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Games like Dune: Imperium – Uprising

Looking for games like Dune: Imperium – Uprising? You're after a medium-heavy design where deck-building meets worker placement, where every card you draft might send an agent to the desert or quietly stack your hand for a brutal reveal turn. The closest fits on our scoring engine include Dune: Imperium (the original, still strong if you prefer the base tension), Lost Ruins of Arnak (lighter, but the same lane-based worker placement with deck-thinning pressure), and Star Wars: Rebellion if you're chasing the asymmetric, thematic weight rather than the card engine. What ties these together is variable player powers — each faction or character reshapes how you value the same actions — plus meaty solo modes for the nights your group can't make it. Expect sessions in the two-hour range and plenty of table talk about which card to pitch for combat. Here's what scores highest against that brief.

— BoardMatch team

  1. 1
    Dune: Imperium

    shares card play conflict resolution (+10 more mechanics) · weight 3.1

    76
    match
  2. 2
    Star Wars: Rebellion

    shares card play conflict resolution (+4 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.8)

    56
    match
  3. 3
    Lost Ruins of Arnak

    shares contracts (+7 more mechanics) · weight 2.9

    55
    match
  4. 4
    Agricola (Revised Edition)

    shares automatic resource growth (+5 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.4)

    55
    match
  5. 5
    SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

    shares multi-use cards (+2 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.8)

    53
    match
  6. 6
    Scythe

    shares card play conflict resolution (+4 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.5)

    53
    match
  7. 7
    Anachrony

    shares contracts (+4 more mechanics) · weight 4.0

    53
    match
  8. 8
    Nemesis

    shares solo / solitaire game (+2 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.5)

    52
    match
  9. 9
    Revive

    shares deck, bag, and pool building (+2 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.5)

    52
    match
  10. 10
    Ark Nova

    shares contracts (+4 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.8)

    51
    match
  11. 11
    Terraforming Mars

    shares contracts (+3 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.3)

    51
    match
  12. 12
    Caverna: The Cave Farmers

    shares automatic resource growth (+3 more mechanics) · similar weight (3.8)

    51
    match