SEED GAME#3549 BGG all-time

Lifeboat(2002)

★ 6.3 BGG4–6 playersWeight 1.75
Hand ManagementMove Through DeckOpen Drafting

Games like Lifeboat

Looking for games like Lifeboat? It lives on the energy of a full, loud table and quick rounds — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and the chase to complete the right combinations. 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

Invictus: A Team Deck Building Game(2021)

★ 8.42–6 players60 minWeight 2.2
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hand Management + 5 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand ManagementOpen Drafting

Scrooge: The Board Game(2017)

★ 6.72–6 players15 minWeight 1.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Hand Management + 5 more

Betting and BluffingDice RollingHand Management

Potato Pirates 3: Battlechips(2022)

★ 6.62–6 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 5 more

Hand ManagementMarketMove Through Deck

Happy Little Dinosaurs(2021)

★ 6.22–4 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Card Play Conflict ResolutionHand ManagementPlayer Elimination

BANG!(2002)

★ 6.54–7 players20 minWeight 1.6
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Hand ManagementHidden RolesHot Potato

GROWL(2019)

★ 6.54–10 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Hand ManagementMove Through DeckPlayer Elimination

Dale of Merchants(2015)

★ 7.12–4 players30 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Auction: DutchDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition(2014)

★ 6.84–8 players30 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Open Drafting + 3 more

Open DraftingPlayer EliminationSimultaneous Action Selection

Dale of Merchants 2(2016)

★ 7.32–4 players30 minWeight 2.1
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingHand Management

Dale of Merchants 3(2020)

★ 7.72–4 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingHand Management

Бэнг! Звёздные Войны(2020)

★ 6.74–7 players20 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Hand ManagementKill StealPlayer Elimination

Valhalla(2018)

★ 7.11–6 playersWeight 2.1
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Hand Management + 4 more

Dice RollingHand ManagementOpen Drafting

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