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Zerywia(2021)

★ 7.5 BGG1–4 playersWeight 3.31
Cooperative GameDice RollingPush Your Luck

Games like Zerywia

Looking for games like Zerywia? 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 deciding how far to press before it all comes apart. 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

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Agemonia(2024)

★ 8.81–4 players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
73/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom(2017)

★ 8.11–4 players30 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
72/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

Sleeping Gods: Distant Skies(2023)

★ 8.31–4 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
71/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool Building

Slay the Spire: The Board Game(2024)

★ 8.71–4 players30 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Legends Untold: Weeping Caves Novice Set(2019)

★ 7.21–4 playersWeight 3.2
ISO Match
70/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

The Legends of Andor: The Eternal Frost(2022)

★ 7.62–4 playersWeight 3.0
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Area MovementCooperative GameDice Rolling

Sleeping Gods(2021)

★ 8.11–4 players60 minWeight 3.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Action PointsCooperative GameEvents

Adrift: A Puzzletale(2022)

★ 7.71–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameSolo / Solitaire GameStorytelling

Machina Arcana(2014)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 3.4
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

ISS Vanguard(2022)

★ 8.31–4 players90 minWeight 3.7
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingNarrative Choice / Paragraph

Legends Untold: The Great Sewers Novice Set(2019)

★ 7.31–4 playersWeight 3.3
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

Dungeon Crusade: Book I – Genesis of Evil(2020)

★ 7.91–12 playersWeight 3.1
ISO Match
68/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingRole Playing

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