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18 games like Nexus Ops

The best games like Nexus Ops are Red Alert Space Fleet Warfare, Forbidden Stars and Exodus Proxima Centauri — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Red Alert Space Fleet Warfare shares fighting, science fiction, wargame with 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.

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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