Games like Nemesis

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Nemesis: Lockdown(2022)

★ 8.31–5 players90 minWeight 3.9

ISO Match

84/100

Nearly every system that defines Nemesis returns here — the semi-cooperative structure, hidden roles and traitor play, dice-driven combat, interrupts, modular board, even player elimination and full solo support. This is about as close as it gets in feel. It does run heavier, though: 3.92 weight against the original's 3.49, so expect a bit more to track. Player counts line up exactly, 1–5 and best with 4. What changes? Lockdown drops the seed's hand management and team-based structure and leans further into exploration, so the tension stays familiar while the map feels newer.

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Nemesis: Retaliation(2025)

★ 8.71–5 players120 minWeight 3.8

ISO Match

76/100

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Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game(2008)

★ 7.73–6 players120 minWeight 3.3

ISO Match

69/100

The traitor tension is the point of contact here. Battlestar Galactica shares the semi-cooperative frame, hidden roles, hand management, dice rolling, team play, and variable player powers — one of the closest in feel when it comes to suspecting the person next to you. At 3.25 weight versus 3.49, it sits a shade lighter. Note the count shift: 3–6 players, best at 5, so it wants a bigger table and offers no solo mode. In place of a modular board and player elimination, you get voting, area movement, and role playing — more argument, less exploration.

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Under Our Sun(2024)

★ 7.81–6 playersWeight 3.2

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67/100

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Batman: The Animated Series Adventures – Shadow of the Bat(2021)

★ 8.01–5 playersWeight 3.5

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66/100

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Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon(2019)

★ 8.01–4 players60 minWeight 3.4

ISO Match

65/100

At 3.37 weight against 3.49, Tainted Grail lands just below the original's complexity — depth-wise they're close cousins. It shares the campaign-card core, cooperative play, dice rolling, hand management, a modular board, variable player powers, and genuine solo support. That last part matters: this one runs 1–4 and is rated best at 1, so it suits solo evenings more than the four-player nights where Nemesis hums. There's no traitor or hidden role here; instead you get narrative choices, storytelling, and deck building in a dark fantasy world — the survival dread stays, the paranoia doesn't.

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Core Space: First Born(2021)

★ 8.31–6 playersWeight 3.8

ISO Match

65/100

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Deep Madness(2018)

★ 7.81–6 players60 minWeight 3.5

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65/100

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Dead of Winter: The Long Night(2016)

★ 7.52–5 players60 minWeight 3.3

ISO Match

64/100

Best at 4 players, just like the seed — Dead of Winter: The Long Night hits the same sweet spot, running 2–5 though without a solo option. It shares the semi-cooperative core with a possible traitor, plus dice rolling, hand management, cooperative goals, and variable player powers, all soaked in horror and science fiction. At 3.33 weight next to 3.49, it's marginally easier to get to the table. Where Nemesis uses hidden roles, interrupts, and a modular board, this one leans on narrative choices, push-your-luck moves, voting, and trading — the distrust gets spoken out loud rather than crept around.

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Maladum: Dungeons of Enveron(2024)

★ 8.71–6 playersWeight 3.8

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64/100

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game(2016)

★ 8.11–2 players60 minWeight 3.6

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64/100

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Euthia: Torment of Resurrection(2021)

★ 8.51–4 players60 minWeight 3.5

ISO Match

63/100

You'll recognize the skeleton immediately: cooperative play, dice rolling, hand management, a modular board, variable player powers, and a real solo mode all carry across to Euthia: Torment of Resurrection. Weight-wise the two are practically the same game to teach — 3.50 versus 3.49. Counts tilt smaller, though: 1–4 players and best at 2, compared with the original's best-at-4 crew. What diverges is the mood. Gone are the traitor, hidden roles, and player elimination; in come hexagon grids, map addition, movement points, and role playing, trading sci-fi horror for open fantasy exploration. Same bones, friendlier flesh.