SEED GAME#17067 BGG all-time

Star Explorer(1982)

★ 7.0 BGG1–4 players120 minWeight 2.29
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Games like Star Explorer

Looking for games like Star Explorer? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll. 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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Silent Death(1990)

★ 7.02–8 playersWeight 2.7
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76/100

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Norman Conquests: Men of Iron Volume V(2023)

★ 8.01–2 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
74/100

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Starfight(2004)

★ 6.92–4 players30 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
74/100

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Rebel Fury(2024)

★ 7.51–2 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
74/100

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Bug-Eyed Monsters(1983)

★ 6.32 players90 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
74/100

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Unconditional Surrender! Case Blue(2010)

★ 7.32 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
74/100

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Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora(1981)

★ 6.91 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
73/100

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Au fil de l'épée(2002)

★ 7.52 players60 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
73/100

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World War I: 1914-1918(1975)

★ 6.82 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
73/100

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Totensonntag(2007)

★ 6.82 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
73/100

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Battles on the Ice: Defeats of the Livonian Order at Peipus and Karuse(2017)

★ 7.52 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
73/100

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Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific(1982)

★ 7.52 players360 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
73/100

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