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Small-Time Heroes: The Warrior(2025)

★ 8.0 BGG1 players30 minWeight 2.00
Card Play Conflict ResolutionCooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Games like Small-Time Heroes: The Warrior

Looking for games like Small-Time Heroes: The Warrior? 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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Regicide(2020)

★ 7.41–4 players10 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Card Play Conflict Resolution + 3 more

Card Play Conflict ResolutionCommunication LimitsCooperative Game

Keep the Heroes Out!(2022)

★ 7.91–4 players40 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Action RetrievalArea MovementCooperative Game

Children of Morta: The Board Game(2025)

★ 7.81–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Star Realms: Frontiers(2018)

★ 7.91–4 players20 minWeight 1.9
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting

Marvel United: X-Men(2021)

★ 8.01–5 players40 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameHand ManagementModular Board

Lord of Loot(2026)

★ 7.61–5 players60 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDie Icon ResolutionMove Through Deck

Goblivion(2018)

★ 7.61–2 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingSolo / Solitaire Game

Marvel United(2020)

★ 7.51–4 players40 minWeight 1.8
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameHand ManagementModular Board

Heroes of Tenefyr(2019)

★ 7.21–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingPush Your Luck

Dark Tomb: Bloodthorn Island(2024)

★ 6.81–5 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingDie Icon Resolution

Goblivion: Definitive Edition(2023)

★ 8.01–2 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingSolo / Solitaire Game

Unmatched Adventures: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(2025)

★ 8.51–4 playersWeight 2.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Card Play Conflict Resolution + 3 more

Action PointsCard Play Conflict ResolutionCooperative Game

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