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Survive The Island(2024)

★ 7.4 BGG2–5 players45 minWeight 1.49
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Games like Survive The Island

Looking for games like Survive The Island? It's quick to teach and quick to play, easy to get to the table on any night — built on pushing your luck against the roll and a board that reshapes itself so no two games play alike. 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

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Survive: Escape from Atlantis!(1982)

★ 7.32–4 players45 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
78/100

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Escape from Atlantis(1986)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 1.6
ISO Match
70/100

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Viking Gods(1982)

★ 6.12 players45 minWeight 1.4
ISO Match
64/100

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The Last Bottle of Rum(2021)

★ 7.22–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
63/100

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Hold the Line: Frederick's War(2013)

★ 7.61–2 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
62/100

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Thunder Road: Vendetta(2023)

★ 7.92–4 players45 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
62/100

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Heroscape: Battle for the Wellspring Battle Box(2024)

★ 7.92 playersWeight 1.7
ISO Match
61/100

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The Adventurers: The Temple of Chac(2009)

★ 6.62–6 playersWeight 1.7
ISO Match
61/100

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1918: Death on the Rails(2018)

★ 6.52 players60 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
60/100

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Hungry Little Demons(2021)

★ 7.82–6 players15 minWeight 1.0
ISO Match
60/100

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Dinosaurs of the Lost World(1987)

★ 6.71–4 playersWeight 2.0
ISO Match
59/100

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Jungle Ascent(2013)

★ 6.42–4 playersWeight 1.6
ISO Match
59/100

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