SEED GAME#1605 BGG all-time

Hellboy: The Board Game(2019)

★ 7.7 BGG1–4 players60 minWeight 2.96
Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling

Games like Hellboy: The Board Game

Looking for games like Hellboy: The Board Game? 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.

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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Village Attacks(2018)

★ 7.41–5 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
80/100

Shares Area Movement + 5 more

Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling

Dark Darker Darkest(2013)

★ 6.32–5 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
78/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative Game

Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape(2022)

★ 8.01–6 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
77/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Reichbusters: Projekt Vril(2020)

★ 7.41–4 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
76/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling

Galaxy Defenders(2014)

★ 7.41–5 players120 minWeight 3.2
ISO Match
76/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

The Path of the Adventurers(2021)

★ 7.41–4 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
76/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingModular Board

Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients(2014)

★ 8.01–4 players120 minWeight 3.4
ISO Match
75/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

Neo-Morphosis: Infestation(2023)

★ 7.31–4 players60 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
75/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Area MovementCooperative GameModular Board

Shadows of Brimstone: Swamps of Death(2014)

★ 8.01–4 players90 minWeight 3.4
ISO Match
74/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)

★ 8.21–5 players90 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
74/100

Shares Area Movement + 4 more

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative Game

Shadows of Brimstone: Cursed Tombs of Khamuntet(2025)

★ 9.31–4 players120 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
74/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

Zombicide: Black Plague(2015)

★ 7.61–6 players60 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
74/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingModular Board

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