The Alpha(2020)
Games like The Alpha
Looking for games like The Alpha? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. 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.
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Kluster(2018)
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America(2016)
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Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game(2019)
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Vye: The Card Game of Capture and Control(2013)
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Ragnarocks(2022)
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Flip Over Frog(2018)
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Aloha Pioha(2016)
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Versailles(2015)
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Paras(2019)
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The Gardens of the Alhambra(1993)
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