Submarine(1976)
Games like Submarine
Looking for games like Submarine? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Sniper!(1973)
Shares Action Queue + 13 more
Ambush!(1983)
Shares Dice Rolling + 11 more
Hetzer Sniper!: Sniper Companion Game #1(1987)
Shares Dice Rolling + 11 more
Sniper! Special Forces: Sniper! Companion Game #2(1988)
Shares Dice Rolling + 12 more
Patrol!: Man-to-Man Combat in the 20th Century(1974)
Shares Action Queue + 12 more
Sniper! (Second Edition)(1986)
Shares Dice Rolling + 10 more
Battle Hymn(1986)
Shares Dice Rolling + 9 more
Bismarck (Second Edition)(1978)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
PanzerBlitz(1970)
Shares Dice Rolling + 8 more
Bismarck(1962)
Shares Dice Rolling + 7 more
Air Force(1976)
Shares Action Queue + 8 more
Austerlitz 1805: Rising Eagles(2016)
Shares Dice Rolling + 8 more
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