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Solar Gardens(2025)

★ 6.7 BGG2–5 players30 minWeight 2.25
Closed DraftingPush Your LuckTile Placement

Games like Solar Gardens

Looking for games like Solar Gardens? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands and deciding how far to press before it all comes apart. 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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Strange World Above the Clouds(2024)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
69/100

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Closed DraftingTile Placement

PANDA(2024)

★ 6.92–4 players40 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 1 more

Closed DraftingHand ManagementTile Placement

Small Islands(2018)

★ 6.61–4 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Push Your LuckSolo / Solitaire GameTile Placement

Via Appia(2013)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Push Your LuckSlide / PushTile Placement

Tumult Royale(2015)

★ 6.52–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Push Your LuckSimultaneous Action SelectionTile Placement

Greedy Greedy Goblins(2016)

★ 6.32–4 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Commodity SpeculationPush Your LuckTile Placement

Museum Rush(2018)

★ 6.52–4 players20 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Push Your Luck + 1 more

Push Your LuckTake ThatTile Placement

Vampire Village(2023)

★ 6.51–5 players20 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 1 more

Closed DraftingSolo / Solitaire GameTile Placement

Ancestree(2017)

★ 6.22–6 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 1 more

Closed DraftingTile Placement

Fields of Green(2016)

★ 7.12–4 players45 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 1 more

Closed DraftingSimultaneous Action SelectionTile Placement

Warsaw: City of Ruins(2016)

★ 7.32–4 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 1 more

Closed DraftingPattern BuildingSimultaneous Action Selection

Sheep & Thief(2014)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 1.7
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Closed Drafting + 2 more

Closed DraftingPush Your LuckTake That

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