Merchant of Venus(1988)
Games like Merchant of Venus
Looking for games like Merchant of Venus? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a fresh starting puzzle every time you sit down. 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
Merchant of Venus (Second Edition)(2012)
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Xia: Legends of a Drift System(2014)
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The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC(1991)
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Onward to Venus(2014)
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The Voyages of Marco Polo(2015)
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