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 August 29, 2025

Casual Games:

Age of Wonders: Planetfall -  2-6 Players
  Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

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

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

Creature Comforts -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Set Collection, Drafting, Kids, Worker Placement, Animals

Dog Park -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Card Games, Worker Placement, Animals

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

Everdell Duo -  1-2 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Drafting, City Building, Cooperative, Card Games, Worker Placement, Fantasy, Animals

Everdell Farshore -  1-4 Players
  Set Collection, Drafting, City Building, Card Games, Worker Placement, Hand Management, Fantasy, Animals

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

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

Flamecraft -  1-5 Players
  Set Collection, City Building, Card Games, Worker Placement, Base Game, Staff Pick 2024, Hand Management, Fantasy, Animals

Fromage -  1-4 Players
  Economic, Worker Placement

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

Holotype -  2-5 Players
  Worker Placement, Base Game, Staff Pick 2024, Animals

Holotype Alt Art Cover -  2-5 Players
  Worker Placement, Base Game, Staff Pick 2024, Animals

Inori -  2-4 Players
  Worker Placement, Fantasy

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

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

Meadow -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Set Collection, Drafting, Card Games, Worker Placement, Base Game, Hand Management, Animals

Moon: A Pick Up & Pass Game -  1-5 Players
  Drafting, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

My Lil’ Everdell -  1-4 Players
  Kids, Card Games, Worker Placement, Fantasy, Animals

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

Parks -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, Worker Placement, Animals

Parks Second Edition -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, End Game Bonuses, Exploration, Worker Placement, Travel, Contracts, Events, Environmental, Animals

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

Starship Captains -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Drafting, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

Tokaido 5th anniv ed -  2-5 Players
  Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Kids, Worker Placement

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

Underwater Cities -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, City Building, Civilization, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

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

Wandering Galaxy: A Crossroads Game -  1-6 Players
  Cooperative, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management

Winter Rabbit -  2-6 Players
  Worker Placement, Environmental, Farming, Semi-Cooperative, Animals

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
  Dice, Cooperative, Worker Placement, Fantasy

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

Rush MD -  1-4 Players
  Cooperative, Worker Placement

Heavyweight Games:

Anachrony: Essential Edition -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Dice, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Miniatures

Dwellings of Eldervale 2nd Edition -  0-0 Players
  Worker Placement

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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
  Cards, Economic, Variable Player Powers, City Building, Card Games, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

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

Agricola Revised -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Team Based, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Worker Placement, Hand Management, Animals

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

Andromeda’s Edge -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Fighting, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Apiary -  1-5 Players
  Solo Mode, Cards, Variable Player Powers, Worker Placement, Animals

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

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

Atiwa -  1-4 Players
  Economic, Worker Placement, Animals

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

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

Beyond the Sun -  2-4 Players
  Civilization, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction

Daitoshi -  1-4 Players
  Worker Placement

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

Dinosaur Island -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Set Collection, Kids, Worker Placement, Tile Placement, Animals

Dinosaur Island: Rawr n Write -  1-4 Players
  Dice, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Draft & Write, Route Building, Animals

Dinosaur World -  2-4 Players
  Dice, Economic, City Building, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Tile Placement, Animals

Dune Imperium -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Staff Pick 2022, Staff Pick 2024, Variable Player Powers, Deckbuilding, Dune, Card Games, Take That, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction

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

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

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

Federation (Deluxe Edition) -  2-4 Players
  Worker Placement, Science Fiction

Hickory Dickory -  1-4 Players
  Set Collection, Racing, Worker Placement, Tile Placement, Animals

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

Kinfire Council -  2-6 Players
  Voting, City Building, Worker Placement, Political

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

Lords of Ragnarok Core Box -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Cards, Dice, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Worker Placement, Base Game, Science Fiction, Miniatures, Hand Management, Fantasy

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pagan: Fate of Roanoke -  2 Players
  Adventure, Deduction, Strategy, Card Games, Worker Placement, Bluffing, Hand Management, Fantasy

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

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

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

Rats of Wistar -  1-4 Players
  Worker Placement, Animals

Resurgence -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Secret Unit Deployment, End Game Bonuses, Deckbuilding, Strategy, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Bag-Building

Salton Sea -  1-4 Players
  Worker Placement

Skymines -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Economic, Variable Player Powers, Drafting, Deckbuilding, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Hand Management

Star Wars: Rebellion Board Game -  2-4 Players
  Star Wars, Civil War, Dice, Team Based, Variable Set-up, Card Play Conflict Resolution, Variable Player Powers, Income, Space Exploration, Once-Per-Game Abilities, Area Movement, Hidden Movement, Tags, Area Majority/Influence, Wargame, Take That, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Delayed Purchase, Miniatures, Contracts, Events, Hand Management

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yokohama -  2-4 Players
  Economic, Set Collection, Worker Placement, Resource Management, Route Building

  • 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
  Drafting, Card Games, Worker Placement, Hand Management

Bog -  2 Players
  Cards, Worker Placement, Animals

Far -  2-4 Players
  Cards, Worker Placement

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

General Orders: WW2 -  2 Players
  Worker Placement

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

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

The Architects of Amytis -  2 Players
  City Building, Worker Placement, Tile Placement

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs -  1-4 Players
  Solo Mode, Enclosure, Dinosaurs, Worker Placement, Science Fiction, Contracts, Farming, Hidden Victory Points, Fantasy, Animals

Tokaido (10th Anniversary Ed) -  2-5 Players
  Set Collection, Variable Player Powers, Kids, Worker Placement

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

Under Falling Skies -  1 Player
  Solo Mode, Dice, Worker Placement, Science Fiction

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!