Heredity: The Book of Swan(2023)
Games like Heredity: The Book of Swan
Looking for games like Heredity: The Book of Swan? 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.
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Sleeping Gods: Primeval Peril(2023)
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Ancient Blood: The Order of Vampire Hunters(2025)
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Chronicles of Crime: 2400(2021)
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Chronicles of Crime: 1400(2020)
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The Morrison Game Factory(2024)
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Adventure Island(2018)
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Unlock!: Exotic Adventures(2018)
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Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures(2016)
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The Vandermist Dossier(2022)
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Key Enigma: Calling Card(2021)
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The Medusa Report(2023)
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