Pax Emancipation(2018)
Games like Pax Emancipation
Looking for games like Pax Emancipation? 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
Mage Knight Board Game(2011)
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Frosthaven(2022)
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Dungeon Universalis(2019)
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Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles(2021)
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Cloudspire(2019)
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Voidfall(2023)
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Kingdom Death: Monster(2015)
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Cerebria: The Inside World(2018)
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Star Trek: Frontiers(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Bios: Origins (Second Edition)(2019)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 3 more
Bios: Genesis(2016)
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Frostpunk: The Board Game(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
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