The Awful Green Things From Outer Space(1979)
Games like The Awful Green Things From Outer Space
Looking for games like The Awful Green Things From Outer Space? It's a duel in the truest sense, every decision weighed against a single opponent across the table — built on the ever-present threat of a sudden-death ending and asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other. 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
Ogre(1977)
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The Creature That Ate Sheboygan(1979)
Shares Area Movement + 5 more
Asteroid(1980)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules(2013)
Shares Area Movement + 5 more
Ascari: African Battles of the Italian Army 1890-1895(2012)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Ice War(1978)
Shares Dice Rolling + 4 more
Rescue from the Hive(1981)
Shares Area Movement + 4 more
G.E.V.(1978)
Shares Dice Rolling + 3 more
Paratroop(1979)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
The Battle of Tours, 732 A.D.(2012)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
The Battle of the Alma(1978)
Shares Dice Rolling + 5 more
Warriors of Japan: A Country Aflame 1335-1339(2016)
Shares Area Movement + 5 more
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