Best Economic Games for 4 Players

Shogun Big Box

2015

7.97

3-5 players 120-150 min 3.40/5

Puerto Rico: Limited Anniversary Edition

2011

8.31

2-5 players 90-150 min 3.23/5

Dungeon Lords: Happy Anniversary

2014

8.11

2-4 players 90 min 3.96/5

Carson City: Big Box

2015

7.96

2-6 players 90-180 min 3.21/5

Vanuatu (second edition)

2016

7.52

2-5 players 60-90 min 3.32/5

Terra Mystica: Big Box

2015

8.53

2-5 players 60-150 min 4.00/5

Brass: Birmingham

2018

8.57

2-4 players 60-120 min 3.86/5

Brass: Lancashire

2007

8.20

2-4 players 120-180 min 3.85/5

Scythe

2016

8.10

1-5 players 90-115 min 3.45/5

Concordia

2013

8.08

2-5 players 100 min 2.99/5

Terra Mystica

2012

8.03

2-5 players 60-150 min 3.97/5

Barrage

2019

8.14

1-4 players 60-120 min 4.12/5

Viticulture Essential Edition

2015

7.96

1-6 players 90 min 2.90/5

Food Chain Magnate

2015

8.04

2-5 players 120-240 min 4.19/5

Puerto Rico

2002

7.90

2-5 players 90-150 min 3.27/5

Caverna: The Cave Farmers

2013

7.92

1-7 players 30-210 min 3.78/5

Agricola

2007

7.86

1-5 players 30-150 min 3.64/5

Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar

2012

7.85

2-4 players 90 min 3.66/5

Power Grid

2004

7.80

2-6 players 120 min 3.25/5

The Gallerist

2015

8.00

1-4 players 60-150 min 4.21/5

Agricola (revised edition)

