First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet(2017)
Games like First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet
Looking for games like First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other 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
ISS Vanguard(2022)
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Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1(2019)
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Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles(2021)
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Nemesis: Retaliation(2025)
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Frostpunk: The Board Game(2022)
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Etherfields(2020)
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Nemesis: Lockdown(2022)
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The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era(2025)
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Folklore: The Affliction(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Earth Under Siege: Flashpoint(2024)
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Voidfall(2023)
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HEXplore It: The Sands of Shurax(2020)
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