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We filtered the 46 games similar to Risk: Global Domination down to the 16 that fit the “Tactical” category. Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition, Ascension: Deckbuilding Game and Dead Man's Draw top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Risk: Global Domination.

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GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

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CasualMultiplayerSolo

Year 2015Dev SMG Studio

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Within the “Tactical” category, the closest game to Risk: Global Domination is Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Ascension: Deckbuilding Game and Dead Man's Draw follow close behind.

#1Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition73 #2Ascension: Deckbuilding Game65 #3Dead Man's Draw65 #4Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 201364 #5Duelyst63

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16 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Risk: Global Domination. Each one has been evaluated across 11 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Ticket to Ride: Classic EditionClosest overall match

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Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerOfflineTacticalCasualHistorical

Steam👍 86%· 5.5KRAWG👍 67%· 117MC91IGDB63· 3

Year 2009Dev Plug In Digital · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, card game strategy and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, competitive edge and PvP competition, while skipping co op

Ticket to Ride is a turn-based strategy game, an adaptation of a board game of the same name. ### Gameplay The gameplay copies the board game entirely. The game takes place on a map of the United States and south Canada filled with multicolored railroads.

Genre100Combat100Setting100Tone79Game mode67

#2Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

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Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerOfflineTacticalCasual

Steam👍 89%· 1.7KMC84

Year 2011Dev Playdek · Asmodee DigitalPlaytime ~2hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, fantasy world and setting scifi, while skipping historical setting

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, was the first officially licensed deck building card game for iOS, and is now available for your PC as Ascension: Deckbuilding Game, complete with 5 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory.

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

Genre100Combat100Tone86Game mode63Setting0

#3Dead Man's DrawClosest on tone

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Dead Man's Draw

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

Co-opSoloTacticalCasual2D

Steam👍 84%· 644

Year 2013Dev Stardock EntertainmentPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping historical setting

The critically acclaimed card game is now available on PC! Dead Man’s Draw is a simple and strategic game of luck and skill that boils down strategy gameplay into a single, tense decision: to play it safe or risk everything in pursuit of killer combos and boundless treasure.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Game mode67

#4Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMagic

Steam👍 87%· 1.3KRAWG👍 63%· 56MC77IGDB80· 4

Year 2012Dev Stainless Games · Wizards of the CoastPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: combat magic, fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping vibe casual

Special EditionThe Magic: The Gathering –Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Special Edition includes: Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 Full Game Magic 2013 Official Soundtrack Wallpapers: 5 wallpapers; in multiple sizes. 2nd Path of the Planeswalkers Graphic novel .

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

Genre100Game mode86Combat85Setting0

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Duelyst

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

MultiplayerSoloTacticalFree to PlayIsometric

Steam👍 82%· 4.7KRAWG👍 55%· 102MC82IGDB82· 7OC80· 16

Year 2016Dev Counterplay Games · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment USPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with visual isometric and visual pixel, while skipping vibe casual

Duelyst is a digital collectible card game and turn-based strategy hybrid. The game has four expansions: Denizens of Shim'zar, Rise of the Bloodborn, Ancient Bonds, and Unearthed Prophecy. ###Gameplay In each round, two players must fight across a tactical battlefield.

Genre100Combat100Game mode59

#6Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers

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Magic 2014 — Duels of the Planeswalkers

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerCo-opTacticalMagic

Steam👍 83%· 4.6KRAWG👍 55%· 99MC80IGDB77· 4

Year 2013Dev Stainless Games · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: combat magic, fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping vibe casual

Special EditionThe Special Edition includes the following: Magic: The Gathering 2014 - Duels of the Planeswalkers Base Game Soundtrack: Planar themes and the licensed I Fight Dragons song as MP3s Wallpapers: 5 desktop wallpapers; in multiple sizes eBook: “Return To Ravnica” novella in PDF format…

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

Genre100Game mode86Combat69Setting0

#7Worms ArmageddonClosest on game mode

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Worms Armageddon

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

MultiplayerSoloCo-opOfflineTactical

Steam👍 94%· 11K

Year 1999Dev InfogramesOn PlayStation 3 · PS4 · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with turn-based strategy, combat tactical and multiplayer gameplay

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, shooter and ranged combat, while skipping card game strategy

It predates Risk: Global Domination by 16 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Game mode96Combat67

#8Teamfight Tactics

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Teamfight Tactics

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerTacticalFantasyIsometric

Year 2019Dev Riot GamesOn Android · PC · iOS

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing turn-based strategy, card game strategy and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping vibe casual

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

Released 4 years after Risk: Global Domination.

