The best games with bidding / auction 2023
Looking for a really good game with bidding/auction? Then we have just the thing for you: the list of the best auction games 2023.
What are auction games?
The bidding or auction mechanism requires you to place a bid, usually a monetary bid, on items in an auction of goods to improve your position in the game. These goods allow players to take future actions or improve a position. The auction consists of taking turns placing bids on a particular item until a winner is determined, allowing the winner to take control of the item being bid on.
By the way, in English, "auction" is "auctioning" and "bidding" is "bidding."
Usually several items are auctioned
Usually there is a game rule that helps lower the price of the item being bid on if no player is interested in the item at its current price. In most games, once a winner is determined for an item, another auction is held for additional items. This process repeats until a game condition is met or the items are exhausted in the auction phase of the game. This is similar to worker placement, but workers can be displaced from places by higher bids.
Examples of games with auction mode:
In Power Grid, for example, you start without power plants and must win bids to be able to produce electricity. If you win the bid for a particular power plant, that player can add it to their current power plant inventory and produce more electricity in a given round.
In Vegas Showdown, players bid on rooms such as a slot machine or restaurant to build a larger hotel with more prestige and value. The winning players pay for the room based on their bid and place it in their hotel. In both examples, bidding is done in turn format and players have the option to pass on bids.
List of best auction games 2023:
Skull
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Skull- 3 - 6 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Skull
For Sale
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for For Sale- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
No Thanks!
- 3 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
High Society
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Downforce
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Downforce- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Biblios
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Biblios- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ra
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ra- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
TEN
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for TEN- 1 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Stockpile
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Stockpile- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
Modern Art
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Modern Art- 3 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Bausack
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for Bausack- 2 - 8 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
El Grande Big Box
- 2 - 5 Players
- 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Campy Creatures
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Five Tribes
Nominated for 14 awards and won 5.
More details for Five Tribes- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 - 80 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Five Tribes
Furnace
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
🔥 Deal: 12% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Furnace- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!30€ at.de
Claim
Nominated for 1 award.
🔥 Deal: 19% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
More details for Claim- 2 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!6€ at.de
Abyss
Nominated for 7 awards and won 3.
More details for Abyss- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Smile
- 3 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Pan Am
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Raccoon Tycoon
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Raccoon Tycoon
Felicity: The Cat in the Sack
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Felicity: The Cat in the Sack- 3 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Eggs and Empires
- 2 - 6 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Estates
- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for The Estates
El Grande
- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Panic on Wall Street!
- 3 - 11 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
12 Days
- 3 - 5 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Godfather: Corleone's Empire
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for The Godfather: Corleone's Empire- 2 - 5 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Medici
- 2 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Power Grid
Nominated for 10 awards and won 4.
More details for Power Grid- 2 - 6 Players
- 120 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Power Grid
Condottiere
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
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