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Yggdrasil Chronicles(2019)

★ 7.3 BGG1–5 playersWeight 2.98
Cooperative GameMap DeformationScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Games like Yggdrasil Chronicles

Looking for games like Yggdrasil Chronicles? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and pulling together against a game that fights back. 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

Totemix(2022)

★ 7.41–6 players25 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameMap DeformationModular Board

Yggdrasil(2011)

★ 7.01–6 players90 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Cthulhu: Death May Die – Fear of the Unknown(2024)

★ 8.71–5 players90 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Zombicide: Black Plague(2015)

★ 7.61–6 players60 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingModular Board

Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game(2018)

★ 7.61–5 players120 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
63/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameNarrative Choice / ParagraphScenario / Mission / Campaign Game

Aeon's End: The New Age(2019)

★ 8.51–4 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
61/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape(2022)

★ 8.01–6 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)

★ 8.21–5 players90 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative Game

The LOOP(2020)

★ 7.71–4 players60 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameCube TowerDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Hour of Need(2021)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameScenario / Mission / Campaign GameVariable Player Powers

Aeon's End: Outcasts(2020)

★ 8.51–4 players60 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand Management

Legends of Sleepy Hollow(2022)

★ 7.01–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
60/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action PointsCooperative GamePoint to Point Movement

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