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Transformers Deck-Building Game: A Rising Darkness(2022)

★ 7.6 BGG1–5 playersWeight 3.00
Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingGrid MovementTeam-Based Game

Games like Transformers Deck-Building Game: A Rising Darkness

Looking for games like Transformers Deck-Building Game: A Rising Darkness? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on building an engine card by card as the game unfolds. 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

Transformers Deck-Building Game: War on Cybertron(2023)

★ 8.01–4 players45 minWeight 3.5
ISO Match
75/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 2 more

Area Majority / InfluenceDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingGrid Movement

Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game(2021)

★ 7.22–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingTeam-Based Game

Power Rangers: Deck-Building Game – Zeo: Stronger Than Before(2021)

★ 7.72–4 players30 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingTeam-Based Game

Warhammer Underworlds: Dreadfane(2019)

★ 7.52 players30 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingGrid Movement

Bughouse Chess(1960)

★ 7.44 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Grid Movement + 1 more

Grid MovementReal-TimeTeam-Based Game

3 Man Chess(2004)

★ 6.53 players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Grid Movement + 1 more

Grid MovementTeam-Based Game

Liberatores: The Conspiracy to Liberate Rome(2017)

★ 6.23–6 players40 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingTake ThatTeam-Based Game

Dragon Ball: Deckbuilding Game(2023)

★ 8.61–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Deck ConstructionDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Twisted Fables(2021)

★ 7.72 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand ManagementTeam-Based Game

CardWeaver(2020)

★ 7.01–4 players30 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building + 1 more

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingInterruptsMarket

Thunderstone Quest(2018)

★ 7.72–4 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin(2012)

★ 7.31–5 players45 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand ManagementOpen Drafting

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