Rising Sun(2018)
Games like Rising Sun
Looking for games like Rising Sun? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition)(2011)
Shares Alliances + 5 more
Inis(2016)
Shares Action Drafting + 5 more
Blood Rage(2015)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Mega Empires: The East(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 6 more
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition(2021)
Shares End Game Bonuses + 6 more
Five Tribes: The Djinns of Naqala(2014)
Shares End Game Bonuses + 4 more
Mega Empires: The West(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 6 more
Star Wars: Rebellion(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Scythe(2016)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 5 more
Root(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 5 more
Chaos in the Old World(2009)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Ankh: Gods of Egypt(2021)
Shares Alliances + 3 more
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