2016

7.96

1-4 players 30-120 min 3.44/5

The Voyages of Marco Polo

2015

7.77

2-4 players 40-100 min 3.18/5

Keyflower

2012

7.71

2-6 players 90-120 min 3.33/5

Age of Steam

2002

7.87

1-6 players 120 min 3.86/5

Mombasa

2015

7.84

2-4 players 75-150 min 3.89/5

Vinhos Deluxe Edition

2016

8.06

1-4 players 60-135 min 3.99/5

Roll for the Galaxy

2014

7.57

2-5 players 45 min 2.78/5

Istanbul

2014

7.54

2-5 players 40-60 min 2.58/5

Modern Art

1992

7.52

3-5 players 45 min 2.28/5

Nations

2013

7.59

1-5 players 40-200 min 3.54/5

Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

2015

7.39

2-5 players 30-50 min 2.25/5

Glory to Rome

2005

7.49

2-5 players 60 min 2.93/5

Goa

2004

7.55

2-4 players 90 min 3.37/5

1830: Railways & Robber Barons

1986

7.87

2-7 players 180-360 min 4.17/5

Kanban: Automotive Revolution

2014

7.78

2-4 players 90-120 min 4.35/5

Shogun

2006

7.50

3-5 players 150 min 3.36/5

Viticulture

2013

7.47

2-6 players 90 min 2.95/5

Steam

2009

7.54

3-5 players 90 min 3.45/5

Indonesia

2005

7.91

2-5 players 180-240 min 3.98/5

The Great Zimbabwe

2012

7.85

2-5 players 90-150 min 3.69/5

Acquire

1964

7.36

3-6 players 90 min 2.49/5

Navegador

2010

7.53

2-5 players 60-90 min 3.08/5

The Manhattan Project: Energy Empire

2016

7.72

1-5 players 60-120 min 3.03/5

Imperial

2006

7.59

2-6 players 120-180 min 3.56/5

Power Grid Deluxe: Europe/North America

2014

7.95

2-6 players 120 min 3.20/5

Imperial 2030

2009

7.64

2-6 players 120 min 3.50/5

Dungeon Lords

2009

7.35

2-4 players 90 min 3.57/5

Notre Dame

2007

7.31

2-5 players 45-75 min 2.74/5

The Pillars of the Earth

2006

7.26

2-4 players 90-120 min 2.81/5

Saint Petersburg

2004

7.27

2-4 players 45-60 min 2.43/5

In the Year of the Dragon

2007

7.29

2-5 players 75-100 min 3.08/5

Bruxelles 1893

2013

7.59

2-5 players 50-125 min 3.58/5

Nippon

2015

7.62

2-4 players 60-120 min 3.76/5

Stockpile

2015

7.42

2-5 players 45 min 2.13/5

Clash of Cultures

2012

7.57

2-4 players 180-240 min 3.61/5

The Manhattan Project

2012

7.31

2-5 players 120 min 2.96/5

Glen More

2010

7.29

2-5 players 45-70 min 2.67/5

Lords of Vegas

2010

7.35

2-4 players 60 min 2.34/5

Chicago Express

2007

7.25

2-6 players 60 min 2.77/5

1846: The Race for the Midwest

2005

7.87

3-5 players 240 min 3.99/5

Last Will

2011

7.16

2-5 players 45-75 min 2.72/5

Airlines Europe

2011

7.30

2-5 players 75 min 2.43/5

Madeira

2013

7.53

2-4 players 60-150 min 4.30/5

Archipelago

2012

7.26

1-5 players 30-240 min 3.74/5

Vinhos

2010

7.46

2-4 players 60-135 min 4.20/5

Cuba Libre

2013

7.66

1-4 players 180 min 3.61/5

Pax Porfiriana

2012

7.63

1-6 players 120 min 3.64/5

1889

2005

7.99

2-6 players 210 min 3.83/5

Carson City

2009

7.20

2-5 players 90 min 3.18/5

The Bloody Inn

2015

7.08

1-4 players 30-60 min 2.35/5

Cuba

2007

7.12

2-5 players 75-120 min 3.26/5

Belfort

2011

7.20

2-5 players 120 min 3.05/5

Arkwright

2014

7.79

2-4 players 120-240 min 4.59/5

The Networks

2016

7.13

1-5 players 60-90 min 2.60/5

Prêt-à-Porter

2010

7.27

2-4 players 90 min 3.56/5

Yspahan

2006

7.04

2-4 players 45-60 min 2.37/5

Wallenstein (first edition)

2002

7.45

3-5 players 150 min 3.30/5

Saint Petersburg (second edition)

