Lifeboat(2002)
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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Invictus: A Team Deck Building Game(2021)
Shares Hand Management + 5 more
Scrooge: The Board Game(2017)
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Potato Pirates 3: Battlechips(2022)
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Happy Little Dinosaurs(2021)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
BANG!(2002)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
GROWL(2019)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Dale of Merchants(2015)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Ca$h 'n Guns: Second Edition(2014)
Shares Open Drafting + 3 more
Dale of Merchants 2(2016)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Dale of Merchants 3(2020)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Бэнг! Звёздные Войны(2020)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
Valhalla(2018)
Shares Hand Management + 4 more
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