Games like Catan — Co-op
Closest overall match: Scythe: Digital Edition (★ 3.5). Highest rated: Carcassonne at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Pandemic: The Board Game at about 1 hours.
These 10 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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56%
1. Scythe: Digital Edition
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
55%
2. 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
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54%
3. Terraforming Mars
Shares Board Game; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Playtime
- 3h
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
-
49%
4. 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%
5. 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%
6. 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%
7. 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%
8. 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
-
45%
9. 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
-
44%
10. Drawful 2
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 38%
- Shared genres
- 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Catan?
On our similarity model, Scythe: Digital Edition is the closest match to Catan — shares Board Game.
Which game like Catan is rated highest?
Carcassonne holds the highest player rating in this list at 3.9/5 from 58 players.
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.