Rank 01Why this
Shares hand management with Lost Cities.
- $6.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
Games like Lost Cities
- 30 games
- Updated May 5, 2026
Players who liked Lost Cities also play
The closest matches to Lost Cities: Love Letter, Ticket to Ride®, Smash Up, Hive, and Wingspan. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Rank 02Why this
Also Board Game and Card Game, like Lost Cities.
- $14.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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Hive
Why this: Also Board Game and Turn-Based Strategy, like Lost Cities.
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Lost Cities
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Genres: Strategy, Adventure, RPG
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: BlueLine Games
- Price: $9.99checked Nov 2
- 40% of 25 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Achievements add replay value
- Core gameplay mirrors the board game closely
- Pass and play multiplayer is functional
- Challenging
- Tense
- Ai opponent behavior
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Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lost Cities at current Steam store prices.
Wargroove
Why this: Same challenging mood as Lost Cities.
Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)
Why this: Also Board Game and Card Game, like Lost Cities.
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards]
Why this: Also Card Game and Turn-Based Strategy, like Lost Cities.
Gomoku Let's Go
Why this: Also Board Game and Turn-Based Strategy, like Lost Cities.
Free alternatives
Free games the recommender matches to Lost Cities, limited to titles with at least 500 Steam reviews and 80% positive.
Age of Conquest IV
Why this: Also Board Game and Turn-Based Strategy, like Lost Cities.
Phobies
Why this: Also Card Game and Turn-Based Strategy, like Lost Cities.
Plays great on Steam Deck
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About Lost Cities
The closest matches to Lost Cities: Love Letter, Ticket to Ride®, Smash Up, Hive, and Wingspan. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Lost Cities is your kind of game, the closest matches are Love Letter, Ticket to Ride® and Smash Up — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging and tense, and single out its ai opponent behavior and bidding. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Lost Cities: Officially licensed version of the award winning Lost Cities by Reiner Knizia. Plan your expeditions wisely to outpace your rival's pursuits! After 3 rounds of adventuring, the player that had the most successful expeditions is the winner!
Is Lost Cities worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 25 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $9.99 (checked Nov 2).
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Achievements add replay value
- Core gameplay mirrors the board game closely
- Pass and play multiplayer is functional
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Just like the boardgame, EXCEPT THAT SCOREKEEPING IS BROKEN in the Mac version. Alas, it's a fatal flaw -- it gives you the same score every time, no matter what your actual score is! It's pretty weird that this major bug escaped their…”
“DO NOT BUY if you plan to try multiplayer. You can be dealt over 10 cards and myself and the person I was playing with kept getting a "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error message. This made the game unplayable. The…”
People who play it also play: Love Letter, Ticket to Ride®, Smash Up
Frequently asked about Lost Cities
Can I run it?
How much does Lost Cities cost?
Lost Cities is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Lost Cities have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Lost Cities supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
What games are most similar to Lost Cities?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lost Cities are Love Letter, Ticket to Ride®, Smash Up.
Who developed Lost Cities?
Lost Cities was developed by BlueLine Games.