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Pacts(2025)

★ 7.9 BGG2 playersWeight 1.83
Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementI Cut, You Choose

Games like Pacts

Looking for games like Pacts? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other 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.

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
71/100

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★ 6.82–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
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Rattus(2010)

★ 6.82–4 players45 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
67/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementOpen Drafting

Eight-Minute Empire: Legends(2013)

★ 6.92–4 players8 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
66/100

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Cthulhu Wars: Duel – Extinction(2022)

★ 7.12 players20 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
65/100

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Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

Killing Code: Venice Vendetta(2017)

★ 6.52–6 players45 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
64/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementTeam-Based Game

Etariya: Septachroma(2022)

★ 6.42 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
64/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceChainingI Cut, You Choose

The Legend of Korra: Pro-Bending Arena(2018)

★ 7.42 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Risk: Star Wars – Original Trilogy Edition(2006)

★ 6.82–5 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Master of Wills(2017)

★ 7.82–4 players25 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDeck Construction

Zoar(2018)

★ 6.12–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementGrid Movement

Barbarian Kingdoms(2024)

★ 7.92–6 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementBetting and Bluffing

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