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18 games like Chrononauts

The best games like Chrononauts are Not Alone, Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and Lost Legacy The Starship — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Not Alone shares bluffing, card game, deduction with Chrononauts.

Every alternative below links to its own Chrononauts-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s bluffing / card game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Chrononauts’s 1.8 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Not Alone (2016)
   2–7 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Science Fiction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–6 players · scales to 7 · about the same length · same complexity
   View Not Alone on Amazon →
2. 2. Battlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)
   3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Deduction, Political, Science Fiction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 3–6 players · ~120 min longer · +1.4 heavier
   View Battlestar Galactica The Board Game on Amazon →
3. 3. Lost Legacy The Starship (2014)
   2–4 players · 10 min · ★ 6.6 · Light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Science Fiction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~20 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
   View Lost Legacy The Starship on Amazon →
4. 4. Abyss (2014)
   2–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Push Your Luck · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier
5. 5. Wingspan (2019)
   1–5 players · 40–70 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Educational, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 1–5 players · ~25 min longer · +0.6 heavier
6. 6. Baseball Highlights 2045 (2015)
   1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
7. 7. Dead of Winter The Long Night (2016)
   2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
   Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Deduction, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Push Your Luck · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~60 min longer · +1.6 heavier
8. 8. Evolution (2014)
   2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Educational, Hand Management, Push Your Luck · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–6 players · ~30 min longer · +0.6 heavier
9. 9. The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine (2019)
   2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~10 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. Android Infiltration (2012)
    2–6 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Modular Board, Push Your Luck · 3 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (75%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–6 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
11. 11. Fugitive (2017)
    2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: both play at 2 · ~17 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
12. 12. Maximum Apocalypse (2018)
    1–6 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Modular Board · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 1–6 players · ~38 min longer · +0.3 heavier
13. 13. Fog of Love (2017)
    2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: both play at 2 · ~60 min longer · +0.4 heavier
14. 14. Red Rising (2021)
    1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management, Solo / Solitaire Game · 2 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 1–6 players · ~23 min longer · +0.4 heavier
15. 15. It's a Wonderful World (2019)
    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Science Fiction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 1–5 players · ~15 min longer · +0.5 heavier
16. 16. Watergate (2019)
    2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Political, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: both play at 2 · ~15 min longer · +0.4 heavier
17. 17. Codenames XXL (2015)
    2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Card Game, Deduction, Push Your Luck · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 2–6 players · scales to 8 · ~15 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
18. 18. BANG! Dodge City (2004)
    3–8 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Chrononauts: Bluffing, Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management · 1 of Chrononauts’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Chrononauts: overlaps at 3–6 players · scales to 8 · about the same length · 0.2 lighter

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