Worker Placement Games

A stylized form of Action Drafting, players place tokens, dice, pawns, etc., to trigger an action from a set of actions available to all players, generally one-at-a-time and in turn order. Some games achieve the same effect in reverse: the turn begins with action spaces filled by markers, which are claimed by players for some cost. Each player usually has a limited number of tokens with which to participate in the process, although these may increase as the game progresses. - from Board Game Geek

Sorted by location in the store - Casual Games | Cooperative Games | Heavyweight Games | Middleweight Games | Value Games

—Updated April 25, 2025

Casual Games:

Age of Wonders: Planetfall -  2-6 Players
  Card Game, Drafting, Sci Fi-themed, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Century Golem Edition Endless World -  2-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Creature Caravan -  1-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement

Creature Comforts -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Dice, Drafting, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Dog Park -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Dreadful Meadows -  1-4 Players
  Economic, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Everdell Duo -  1-2 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, City Building, Cooperative, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Everdell Farshore -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, City Building, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Hand Management, Set Collection, Worker Placement, Best Seller

Explorers of Navoria -  2-4 Players
  Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Fantastic Factories -  1-5 Players
  Card Game, Dice, Drafting, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Flamecraft -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, City Building, Fantasy-themed, Hand Management, Set Collection, Worker Placement, Staff Pick

Fromage -  1-4 Players
  Economic, Worker Placement

Gnome Hollow -  2-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Holotype -  2-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Worker Placement, Staff Pick

Holotype Alt Art Cover -  2-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Worker Placement, Staff Pick

Inori -  2-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement

Inventors of the South Tigris -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Hand Management, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Manhattan Project: War Machine -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Meadow -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, Drafting, Hand Management, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Moon: A Pick Up & Pass Game -  1-5 Players
  Drafting, Hand Management, Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

My Lil’ Everdell -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Card Game, Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement

Nestlings -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Dice, Hand Management, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Nova Roma -  1-4 Players
  City Building, Economic, Worker Placement

Parks -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Economic, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Parks 2E -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Economic, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Skull Canyon: Ski Fest -  2-4 Players
  Hand Management, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Starship Captains -  1-4 Players
  Drafting, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Tokaido -  2-5 Players
  Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Trails: A Parks Game -  2-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Underwater Cities -  1-4 Players
  Card Game, City Building, Hand Management, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Victorian Masterminds -  2-4 Players
  Miniatures, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game -  1-6 Players
  Cooperative, Hand Management, Miniatures, Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

Staff Picks and Best Sellers

  • This is a fairly simple worker placement game with several strategies available for gaining points. Easy to learn, easy to teach, and fun to play

  • I could write a novel about this game, but the highlights are (1) it's adorable (2) it's beginner friendly (3) it's FUN! - Sheridan

  • Embark on an epic seafaring adventure to explore and build in the rugged country north of Everdell Valley. Study the winds to sail your ship in search of valuable riches, compete for lucrative island locations before high tide rises, and be the first to claim valuable maps that will lead you to troves of treasures.

Cooperative Games:

Endangered -  1-5 Players
  Push Your Luck, Worker Placement

Freelancers -  3-6+ Players
  Cooperative, Dice, Fantasy-themed, Worker Placement

Robinson Crusoe: Collector’s Edition -  1-4 Players
  Cooperative, Dice, Fighting, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Rush MD -  1-4 Players
  Cooperative, Worker Placement

Heavyweight Games:

Anachrony: Essential Edition -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Economic, Miniatures, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Halls of Hegra -  1 Player
  Dice, Economic, Push Your Luck, Worker Placement

Hegemony: Lead Your Class to Victory -  2-4 Players
  Economic, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Sankore: The Pride of Mansa Musa -  1-4 Players
  City Building, Economic, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Scholars of the South Tigris -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Hand Management, Worker Placement

Scythe Expeditions: Ironclad Edition -  1-5 Players
  Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

  • The game is played in 4-7 turns, depending on the time when the looming cataclysm occurs — unless, of course, it is averted! The elapsed turns are measured on a dynamic timeline. By powering up the Time Rifts, players can reach back to earlier turns to supply their past "self" with resources. Each Path has a vastly different objective that rewards it with a massive amount of victory points when achieved.

