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Paper World(2025)
Games like Paper World
Looking for games like Paper World? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands 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
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Reef(2018)
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Gingerbread House(2018)
Shares Contracts + 4 more
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NMBR 9(2017)
Shares Layering + 2 more
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Koi(2025)
Shares Contracts + 3 more
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Ingenious 3D(2024)
Shares Hand Management + 3 more
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Azul: Summer Pavilion(2019)
Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more
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Azul: Master Chocolatier(2022)
Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more
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Nova Luna(2019)
Shares Contracts + 2 more
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Miyabi(2019)
Shares Layering + 2 more
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The Great Barrier Reef Card Game(2020)
Shares Hand Management + 3 more
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Festival(2024)
Shares Contracts + 4 more
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Seikatsu(2017)
Shares Hand Management + 2 more
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