Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire(2008)
Games like Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire
Looking for games like Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Pax Romana(2006)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Genesis: Empires and Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East(2015)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Sword of Rome: Conquest of Italy, 362-272 BC(2004)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
The Napoleonic Wars (Second Edition)(2008)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Successors (Fourth Edition)(2021)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 5 more
Illusions of Glory: The Great War on the Eastern Front(2017)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Brotherhood & Unity(2020)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire (First/Second Edition)(1997)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC(1991)
Shares Dice Rolling + 2 more
Assyrian Wars(2005)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Bayonets & Tomahawks(2021)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 3 more
Great War Commander(2018)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 2 more
As an Amazon Associate, ISO earns from qualifying purchases. Prices and availability vary; ISO never displays prices. Affiliate links are marked rel="sponsored" per FTC guidelines.
Get picks tuned to your shelf
This list is built from community data. Sign in to ISO and log what you own — your personal feed factors in your complexity preferences, play history, and the games already on your shelf.
Get personalized recommendations →Free · no credit card · 2-minute setup
More recommendation lists
Pax Romana
Genesis: Empires and Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East
Sword of Rome: Conquest of Italy, 362-272 BC
The Napoleonic Wars (Second Edition)
Successors (Fourth Edition)
Illusions of Glory: The Great War on the Eastern Front
Brotherhood & Unity
Successors: The Battles for Alexander's Empire (First/Second Edition)
The Peloponnesian War, 431-404 BC
Assyrian Wars
Bayonets & Tomahawks
Great War Commander
/pic373193.jpg)
/pic246120.jpg)
/pic2492276.jpg)
/pic1994346.png)
/pic1445591.jpg)
/pic4919647.jpg)
/pic3517110.jpg)
/pic4191183.jpg)
/pic290690.jpg)
/pic393742.jpg)
/pic36062.jpg)
/pic5678977.jpg)
/pic2241805.jpg)