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Risk: Balance of Power(2008)

★ 5.8 BGG2 players60 minWeight 2.28
Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementContracts

Games like Risk: Balance of Power

Looking for games like Risk: Balance of Power? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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Risk(1959)

★ 5.62–6 players120 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 7 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno(2020)

★ 8.22 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementCampaign / Battle Card Driven

Saigon 75(2023)

★ 7.41–2 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

Dinner in Paris(2020)

★ 6.72–4 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Area Majority / InfluenceChainingContracts

Aldarra(2024)

★ 8.12–4 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceArea Movement

Small World(2009)

★ 7.22–5 players40 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Risk: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition(1999)

★ 6.42–6 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Bad Company(2021)

★ 7.21–6 players30 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Area Majority / InfluenceContractsDice Rolling

Duelosaur Island(2018)

★ 7.01–2 players30 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Dice Rolling + 4 more

Dice RollingHand ManagementI Cut, You Choose

Hansa(2004)

★ 6.92–4 players60 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Action PointsArea Majority / InfluenceIncome

1754: Conquest – The French and Indian War(2017)

★ 7.72–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementCampaign / Battle Card Driven

Risk: Europe(2015)

★ 7.42–4 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Area Movement + 3 more

Action QueueAction RetrievalArea Movement

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