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Payback(2025)

★ 7.7 BGG2–6 players10 minWeight 1.00
Hand ManagementPush Your LuckSemi-Cooperative Game

Games like Payback

Looking for games like Payback? It lives on the energy of a full, loud table and quick rounds — built on deciding how far to press before it all comes apart and the squeeze of wringing the most out of a limited hand. 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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Come on! Bite me!(2015)

★ 6.03–8 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
72/100

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Hand ManagementPush Your LuckSemi-Cooperative Game

Cockroach Poker Royal(2012)

★ 7.02–6 players15 minWeight 1.1
ISO Match
70/100

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Hand ManagementSet CollectionSingle Loser Game

Cockroach Poker(2004)

★ 6.82–6 players20 minWeight 1.1
ISO Match
70/100

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Hand ManagementSet CollectionSingle Loser Game

Durak

★ 6.52–6 playersWeight 1.5
ISO Match
68/100

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Hand ManagementSingle Loser GameTake That

Durian(2020)

★ 6.92–7 playersWeight 1.1
ISO Match
67/100

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DeductionHand ManagementPush Your Luck

Exploding Kittens: Recipes for Disaster(2021)

★ 7.02–5 playersWeight 1.3
ISO Match
66/100

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Hand ManagementHot PotatoPlayer Elimination

Most Wanted(2018)

★ 6.52–8 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
66/100

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Hand ManagementPush Your Luck

Queen of the Hill(2017)

★ 6.82–6 players10 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
65/100

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Hand ManagementPush Your Luck

Hockey on Cards(2017)

★ 7.52–4 players10 minWeight 1.0
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Hand Management + 1 more

Hand ManagementPush Your Luck

Wonky(2015)

★ 6.52–99 playersWeight 1.0
ISO Match
65/100

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Hand ManagementPush Your LuckStacking and Balancing

Family Plot(2017)

★ 6.72–6 players20 minWeight 1.1
ISO Match
65/100

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Hand ManagementPush Your LuckTake That

Tem-Purr-A(2011)

★ 6.03–10 playersWeight 1.2
ISO Match
65/100

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Hand ManagementMemoryPush Your Luck

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