The best games where the map is gradually reduced in size 🗺 2023
Looking for a really good game where the map gets smaller and smaller 🗺? Then we have just the thing for you: the list of the best "map reduction" games 2023.
What are map shrinking games?
In the games on this list, as the game progresses, the map shrinks. This creates fewer and fewer options for the players.
Examples of games where the map gets progressively smaller
A good example of a map reduction game are Isola/Isolation, The Island/Survive: Escape from Atlantis! and Jaws.
List with the best downsizing map games 2023 🗺
Santorini
Nominated for 7 awards.
More details for Santorini- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Survive: Escape from Atlantis!- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Blood Rage
Nominated for 14 awards and won 2.
More details for Blood Rage- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!65€ at
.deHey, That's My Fish!
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
More details for Hey, That's My Fish!- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Hey, That's My Fish!
Forbidden Desert
Nominated for 7 awards and won 4.
More details for Forbidden Desert- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Forbidden Desert
Forbidden Island
Nominated for 13 awards and won 5.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2011
More details for Forbidden Island- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Forbidden Island
TZAAR
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for TZAAR- 2 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
That's Life!
Nominated for 8 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2005
More details for That's Life!- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Survive: Escape from Atlantis!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Jaws
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Jaws- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!23€ at.deNinja Camp
- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Tacocat Spelled Backwards
- 2 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
DVONN
Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.
More details for DVONN- 2 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!30€ at.deEscape from Atlantis
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Mole in the Hole
Nominated for 3 awards and won 3.
More details for The Mole in the Hole- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Costa Rica
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
ZÈRTZ
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for ZÈRTZ- 2 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Medium difficulty
👍 Good price!31€ at.deSurvive: Space Attack!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
LYNGK
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for LYNGK- 2 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
The King Is Dead
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 50 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Rescue Polar Bears: Data & Temperature
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Save Doctor Lucky
- 3 - 7 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
König von Siam
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
The Bridges of Shangri-La
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for The Bridges of Shangri-La- 3 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Vineta
- 2 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Isolation
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Black Angel
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Hard to learn
Video reviews for Black Angel
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