SEED GAME#7520 BGG all-time

Starfire(1979)

★ 7.0 BGG2–3 playersWeight 2.70
Action PointsHexagon GridModular Board

Games like Starfire

Looking for games like Starfire? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel! – Kursk 1943(2009)

★ 7.71–4 players120 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
75/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Third Edition)(2019)

★ 8.12–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
75/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Russia 1941-42(2008)

★ 7.51–4 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
71/100

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Action PointsDice RollingGrid Movement

Star Trek: Fleet Captains(2011)

★ 7.52–4 players90 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! – Operation Barbarossa 1941 (Second Edition)(2012)

★ 7.92–4 players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Mutant Chronicles: Siege of the Citadel(1993)

★ 7.03–5 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
70/100

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Action PointsGrid MovementModular Board

Imperial Stars II: Legacy(2014)

★ 7.31–2 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
69/100

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Action PointsDice RollingGrid Movement

Starfire II(1980)

★ 6.72–3 players30 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Area-ImpulseHexagon GridModular Board

Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel – Kursk 1943 (Third Edition)(2019)

★ 8.32–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Conflict of Heroes: Guadalcanal – The Pacific 1942(2016)

★ 8.02–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
68/100

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Action PointsDice RollingHexagon Grid

Band of Brothers: Ghost Panzer(2013)

★ 7.92 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
68/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridLine of Sight

Blueshift(2018)

★ 6.92–6 players90 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
67/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridModular Board

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