Middleweight Games:

51st State Ultimate Edition -  1-4 Players
  Card Game, City Building, Economic, Hand Management, Sci Fi-themed, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

A Feast for Odin -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Economic, Push Your Luck, Puzzle-like Elements, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Agricola Revised -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Drafting, Economic, Hand Management, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Ahoy -  2-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Andromeda’s Edge -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Fighting, Hand Management, Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

Apiary -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Arborea -  1-5 Players
  Animal-themed, Fantasy-themed, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Architects of the West Kingdom -  1-5 Players
  City Building, Drafting, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Best Seller

Atiwa -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Economic, Worker Placement

Barcelona -  1-4 Players
  City Building, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Beyond the Horizon -  2-4 Players
  Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Beyond the Sun -  2-4 Players
  Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

Daitoshi -  1-4 Players
  Worker Placement

Darwin’s Journey -  1-4 Players
  Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Dinosaur Island -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Dice, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Dinosaur Island: Rawr n Write -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Dice, Route Building, Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

Dinosaur World -  2-4 Players
  Animal-themed, City Building, Dice, Economic, Sci Fi-themed, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Dune Imperium -  1-4 Players
  Card Game, Deckbuilding, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Take That, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Staff Pick

Endless Winter Paleoamericans -  1-4 Players
  Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Evenfall -  1-4 Players
  Card Game, Fantasy-themed, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Expeditions (Standard) -  1-5 Players
  Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Federation (Deluxe Edition) -  2-4 Players
  Sci Fi-themed, Worker Placement

Hickory Dickory -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Honey Buzz -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Drafting, Economic, Memory, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Le Havre -  1-5 Players
  City Building, Economic, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Lords of Ragnarok Core Box -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Hand Management, Miniatures, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Lords of Waterdeep -  2-5 Players
  City Building, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Take That, Worker Placement

Lost Ruins of Arnak -  1-4 Players
  Fantasy-themed, Solo Mode, Worker Placement, Best Seller

Nova Era -  2-4 Players
  Card Game, City Building, Dice, Worker Placement

Oros -  1-4 Players
  Puzzle-like Elements, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Pacific Rails Inc. -  2-4 Players
  Economic, Worker Placement

Pagan: Fate of Roanoke -  2 Players
  Bluffing, Card Game, Fantasy-themed, Hand Management, Worker Placement

Paladins of the West Kingdom -  1-4 Players
  Drafting, Solo Mode, Worker Placement, Best Seller

Pax Emancipation -  1-3 Players
  Cooperative, Dice, Drafting, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Raiders of the North Sea -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Hand Management, Worker Placement, Best Seller

Rats of Wistar -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Worker Placement

Salton Sea -  1-4 Players
  Worker Placement

Skymines -  1-4 Players
  Deckbuilding, Drafting, Economic, Hand Management, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Stone Age -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Economic, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Survival of the Fattest -  1-4 Players
  Deckbuilding, Hand Management, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail -  1-4 Players
  Animal-themed, Hand Management, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Unconscious Mind -  1-4 Players
  Drafting, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Wayfarers of the South Tigris -  1-4 Players
  Drafting, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Whistle Mountain -  2-4 Players
  Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Wondrous Creatures -  1-4 Players
  Drafting, Fantasy-themed, Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

  • This is a game that has multiple different ways to win. It also adds three types of games seamlessly: Deck-building, Worker Placement and Resource Management. - Nolan

  • Best Seller - Lost Ruins of Arnak combines deck-building and worker placement in a game of exploration, resource management, and discovery. In addition to traditional deck-builder effects, cards can also be used to place workers, and new worker actions become available as players explore the island.

  • Best Seller - Points are gained by building outposts and fortifications, commissioning monks and confronting outsiders. Each round, players will enlist the help of a specific Paladin and gather workers to carry out tasks. As the game progresses, players will slowly increase their faith, strength and influence.

Value Games:

Adulthood -  1-4 Players
  Card Game, Drafting, Hand Management, Worker Placement

Bog -  2 Players
  Animal-themed, Worker Placement

Far -  2-4 Players
  Worker Placement

Gateway Island -  1-6+ Players
  Cooperative, Dice, Drafting, Memory, Party Game, Player Elimination, Push Your Luck, Set Collection, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

General Orders: WW2 -  2 Players
  Worker Placement

Glasgow -  2 Players
  City Building, Set Collection, Tile Placement, Worker Placement

Targi -  2 Players
  Card Game, Drafting, Set Collection, Worker Placement

Ultra Tiny Epic Kingdoms -  1-5 Players
  Bluffing, Fantasy-themed, Solo Mode, Take That, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement

Under Falling Skies -  1 Player
  Dice, Sci Fi-themed, Solo Mode, Worker Placement

Under Falling Skies

Aliens have arrived to conquer Earth. Enemy ships fill the skies. Humanity retreats to underground bunkers located below cities across the globe. Stand against the common threat! Fight the invaders city by city. Build a team from around the globe to save your planet and defeat the aliens!