7.01–4 playersWeight 1.5
ISO Match
67/100

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Hens(2023)

★ 6.81–4 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

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ECO: Coral Reef(2022)

★ 7.62–4 players30 minWeight 1.6
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

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Gaïa(2014)

★ 6.22–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Hand Management + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementMemory

Animix(2020)

★ 6.42–6 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hand Management + 3 more

Hand ManagementOpen DraftingPattern Building

Picky Eaters(2024)

★ 6.82–6 players20 minWeight 1.6
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Action Drafting + 3 more

Action DraftingContractsHand Management

Paper World(2025)

★ 6.12–4 players15 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Contracts + 3 more

ContractsEnd Game BonusesHand Management

Einstein: His Amazing Life and Incomparable Science(2017)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 1.6
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Pattern Building + 2 more

Modular BoardNetwork and Route BuildingPattern Building

Gingerbread House(2018)

★ 7.02–4 players30 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Contracts + 3 more

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