Keep the Heroes Out!(2022)
Games like Keep the Heroes Out!
Looking for games like Keep the Heroes Out!? 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
Don't Starve: The Board Game(2027)
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Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth(2019)
Shares Area Movement + 6 more
Return to Dark Tower(2022)
Shares Area Movement + 5 more
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy's Mask – Base Set(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Aeon's End(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
The LOOP(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Aeon's End: Legacy(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set(2013)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
The Siege of Runedar(2021)
Shares Area Movement + 3 more
Descent: Legends of the Dark(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
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