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Windmill Valley(2024)

★ 7.7 BGG1–4 players45 minWeight 3.06
End Game BonusesMarketMulti-Use Cards

Games like Windmill Valley

Looking for games like Windmill Valley? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and cards that force hard choices because each one can do more than one job. 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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Entropy(2026)

★ 7.71–4 players90 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
73/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 5 more

End Game BonusesMulti-Use CardsRace

Clans of Caledonia(2017)

★ 8.01–4 players30 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Market + 3 more

Commodity SpeculationContractsHexagon Grid

Pharaon(2019)

★ 7.41–5 players30 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Rondel + 3 more

Modular BoardRondelSolo / Solitaire Game

Tianxia(2025)

★ 7.51–4 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
65/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 4 more

ContractsEnd Game BonusesIncome

Power Grid(2004)

★ 7.82–6 players120 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Market + 2 more

Auction / BiddingAuction: Turn Order Until PassCatch the Leader

The Red Cathedral(2020)

★ 7.71–4 players80 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceContractsDice Rolling

Smartphone Inc.(2018)

★ 7.61–5 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Network and Route Building + 2 more

Action QueueArea Majority / InfluenceLayering

Suna Valo(2024)

★ 7.72 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
63/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more

Action DraftingContractsEnd Game Bonuses

At the Gates of Loyang(2009)

★ 7.31–4 players60 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Market + 1 more

ContractsIncomeLoans

Yokohama(2016)

★ 7.82–4 players90 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
62/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more

ContractsEnd Game BonusesGrid Movement

Kutná Hora: The City of Silver(2023)

★ 7.82–4 players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Market + 3 more

Action QueueEventsHand Management

The Pursuit of Happiness(2015)

★ 7.21–4 players60 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
62/100

Shares End Game Bonuses + 2 more

End Game BonusesIncomeOpen Drafting

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