The best economic board games, ranked
Economic games hand you a little business and a simple promise: spend money to make more money, faster than everyone else. The best ones make every purchase feel like a real investment decision, with just enough rope to hang yourself on a bad one.
These are the economic games of the BGG Top 300, ranked by rating. Canal-era England, power companies, trading empires, it is all here, and most of it is heavier than it looks.
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Marco Polo II: In the Service of the Khan
2019 · 8,387 ratings
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Glen More II: Chronicles
2019 · 9,535 ratings
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Modern Art
1992 · 25,496 ratings
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Clash of Cultures: Monumental Edition
2021 · 5,071 ratings
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Splendor
2014 · 90,458 ratings
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Ora et Labora
2011 · 11,624 ratings
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Speakeasy
2025 · 3,939 ratings
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Suburbia
2012 · 26,552 ratings
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Nations
2013 · 12,674 ratings
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La Granja
2014 · 11,985 ratings
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Century: Golem Edition
2017 · 14,204 ratings
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Glory to Rome
2005 · 14,907 ratings
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Anno 1800: The Board Game
2020 · 9,001 ratings
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Foundations of Rome
2022 · 5,271 ratings