Nexus Ops / Similar games

18 games like Nexus Ops

Ranked alternatives to Nexus Ops (exploration, fighting), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Nexus Ops’s medium-light weight. Red Alert Space Fleet Warfare is the closest match.

1. 1. Red Alert Space Fleet Warfare (2019)
   2–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Hexagon Grid
2. 2. Forbidden Stars (2015)
   2–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
3. 3. Exodus Proxima Centauri (2012)
   2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid
4. 4. Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress (2018)
   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board
5. 5. Chaosmos (2015)
   2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board
6. 6. The Edge Dawnfall (2018)
   1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
7. 7. Viktory II (2006)
   2–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board
8. 8. Kings & Things* (1986)
   2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid
9. 9. Star Wars Rebellion (2016)
   2–4 players · 180–240 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Area Majority / Influence, Dice Rolling, Hand Management
10. 10. Space Hulk (Third Edition) (2009)
    2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Modular Board
11. 11. Doom The Boardgame (2004)
    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Modular Board
12. 12. Ogre (1977)
    1–3 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid
13. 13. Silent Death (1990)
    2–8 players · 120 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Wargame, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid
14. 14. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board
15. 15. Zombies!!! Third Edition (2001)
    2–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 5.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board
16. 16. Zombies!!! Third Edition (2001)
    2–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 5.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Exploration, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Modular Board
17. 17. Neuroshima Hex! 3.0 (2006)
    1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Area Majority / Influence, Hand Management, Hexagon Grid
18. 18. Heroscape Master Set Rise of the Valkyrie (2004)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Nexus Ops: Fighting, Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hexagon Grid, Modular Board

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