By complexity
Medium Weight Games
Games with enough strategy to satisfy experienced players without overwhelming beginners.
| # | Game | Players | Time | Weight | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 7 Wonders | 3-7 | 30 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 02 | 7 Wonders Duel | 2 | 30 min | Medium | $35 | Amazon → |
| 03 | Azul: Summer Pavilion | 2-4 | 30-45 min | medium | $45 | Amazon → |
| 04 | Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition) | 3-6 | 60-90 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 05 | Calico | 1-4 | 30-45 min | Medium | $40 | Amazon → |
| 06 | Carcassonne | 2-5 | 30-45 min | medium | $35 | Amazon → |
| 07 | Catan | 3-4 | 60-90 min | Medium | $55 | Amazon → |
| 08 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 2-4 | 45-60 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 09 | Concordia | 2-5 | 90 min | Medium | $65 | Amazon → |
| 10 | Cryptid | 3-5 | 30-50 min | medium | $35 | Amazon → |
| 11 | Dead of Winter | 2-5 | 60-120 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 12 | Dominion | 2-4 | 30 min | Medium | $45 | Amazon → |
| 13 | Dune: Imperium - Uprising | 1-6 | 60-120 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 14 | Endeavor: Deep Sea | 1-4 | 60-90 min | Medium | $59 | Amazon → |
| 15 | Everdell | 1-4 | 40-80 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 16 | Forest Shuffle | 2-5 | 40-60 min | Medium | $30 | Amazon → |
| 17 | Heat: Pedal to the Metal | 1-6 | 30-60 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 18 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 1-4 | 60-90 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 19 | Obsession | 2-4 | 60-120 min | Medium | $80 | Amazon → |
| 20 | Paleo | 2-4 | 45-60 min | medium | $50 | Amazon → |
| 21 | Pandemic | 2-4 | 45 min | Medium | $45 | Amazon → |
| 22 | Rebirth | 2-4 | 45 min | Medium | $42 | Amazon → |
| 23 | Res Arcana | 2-4 | 20-60 min | medium | $45 | Amazon → |
| 24 | Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition | 1-4 | 45-60 min | medium | $40 | Amazon → |
| 25 | The Castles of Burgundy | 2-4 | 30-90 min | medium | $50 | Amazon → |
| 26 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 2-5 | 20 min | medium | $15 | Amazon → |
| 27 | The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship | 1-5 | 60-150 min | Medium | $80 | Amazon → |
| 28 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 2-4 | 45 min | Medium | $50 | Amazon → |
| 29 | Vantage | 1-6 | 120-180 min | Medium | $90 | Amazon → |
| 30 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 1-6 | 45-90 min | medium | $60 | Amazon → |
| 31 | Wingspan | 1-5 | 40-70 min | Medium | $60 | Amazon → |
Updated 2026-09-18 · prices open live Amazon listings
Medium
7 Wonders
Seven players, three ages, thirty minutes: the card drafter that made big group strategy actually work.
Medium
7 Wonders Duel
The two-player version that's actually better than the original. Tense, every choice matters.
medium
Azul: Summer Pavilion
Draft tiles to create beautiful patterns and score points strategically.
Medium
Betrayal at House on the Hill (3rd Edition)
Explore a haunted house until one of you turns traitor: 50 scenarios of gloriously chaotic B-movie horror.
Medium
Calico
Quilt-pattern puzzle. Solo plays beautifully. Adorable, harder than it looks.
medium
Carcassonne
Tile-placement game where you build a medieval landscape to score points.
Medium
Catan
The trade-and-build classic. Five expansions deep if anyone catches the bug.
Medium
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure
Deck building with a dungeon map, a dragon, and a push-your-luck race for the exit.
Medium
Concordia
Roman trade and settlement with a hand of action cards that become your score. Elegant, deep, no luck.
medium
Cryptid
Deductively search for the mysterious creature with your unique clues.
Medium
Dead of Winter
A cooperative survival game with a possible traitor and a personal agenda for everyone. Tense and story-driven.
Medium
Dominion
The game that invented deck building. Still the cleanest version of the idea.
Medium
Dune: Imperium - Uprising
Deck-building meets worker placement on Arrakis, now with spies, sandworms, and a real six-player team mode.
Medium
Endeavor: Deep Sea
Dive crews, sonar pushes, and a gorgeous ocean board: a Kennerspiel winner that packs real strategy into a friendly hour.
Medium
Everdell
Woodland creatures, a cardboard tree, and one of the most charming engine builders of the last decade.
Medium
Forest Shuffle
Build a forest of cards where every tree hosts animals and plants. Wingspan's depth in a small box.
Medium
Heat: Pedal to the Metal
A racing game where the deck is your engine and heat is your risk. Fast, tense, and great with six.
Medium
Lost Ruins of Arnak
Deck building meets worker placement on a lost island. Approachable, rich, and gorgeous.
Medium
Obsession
Run a Victorian estate. Hire staff, host events. Underrated and beautiful.
medium
Paleo
Work in teams to survive and thrive in a prehistoric world.
Medium
Pandemic
Cooperative classic. Save the world together. The game that converts non-gamers.
Medium
Rebirth
Knizia at his cleanest: place a tile, score it, draw again, and somehow the whole map becomes a knife fight.
medium
Res Arcana
Compete as mages harnessing ancient artifacts and summoning creatures.
medium
Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
Strategically build and develop Mars faster than your opponents.
medium
The Castles of Burgundy
Acquire and manage estates in Medieval France to accumulate wealth.
medium
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
Complete challenging missions cooperatively in this trick-taking card game.
Medium
The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
Leacock's richest Pandemic System design: shepherd Frodo past the Nazgul while shadow armies press every haven at once.
Medium
The Quacks of Quedlinburg
Push-your-luck bag-builder. Tense, joyful, scales clean to four.
Medium
Vantage
A crashed ship, a planet of 800 locations, and every player seeing a different world. Nothing else on your shelf plays like this.
medium
Viticulture Essential Edition
Run your own vineyard by planting vines and harvesting grapes.
Medium
Wingspan
Birds, engine-building, exquisite art. Plays light enough for casual nights, deep enough for repeat play.