Games like Catan — Multiplayer
Closest overall match: Catan Universe (★ 2.8). Highest rated: Carcassonne at ★ 3.9. Quickest to finish: Catan Universe at about 1 hours.
These 7 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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60%
1. 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
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56%
2. Scythe: Digital Edition
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 22%
- 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
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48%
4. 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%
5. 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
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45%
6. 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
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45%
7. Armello
Shares Board Game.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 75
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, Board Games
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Catan?
On our similarity model, Catan Universe is the closest match to Catan — shares Board Game; same developer; rated 0.6 lower.
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.