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Scenery(2025)

★ 7.0 BGG1–5 players20 minWeight 3.00
Hexagon GridNetwork and Route BuildingTile Placement

Games like Scenery

Looking for games like Scenery? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on carving out routes before your rivals box you in and spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands. 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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

The Swarm(2008)

★ 6.32–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingOpen DraftingTile Placement

18MS: The Railroads Come to Mississippi(2020)

★ 6.92–4 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

18NewEngland(2018)

★ 7.12–5 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

WYPS(2009)

★ 7.62 players30 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 1 more

Hexagon GridTile Placement

18Dixie with 18MS and 18GA(2015)

★ 7.32–6 players120 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

1857(2015)

★ 7.03–6 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

Cannes: Stars, Scripts and Screens(2002)

★ 6.42–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Modular BoardNetwork and Route BuildingTile Placement

Maglev Metro(2021)

★ 7.21–4 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 2 more

End Game BonusesHexagon GridNetwork and Route Building

1851: Kentucky & Tennessee(1998)

★ 6.83–5 players180 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

Paperclip Railways(2011)

★ 6.52–5 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingTile Placement

1879: US Pacific Northwest(2014)

★ 6.73–5 players150 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 1 more

Network and Route BuildingStock HoldingTile Placement

Palago(2008)

★ 6.62 players15 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hexagon Grid + 1 more

Hexagon GridPattern BuildingTile Placement

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