Manhattan(1994)
Games like Manhattan
Looking for games like Manhattan? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
1980 Sixtina(2024)
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Vye: The Card Game of Capture and Control(2013)
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Haleakala(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Hemloch(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Great Wall of China(2006)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Café Melange(2013)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Versailles(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
One Zero One(2013)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Seven Sisters(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Scarab Lords(2002)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Hemloch: Midnight Edition(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
Mammoth Hunters(2003)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more
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