RIVALS(2025)
Games like RIVALS
Looking for games like RIVALS? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on picking moves from a shared, ever-shifting pool of options and a board that reshapes itself so no two games play alike. 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
Off the Line(2025)
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Star Trek: Ascendancy(2016)
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Android: Netrunner(2012)
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Masters of The Universe: Fields of Eternia The Board Game(2022)
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Ivion: The Sun & The Stars(2022)
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Ivion: The Hound & The Hare(2021)
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Ivion: The Knight & The Lady(2021)
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Malediction(2025)
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Lair(2019)
Shares Action Drafting + 2 more
Black Hats(2025)
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I C E(2023)
Shares Action Points + 1 more
I C E: Second Edition(2026)
Shares Action Points + 1 more
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