Yellow & Yangtze(2018)
Games like Yellow & Yangtze
Looking for games like Yellow & Yangtze? 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 the chase to complete the right combinations. 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
HUANG(2024)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 6 more
Tigris & Euphrates(1997)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 6 more
Mosaic: A Story of Civilization(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Gentes(2017)
Shares Action Points + 5 more
Sanctuary(2025)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Antike Duellum(2012)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Ayar: Children of the Sun(2025)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
The Golden Ages(2014)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Suburbia(2012)
Shares Hexagon Grid + 4 more
Get Off My Land!(2017)
Shares Action Points + 5 more
Kemet(2012)
Shares Action Points + 3 more
Terraforming Mars(2016)
Shares Hand Management + 3 more
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