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Valencia(2025)

★ 6.8 BGG2–5 players60 minWeight 2.50
Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingAuction: Once Around

Games like Valencia

Looking for games like Valencia? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals and spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands. 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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Strasbourg(2011)

★ 7.23–5 players60 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
85/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 4 more

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingAuction: Once Around

City Hall(2014)

★ 6.52–4 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Auction / Bidding + 2 more

Auction / BiddingAuction: Once AroundIncrease Value of Unchosen Resources

Rome: City of Marble(2015)

★ 6.52–4 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluencePattern BuildingTile Placement

Merchants of Amsterdam(2000)

★ 6.73–5 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingAuction: Dexterity

Warsaw: City of Ruins(2016)

★ 7.32–4 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Pattern Building + 1 more

Closed DraftingPattern BuildingSimultaneous Action Selection

Mall World(2004)

★ 5.53–5 players80 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Auction / Bidding + 2 more

Auction / BiddingHand ManagementPattern Building

Green Deal(2014)

★ 6.93–5 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingSimulation

Santiago(2003)

★ 7.22–5 players75 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingAuction: Once Around

ConHex(2002)

★ 6.92 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceConnectionsPattern Building

Day & Night(2007)

★ 6.62 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementPattern Building

Papillon(2020)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceAuction / BiddingOpen Drafting

Alhambra(2003)

★ 7.02–6 players45 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Area Majority / Influence + 1 more

Area Majority / InfluenceHand ManagementOpen Drafting

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