2014

7.45

2-5 players 60 min 2.67/5

World Without End

2009

7.22

2-4 players 90-120 min 2.82/5

Panamax

2014

7.30

2-4 players 100 min 3.76/5

Spyrium

2013

7.04

2-5 players 75 min 2.90/5

Union Pacific

1999

7.19

2-6 players 90 min 2.55/5

The Palaces of Carrara

2012

7.11

2-4 players 60 min 2.59/5

Tinners' Trail

2008

7.19

3-4 players 60-90 min 2.83/5

Homesteaders

2009

7.18

2-4 players 90 min 3.04/5

Brew Crafters

2013

7.35

2-5 players 90 min 3.59/5

Age of Industry

2010

7.34

2-5 players 120 min 3.35/5

The Speicherstadt

2010

7.02

2-5 players 45 min 2.27/5

The Prodigals Club

2015

7.30

2-5 players 40-100 min 3.25/5

CO₂

2012

7.08

1-5 players 120 min 3.87/5

1862: Railway Mania in the Eastern Counties

2013

8.15

2-8 players 300 min 4.58/5

Automania

2015

7.31

2-4 players 60-90 min 2.76/5

Ponzi Scheme

2015

7.13

3-5 players 60-90 min 2.43/5

Power Grid: Factory Manager

2009

6.84

2-5 players 60 min 3.00/5

Vanuatu

2011

7.22

2-5 players 90 min 3.29/5

Crisis

2016

7.46

1-5 players 45-120 min 3.09/5

Caylus Magna Carta

2007

6.88

2-4 players 45-75 min 2.87/5

Kraftwagen

2015

7.21

2-4 players 75 min 2.85/5

Council of 4

2015

7.11

2-4 players 40-75 min 2.69/5

Hamburgum

2007

7.04

2-5 players 75 min 3.07/5

Axis & Allies Europe 1940

2010

7.56

2-6 players 360 min 3.48/5

Hacienda

2005

6.91

2-5 players 60-90 min 2.63/5

Hab & Gut

2008

7.15

3-5 players 45 min 2.15/5

Merchant of Venus

1988

7.13

1-6 players 180 min 2.83/5

Planet Steam

2008

7.09

2-5 players 120 min 3.76/5

Capital

2016

7.29

2-4 players 45-60 min 2.19/5

Wildcatters

2013

7.60

3-4 players 120 min 3.98/5

Murano

2014

7.16

2-4 players 60-75 min 2.72/5

1817

2010

8.59

3-7 players 360-540 min 4.79/5

1849

1998

8.08

3-5 players 180 min 4.17/5

Power Grid: The First Sparks

2011

6.76

2-6 players 60 min 2.71/5

The Scepter of Zavandor

2004

6.95

2-6 players 90 min 3.50/5

Patchistory

2013

7.05

2-4 players 60-120 min 3.77/5

1856

1995

7.47

3-6 players 300 min 4.25/5

Himalaya

2002

6.99

3-4 players 60 min 2.57/5

High Frontier

2010

7.35

2-5 players 180 min 4.35/5

Risk Europe

2015

7.38

2-4 players 45-180 min 2.64/5

City of Iron

2013

7.14

2-4 players 120 min 3.23/5

Diamonds Club

2008

7.05

2-4 players 75 min 2.61/5

Steam Time

2015

7.03

2-4 players 90 min 2.90/5

Paris Connection

2010

6.66

3-6 players 30 min 1.82/5

Eurorails

1990

7.09

2-6 players 180-240 min 2.74/5

Edo

2012

7.02

2-4 players 60 min 2.96/5

Ground Floor

2012

6.98

2-6 players 90-150 min 3.71/5

Yunnan

2013

7.14

2-5 players 90 min 3.16/5

Pax Pamir

2015

7.31

2-5 players 60-120 min 3.67/5

Serenissima (first edition)

