Games like Catan
Closest overall match: RISK (★ 3.4). Highest rated: StarCraft II at ★ 4.4. Quickest to finish: RISK at about 1 hours.
These 25 games score highest on our similarity model for Catan — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Board Game and exclusive.
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63%
1. RISK
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
60%
2. Catan Universe
Shares Board Game; same developer; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
56%
3. Scythe: Digital Edition
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
55%
4. Pandemic: The Board Game
Shares Board Game; rated 0.5 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
54%
5. Terraforming Mars
Shares Board Game; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
51%
6. James Cameron's AVATAR: The Game
Shares exclusive; rated 0.4 lower; about 16h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 60
- Playtime
- 18h
- Finish rate
- 59%
-
51%
7. Space Hulk
Shares Board Game; rated 0.6 lower.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 58
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
50%
8. Battle vs Chess
Shares Board Game; rated 0.3 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 69
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
49%
9. Small World 2
Shares Board Game; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 46%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
49%
10. Viva Piñata
Shares exclusive; about 32h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 34h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
49%
11. Magic: The Gathering 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
48%
12. Mysterium: The Board Game
Shares Board Game; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 12%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
47%
13. Greed Corp
Rated 0.4 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
47%
14. Ticket to Ride
Shares Board Game; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 52%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
46%
15. Talisman: Prologue
Shares Board Game; rated 1.6 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 1.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
46%
16. Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Shares Board Game; rated 0.3 higher; about 6h longer.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
46%
17. Mario Party
Shares exclusive; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 1998
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 79
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- Board Games
-
46%
18. Age of Empires
Shares exclusive; rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 1997
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 65%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
45%
19. Dead Nation
Shares exclusive; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 55%
-
45%
20. StarCraft II
Shares exclusive; rated 1.0 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 93
- Finish rate
- 73%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
45%
21. Carcassonne
Shares exclusive; rated 0.5 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 63
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
45%
22. Halo 3
Shares exclusive; rated 1.0 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 91
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 88%
-
45%
23. Armello
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
45%
-
44%
25. From Dust
Released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- 10
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What is the best game like Catan?
On our similarity model, RISK is the closest match to Catan — shares Board Game.
Which game like Catan is rated highest?
StarCraft II holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.4/5 from 823 players.
Are there games like Catan on Nintendo Switch?
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Are there games like Catan on Android or iOS?
Yes — we found 13 games like Catan on Android & iOS. See the dedicated list.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Catan on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.