SEED GAME#18290 BGG all-time

Starfight(2004)

★ 6.9 BGG2–4 players30 minWeight 1.89
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Games like Starfight

Looking for games like Starfight? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a fresh starting puzzle every time you sit down. 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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Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific(1982)

★ 7.52 players360 minWeight 2.2
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79/100

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Star Explorer(1982)

★ 7.01–4 players120 minWeight 2.3
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75/100

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1st Alamein: July 1942(1997)

★ 7.02 players75 minWeight 2.2
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74/100

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Braccio da Montone(2012)

★ 7.82 players120 minWeight 2.3
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74/100

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Victory in Normandy(1992)

★ 7.21–2 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
74/100

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Lords Of The Middle Sea(1978)

★ 6.02–4 players180 minWeight 2.2
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
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74/100

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The Picrocholine Wars(2011)

★ 6.92 players90 minWeight 2.1
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74/100

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Torgau(1974)

★ 7.22 players180 minWeight 2.4
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74/100

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G.E.V.(1978)

★ 7.01–2 playersWeight 2.3
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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