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Primal: The Awakening(2024)

★ 8.6 BGG1–4 players60 minWeight 3.83
Cooperative GameHand ManagementScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Games like Primal: The Awakening

Looking for games like Primal: The Awakening? 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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Rove(2025)

★ 8.11–4 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
69/100

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Campaign / Battle Card DrivenCooperative GameGrid Movement

Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom(2017)

★ 8.11–4 players30 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set(2022)

★ 8.41–4 players30 minWeight 3.6
ISO Match
68/100

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Automatic Resource GrowthCooperative GameDeck Construction

Stonesaga(2026)

★ 8.31–4 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
67/100

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Cooperative GameLegacy GameScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Middara: Unintentional Malum – Act 1(2019)

★ 8.51–4 players60 minWeight 4.1
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Mistfall: Heart of the Mists(2016)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 4.1
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Kingdom Rush: Elemental Uprising(2023)

★ 7.91–4 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameHand ManagementModular Board

Five Leagues From The Borderlands: 3rd Edition(2022)

★ 8.51–2 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingMeasurement Movement

Mistfall(2015)

★ 6.61–4 playersWeight 4.0
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles(2021)

★ 8.31–5 playersWeight 4.3
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative Game

Earth Under Siege: Flashpoint(2024)

★ 8.71–4 playersWeight 4.0
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling

Myth(2014)

★ 6.52–5 playersWeight 3.9
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

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