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Encounters: Shattered Wastes(2024)

★ 7.5 BGG1–4 players60 minWeight 2.50
Cooperative GameOpen DraftingPlayer Elimination

Games like Encounters: Shattered Wastes

Looking for games like Encounters: Shattered Wastes? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on 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.

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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Legendary Encounters: A Predator Deck Building Game(2015)

★ 7.41–5 players30 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting

I Signori dei Draghi(2010)

★ 6.72–8 players45 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameOpen DraftingVariable Player Powers

Mageling(2019)

★ 7.31–4 players30 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingOpen Drafting

Legendary: Buffy The Vampire Slayer(2017)

★ 7.51–5 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting

Doppelgänger(2018)

★ 6.54–8 players45 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameOpen Drafting

Pathogenesis(2017)

★ 6.91–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting

Dark Frontier(2015)

★ 6.71–4 players15 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingPlayer Elimination

Apollo XIII(2015)

★ 6.22–5 players45 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameOpen DraftingStorytelling

Last Starfleet(2015)

★ 6.32–6 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameOpen DraftingVariable Player Powers

Omertà: Clan ohne Plan(2013)

★ 7.24–9 players20 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameOpen DraftingPlayer Elimination

Attack on Titan: Deck-Building Game(2016)

★ 6.91–5 playersWeight 2.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting

The Liberation of Rietburg(2019)

★ 6.72–4 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game

Cooperative GameVariable Player PowersVariable Set-up

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