1996

6.85

2-4 players 120 min 3.04/5

Elasund: The First City

2005

6.59

2-4 players 60-90 min 2.73/5

Sail to India

2013

6.66

3-4 players 60 min 2.21/5

The Princes of Machu Picchu

2008

6.94

2-5 players 90 min 3.10/5

Wealth of Nations

2008

6.92

3-6 players 120 min 3.60/5

American Rails

2009

7.39

3-5 players 90 min 2.85/5

Drum Roll

2011

6.86

2-4 players 90 min 3.03/5

Hermagor

2006

6.89

2-5 players 90-120 min 3.17/5

1822: The Railways of Great Britain

2016

8.08

3-7 players 300-420 min 4.36/5

1870

1992

7.43

2-6 players 360 min 4.20/5

Monopoly Deal Card Game

2008

6.32

2-5 players 15 min 1.31/5

Samarkand: Routes to Riches

2010

6.86

2-5 players 45 min 2.26/5

Safranito

2010

6.90

2-4 players 30-45 min 1.73/5

Funkenschlag

2001

7.55

2-6 players 180 min 3.56/5

New Amsterdam

2012

7.01

2-5 players 90 min 3.22/5

Key to the City – London

2016

6.98

2-6 players 90-120 min 2.89/5

Happy Pigs

2013

6.76

2-6 players 30-45 min 2.31/5

El Capitán

2007

6.76

2-5 players 90 min 2.92/5

Constantinopolis

2010

6.87

2-5 players 90 min 3.13/5

Big Boss

1994

7.18

2-6 players 90 min 2.36/5

Power Grid: The Card Game

2016

6.65

2-6 players 45-60 min 2.41/5

MarraCash

1996

6.99

3-4 players 60 min 2.16/5

Big Shot

2001

7.00

2-4 players 30 min 2.00/5

Cargo Noir

2011

6.44

2-5 players 30-90 min 2.09/5

1848: Australia

2007

7.86

3-6 players 360 min 3.82/5

1880: China

2010

7.87

3-7 players 300 min 4.20/5

Poseidon

2010

6.97

2-5 players 90-120 min 3.53/5

18MEX

2005

7.65

3-5 players 210 min 3.84/5

Mundus Novus

2011

6.64

2-6 players 45-60 min 2.18/5

Silverton

1991

7.12

1-6 players 180 min 3.23/5

Merchants of Amsterdam

2000

6.71

3-5 players 60 min 2.63/5

Tesla vs. Edison: War of Currents

2015

6.68

2-5 players 90 min 3.24/5

Neue Heimat

2007

7.28

2-5 players 45 min 2.65/5

Industrial Waste

2001

6.67

2-4 players 60 min 2.63/5

Giganten

1999

6.69

3-4 players 90 min 2.57/5

Phoenicia

2007

6.52

2-5 players 90 min 2.93/5

Merchants of the Middle Ages

1999

6.73

2-4 players 120 min 3.01/5

Greed Incorporated

2009

6.96

3-5 players 180 min 3.60/5

Outpost

1991

6.80

2-9 players 150 min 3.11/5

An Infamous Traffic

2016

7.30

2-5 players 45-90 min 3.60/5

Key Market

2010

7.33

2-4 players 90 min 3.52/5

Axis & Allies: WWI 1914

2013

7.27

2-8 players 480 min 2.79/5

Grandpa Beck's Cover Your A$$ets

2011

6.47

2-6 players 30 min 1.20/5

Before the Wind

2007

6.61

2-4 players 75 min 2.60/5

Black Gold

2011

6.78

2-5 players 120 min 2.58/5

City of Remnants

2013

6.78

2-4 players 90 min 3.13/5

Byzanz

2008

6.63

3-6 players 45 min 1.54/5

1861: The Railways of the Russian Empire

2006

7.42

3-6 players 360 min 4.21/5

Serenissima (second edition)

2012

6.90

2-4 players 90 min 2.92/5

Round House

2016

7.04

2-5 players 60-90 min 3.23/5

Rail Baron

1977

6.63

3-6 players 240 min 2.26/5

New England

2003

6.47

3-4 players 90 min 2.46/5

Shark

1987

6.61

2-6 players 90 min 2.20/5

South African Railroads

2011

7.67

3-6 players 40 min 3.05/5

Black Friday

2010

6.56

2-5 players 55 min 2.83/5

Grand Cru

2010

6.75

2-5 players 90 min 3.14/5

Archon: Glory & Machination

2013

6.89

2-4 players 90-120 min 3.18/5

18AL

1999

7.10

3-5 players 180 min 3.85/5

Mogul

2015

6.88

3-5 players 45 min 2.04/5

Lignum

2015

7.23

2-4 players 60-120 min 3.81/5

Crude: The Oil Game

1974

6.69

2-4 players 90 min 2.73/5

Industria

2003

6.41

3-4 players 60 min 2.68/5

Mégawatts

2008

7.79

2-6 players 120 min 3.03/5

Jet Set

2008

6.72

2-6 players 90-120 min 2.58/5

Praetor

2014

6.54

2-5 players 75 min 3.00/5

Darjeeling

2007

6.55

2-5 players 60 min 2.20/5

Colonia

2009

6.60

3-6 players 120 min 3.10/5

1844/1854

2016

7.79

3-7 players 240 min 4.36/5

Baltimore & Ohio

2009

7.14

3-6 players 120 min 3.74/5

1835

1990

7.03

3-7 players 360 min 3.99/5

Goldbräu

2004

6.45

3-4 players 60 min 2.51/5

Dominare

2012

6.80

2-6 players 120 min 3.48/5

Fürstenfeld

2010

6.49

2-5 players 60 min 2.45/5

Sun, Sea & Sand

2010

6.89

2-5 players 60 min 2.63/5