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Stellar Horizons(2020)

★ 8.0 BGG1–7 playersWeight 3.90
Critical Hits and FailuresDice RollingIncome

Games like Stellar Horizons

Looking for games like Stellar Horizons? 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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Stellar Horizons II: Galactic Frontier(2025)

★ 8.51–7 players20 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
70/100

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Axis & Allies: Pacific 1940(2009)

★ 7.52–4 players360 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
60/100

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Area Majority / InfluenceArea MovementDice Rolling

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team(2018)

★ 7.62–4 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
60/100

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Dice RollingLine of SightMeasurement Movement

Holland '44: Operation Market-Garden(2017)

★ 8.32 playersWeight 3.8
ISO Match
60/100

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For the People(1998)

★ 7.82 players360 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
60/100

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Close Action: The Age of Fighting Sail Vol. 1(1997)

★ 7.82–30 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
60/100

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Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy(2020)

★ 8.42–6 players60 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
60/100

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AlliancesArea Majority / InfluenceArea-Impulse

Advanced Squad Leader: Starter Kit #2(2005)

★ 8.02 players180 minWeight 3.8
ISO Match
60/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Roads to Gettysburg II: Lee Strikes North(2018)

★ 8.82 playersWeight 3.6
ISO Match
60/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

Last Blitzkrieg: Wacht am Rhein, The Battle of the Bulge(2016)

★ 8.72–4 playersWeight 3.8
ISO Match
60/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimulation

The Smoky Valley(2022)

★ 7.72–4 playersWeight 4.2
ISO Match
59/100

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Action QueueIncomeInvestment

SPQR (Deluxe Edition)(2008)

★ 8.01–4 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
59/100

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Dice RollingGrid MovementHexagon Grid

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