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This Game Is Killer: Alien on Board(2024)

★ 6.4 BGG3–10 playersWeight 1.56
Player EliminationSemi-Cooperative GameSudden Death Ending

Games like This Game Is Killer: Alien on Board

Looking for games like This Game Is Killer: Alien on Board? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the ever-present threat of a sudden-death ending. 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

Lost Legacy: Third Chronicle – Sacred Grail & Staff of Dragons(2015)

★ 6.92–6 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Player Elimination + 1 more

Hand ManagementMemoryPlayer Elimination

This Game Is Killer: Frozen Horror(2025)

★ 7.14–10 playersWeight 1.0
ISO Match
62/100

Shares Semi-Cooperative Game + 1 more

Semi-Cooperative GameSudden Death EndingTraitor Game

Pathfinder: Level 20(2022)

★ 6.52–6 players20 minWeight 1.6
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Player Elimination + 1 more

Area MovementPlayer EliminationProgrammed Movement

Got Five!(2026)

★ 7.72–4 playersWeight 1.4
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Player Elimination + 1 more

DeductionPaper-and-PencilPlayer Elimination

The Menace Among Us(2019)

★ 7.04–8 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Semi-Cooperative Game

Semi-Cooperative GameTraitor GameVariable Player Powers

冷たい彼女が目覚める前に (Embalming Girl)(2020)

★ 6.93–6 playersWeight 1.6
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Semi-Cooperative Game

DeductionSemi-Cooperative Game

Eminent Domain: Battlecruisers(2016)

★ 6.33–5 playersWeight 1.9
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Player EliminationSimultaneous Action SelectionTake That

Unspeakable Words: Deluxe Edition(2015)

★ 6.52–8 playersWeight 1.1
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Hand ManagementPlayer EliminationSpelling

Love Letter: Premium Edition(2016)

★ 7.42–8 players20 minWeight 1.3
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Hand ManagementPlayer Elimination

Love Letter: Batman(2015)

★ 7.32–4 players20 minWeight 1.2
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Hand ManagementPlayer Elimination

Lost Legacy: The Starship(2013)

★ 6.62–4 playersWeight 1.3
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Hand ManagementMemoryPlayer Elimination

Lost in R'lyeh(2016)

★ 6.02–6 playersWeight 1.1
ISO Match
59/100

Shares Player Elimination

Hand ManagementPlayer EliminationSingle Loser Game

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