Bios: Genesis(2016)
Games like Bios: Genesis
Looking for games like Bios: Genesis? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on the ever-present threat of a sudden-death ending and pulling together against a game that fights back. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Spirit Island(2017)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
CO₂: Second Chance(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Bios: Origins (Second Edition)(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 2 more
Kingdom Death: Monster(2015)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Mage Knight Board Game(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Tindaya(2022)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Cloudspire(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Dungeon Universalis(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
burncycle(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Voidfall(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more
Pax Emancipation(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
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