SEED GAME#22721 BGG all-time

Cold Days in Hell(2000)

★ 6.3 BGG2–4 players300 minWeight 3.00
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Games like Cold Days in Hell

Looking for games like Cold Days in Hell? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it — built on pushing your luck against the roll. 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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No Retreat 2: The Africa Front 1940-1942(2011)

★ 7.32 players50 minWeight 2.9
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79/100

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No Retreat 3: The French Front – May-June 1940(2012)

★ 7.22 players50 minWeight 3.1
ISO Match
79/100

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Savannah(2005)

★ 7.02–3 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
79/100

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The Great War(2015)

★ 7.72 playersWeight 2.7
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73/100

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No Retreat!: The Russian Front 1941-1944(2008)

★ 7.82 playersWeight 2.6
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72/100

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Four Lost Battles (2nd Edition): Quadrigame of the Dresden Campaign(2022)

★ 8.41–4 players120 minWeight 3.5
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72/100

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Brothers at War: 1862(2022)

★ 8.11–2 players60 minWeight 2.8
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72/100

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Napoleon Invades Spain: Peninsular War – Part I(2021)

★ 8.12 players180 minWeight 3.0
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72/100

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The Habit of Victory: From Warsaw to Eylau to Friedland, 1806-7(2007)

★ 7.62 playersWeight 3.2
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71/100

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Strike Them a Blow: 1864 North Anna River(2006)

★ 7.42–4 players600 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
71/100

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Dien Bien Phu: The Final Gamble(2014)

★ 8.51–2 playersWeight 3.0
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70/100

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June '44: The Struggle for Normandy, 1944(2008)

★ 7.32 players120 minWeight 2.1
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70/100

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