ISS Vanguard(2022)
Games like ISS Vanguard
Looking for games like ISS Vanguard? 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
First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet(2017)
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Odalin: Dungeons of Doom(2025)
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. The Board Game(2025)
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Sleeping Gods(2021)
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Etherfields(2020)
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Divinity Original Sin: The Board Game(2023)
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Sanctorvm: The Board Game(2021)
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Lands of Evershade(2026)
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Waste Knights: Second Edition(2021)
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The City of Kings(2018)
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Rove(2025)
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Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1(2019)
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