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18 games like Aeon's End

The best games like Aeon's End are Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game, Everdell and Thunderstone — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game shares card game, fighting, science fiction with Aeon's End.

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Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Aeon's End’s 2.8 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. Legendary Encounters  An Alien Deck Building Game board game cover
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium · See Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Cooperative Game, Deck · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
  2. Everdell board game cover
    2. Everdell (2018)
    1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See Everdell alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Card Drafting, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 5 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
  3. Thunderstone board game cover
    3. Thunderstone (2009)
    1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium · See Thunderstone alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
  4. Star Realms board game cover
    4. Star Realms (2014)
    2 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See Star Realms alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fighting, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Delayed Purchase, Hand Management · 7 shared tags · 4 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Aeon's End: both play at 2 · ~40 min shorter · 0.8 lighter
  5. Baseball Highlights  2045 board game cover
    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Baseball Highlights 2045 alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 6 shared tags · 4 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  6. Altar Quest board game cover
    6. Altar Quest (2020)
    1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
  7. The Edge  Dawnfall board game cover
    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Fantasy, Fighting, Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min longer · same complexity
  8. BattleCON  Devastation of Indines board game cover
    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 5 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
  9. The Lord of the Rings  The Card Game board game cover
    1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium · See The Lord of the Rings The Card Game alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 5 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
  10. Skytear board game cover
    10. Skytear (2020)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
  11. Rune Age board game cover
    11. Rune Age (2011)
    2–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light · See Rune Age alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~20 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
  12. Thunderstone Advance  Numenera board game cover
    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~15 min longer · same complexity
  13. Abyss board game cover
    13. Abyss (2014)
    2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · See Abyss alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Card Drafting, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
  14. Arkham Horror  The Card Game board game cover
    1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium · See Arkham Horror The Card Game alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~30 min longer · +0.7 heavier
  15. Warhammer Underworlds  Shadespire board game cover
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Deck, Hand Management · 5 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: both play at 2 · ~30 min shorter · 0.3 lighter
  16. Warhammer Quest  The Adventure Card Game board game cover
    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium · See Warhammer Quest The Adventure Card Game alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game · 5 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
  17. Pathfinder Adventure Card Game  Core Set board game cover
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Deck, Hand Management · 6 shared tags · 3 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · same complexity
  18. The 7th Continent board game cover
    1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium · See The 7th Continent alternatives →
    Shares with Aeon's End: Card Game, Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 2 of Aeon's End’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Aeon's End: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~443 min longer · same complexity

Frequently asked

What game is most like Aeon's End?
Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014) is the closest match to Aeon's End, sharing card game, fighting, science fiction. It rates 7.8/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Aeon's End?
Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game, Everdell, Thunderstone are the top-ranked alternatives to Aeon's End in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game harder than Aeon's End?
Compared with Aeon's End, Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game is same complexity and ~15 min shorter (2.7 vs 2.8 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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