SEED GAME#13500 BGG all-time

The Sword and the Stars(1981)

★ 6.3 BGG1–5 players240 minWeight 2.89
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Games like The Sword and the Stars

Looking for games like The Sword and the Stars? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it. 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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Vertigo(1990)

★ 6.42–4 players90 minWeight 2.2
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72/100

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Fief 2(1989)

★ 6.83–6 playersWeight 2.9
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64/100

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Netrunner(1996)

★ 7.52 players45 minWeight 2.9
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63/100

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Firestorm Armada(2009)

★ 7.22–4 playersWeight 3.0
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63/100

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Colonial Space Wars: New Horizons(2013)

★ 7.82–4 players30 minWeight 2.4
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63/100

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Fief(1981)

★ 6.52–6 players360 minWeight 3.0
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63/100

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Block Mania(1987)

★ 6.52 playersWeight 2.8
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63/100

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Kremlin(1986)

★ 7.03–6 players75 minWeight 2.9
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63/100

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Full Metal Planète(1988)

★ 7.52–4 playersWeight 3.1
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63/100

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Mechwarrior: Dark Age(2002)

★ 6.32–10 playersWeight 2.7
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63/100

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Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld(2016)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 3.0
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63/100

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Le Havre: The Inland Port(2012)

★ 6.82 players30 minWeight 2.5
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63/100

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