Genre100Combat100Game mode58Setting0

#9Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

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Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerOnlineTacticalPvP

Steam👍 77%· 3.5KRAWG👍 21%· 34

Year 2014Dev Lightmare StudiosPlaytime ~1hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with turn-based strategy, card game strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with competitive edge, dark, oppressive atmosphere and post-apocalyptic world, while skipping vibe casual

Welcome to a unique trading card game that blends rich lore and artwork with innovative gameplay mechanics that are both simple to learn, and hard to master. Play with fully animated cards in 3D battlefields, and assemble decks from over 800 cards and 8 stylized factions.

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: tone and setting.

Genre100Combat100Game mode56Tone0Setting0

#10Poker Night at the Inventory

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Poker Night at the Inventory

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalCasualFirst Person

Steam👍 90%· 9.7KRAWG👍 59%· 249MC71OC80· 12

Year 2010Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation and visual first person, while skipping historical setting

Four famous characters - Max (Sam & Max game series), RED Heavy (Team Fortress 2 game), Tycho (Penny Arcade webcomic), and Strong Bad (Homestar Runner web series) - just sit around a table in the underground casino called Inventory and play poker.

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: game mode.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Game mode27

#11Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers

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Magic 2015 - Duels of the Planeswalkers

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

MultiplayerSoloTacticalMagicFantasy

Steam👍 45%· 4.0KRAWG👍 52%· 65MC60IGDB57· 6

Year 2014Dev Stainless Games · Microsoft StudiosPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Xbox · iOS

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: card game strategy, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: combat magic, fantasy world and visual isometric, while skipping vibe casual

GARRUK'S REVENGE EXPANSION NOW AVAILABLE! Walk in the footsteps of the Multiverse's greatest hunter. Featuring additional campaign levels, challenges, and new cards to collect, you take on the role of Garruk and hunt your prey across the planes!

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Risk: Global Domination.

Genre100Combat78Game mode59Setting0

#12Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em

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Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalCasualNarrativeCozy

Steam👍 68%· 370RAWG👍 24%· 21

Year 2008Dev Telltale GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based strategy games — sharing card game strategy, turn-based strategy and vibe casual

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and deep simulation, while skipping historical setting

Join poker's most outspoken players for a hand of Telltale Texas Hold'em, the card game stacked high with personality. Quips will fly, chips will fall, and you may just end up rolling in the aisles.

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting and game mode.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mixed, against mostly positive for Risk: Global Domination.

Genre100Combat100Tone46Game mode27Setting0

49

Worms

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerTacticalMelee2D

Steam👍 83%· 694IGDB80· 2

Year 1995Dev Team17 · TelegamesOn PC · Mac

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, combat tactical and single-player focus

≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, visual 2d and visual third person, while skipping card game strategy

It predates Risk: Global Domination by 20 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat83Game mode59

#14Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

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Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloMultiplayerTacticalSci-FiIsometric

IGDB91· 2

Year 2003Dev Intelligent Systems · Nintendo

✓ Same family of turn-based strategy games: turn-based strategy, combat tactical and single-player focus

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi and visual isometric, while skipping card game strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting.

It predates Risk: Global Domination by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode58Setting0

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60 Seconds!

GenreStrategySubgenreTurn-Based Strategy

SoloTacticalCasualNarrativeHardcore

Steam👍 85%· 12KIGDB80· 1OC58· 10

Year 2015Dev Robot Gentleman StudiosOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based strategy games cluster, with turn-based strategy, vibe casual and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, survival mechanics and adventure storytelling, while skipping card game strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Risk: Global Domination: setting and game mode.

Genre100Combat100Tone36Game mode26Setting0

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