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18 games like Oceans

The best games like Oceans are Wingspan, Evolution Climate and Everdell — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Wingspan shares animals, card game, educational with Oceans.

Every alternative below links to its own Oceans-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s animals / card game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Oceans’s 2.8 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Wingspan (2019)
   1–5 players · 40–70 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light · games like Wingspan →
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Educational, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~20 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
   View Wingspan on Amazon →
2. 2. Evolution Climate (2016)
   2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium · games like Evolution Climate →
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Educational, Environmental, Prehistoric, Hand Management · 1 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Evolution Climate on Amazon →
3. 3. Everdell (2018)
   1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · games like Everdell →
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Everdell on Amazon →
4. 4. Darwin's Choice (2019)
   2–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Educational, Environmental, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · ~15 min longer · +0.2 heavier
5. 5. Meadow (2021)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Environmental, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
6. 6. Dale of Merchants Collection (2019)
   2–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~35 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
7. 7. Res Arcana (2019)
   2–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · games like Res Arcana →
   Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~35 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
8. 8. Epic Card Game (2015)
   2–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium · games like Epic Card Game →
   Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Prehistoric, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~45 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
9. 9. Smash Up Science Fiction Double Feature (2014)
   2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · games like Smash Up Science Fiction Double Feature →
   Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Prehistoric, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Oceans: both play at 2 · ~37 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
10. 10. Jaipur (2009)
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Light · games like Jaipur →
    Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Hidden Victory Points · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Oceans: both play at 2 · ~45 min shorter · 1.3 lighter
11. 11. PARKS (2019)
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light · games like PARKS →
    Shares with Oceans: Animals, Environmental, Card Drafting · 1 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · ~30 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
12. 12. Imperial Settlers (2014)
    1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium · games like Imperial Settlers →
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
13. 13. Seasons (2012)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium · games like Seasons →
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Duelosaur Island (2018)
    1–2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Oceans: Animals, Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Oceans: both play at 2 · plays solo · ~37 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
15. 15. Uchronia (2012)
    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Prehistoric, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · ~22 min shorter · same complexity
16. 16. Aeon's End (2016)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · games like Aeon's End →
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
17. 17. Android Netrunner (2012)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium · games like Android Netrunner →
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Hand Management, Take That · 2 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Oceans: both play at 2 · ~30 min shorter · +0.6 heavier
18. 18. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)
    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · games like Baseball Highlights 2045 →
    Shares with Oceans: Card Game, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Take That · 3 of Oceans’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Oceans: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~30 min shorter · 0.6 lighter

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