Risk(1959)
Games like Risk
Looking for games like Risk? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and the chase to complete the right combinations. 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
Risk: Balance of Power(2008)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 7 more
Risk: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition(1999)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Risk (Revised Edition)(2008)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
RisiKo!(1968)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
RisiKo! Edizione Torneo(1993)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
T.E.G.: Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra(1978)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Risk: Metal Gear Solid(2011)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno(2020)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
RisiKo! Challenge(2010)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
RisiKo!: Antartide(2022)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Saigon 75(2023)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more
War(1972)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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Risk: Balance of Power
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Risk (Revised Edition)
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T.E.G.: Plan Táctico y Estratégico de la Guerra
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Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno
RisiKo! Challenge
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