SEED GAME#517 BGG all-time

Nemesis: Retaliation(2025)

★ 8.7 BGG1–5 players120 minWeight 3.75
Cooperative GameDice RollingHidden Roles

Games like Nemesis: Retaliation

Looking for games like Nemesis: Retaliation? 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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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★ 8.41 players players120 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
98/100

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Hoplomachus: Victorum(2023)

★ 8.31 players players60 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
98/100

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The Emerald Flame(2021)

★ 8.31–4 players playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
97/100

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Kings of War: Vanguard(2018)

★ 8.22 players players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
97/100

Shares Dice Rolling

Dice Rolling

Inside Pitch Baseball(2008)

★ 8.21–2 players players30 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
97/100

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Dice Rolling

Star Wars: Legion(2018)

★ 8.02 players players120 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
97/100

Shares Dice Rolling

Dice RollingVariable Player Powers

Old School Tactical: Volume 1 – 2nd Edition(2022)

★ 8.02 players playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
97/100

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Freeblades(2012)

★ 8.02–6 players players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
97/100

Shares Dice Rolling

Dice Rolling

Mysthea: The Fall(2020)

★ 7.82–5 players players90 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
97/100

Shares Cooperative Game

Cooperative Game

Warmachine Prime Mk II(2010)

★ 7.82–4 players playersWeight 3.7
ISO Match
97/100

Shares Dice Rolling

Dice RollingVariable Player Powers

Warhammer: The Game of Fantasy Battles (6th Edition)(2000)

★ 7.62 players playersWeight 4.2
ISO Match
96/100

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DEFCON 1(2023)

★ 7.62–5 players players90 minWeight 3.6
ISO Match
96/100

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Variable Player Powers

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