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VENOM Assault(2016)

★ 7.6 BGG1–5 playersWeight 2.14
Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Games like VENOM Assault

Looking for games like VENOM Assault? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on pulling together against a game that fights back and 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

Nightmare Forest: Alien Invasion(2017)

★ 6.51–6 players20 minWeight 1.7
ISO Match
81/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

SUPERHOT: The Card Game(2017)

★ 6.31–3 playersWeight 2.2
ISO Match
74/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action QueueCooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

After the Virus(2017)

★ 7.31–3 players30 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Until Daylight(2019)

★ 6.43–6 players60 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Una Vittoria Impossibile: Le Barricate di Parma del 1922(2022)

★ 7.51–5 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingHand Management

Cthulhu: A Deck Building Game(2016)

★ 6.81–6 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Dark Souls: The Card Game(2018)

★ 6.81–4 playersWeight 2.5
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

One-Hit Heroes(2025)

★ 7.51–4 playersWeight 1.8
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck ConstructionDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Rok 1863(2013)

★ 6.52–4 players30 minWeight 2.0
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingHand Management

Debtzilla(2018)

★ 6.22–4 players60 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Foe Hunters(2016)

★ 6.31–6 players30 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
69/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Firefly: Fistful of Credits(2015)

★ 5.42–4 players30 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingHand Management

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