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18 games like XCOM The Board Game

The best games like XCOM The Board Game are Dead of Winter The Long Night, Space Alert and Project ELITE — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Dead of Winter The Long Night shares science fiction, cooperative game, dice rolling with XCOM The Board Game.

Every alternative below links to its own XCOM The Board Game-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s real-time / science fiction shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of XCOM The Board Game’s 2.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1. Dead of Winter The Long Night (2016)
    2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Push Your Luck · 4 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
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  2. 2. Space Alert (2008)
    1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Real-time, Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min shorter · same complexity
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  3. 3. Project ELITE (2016)
    1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Real-time, Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min shorter · 0.5 lighter
    View Project ELITE on Amazon →
  4. 4. Aeon's End War Eternal (2017)
    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min shorter · same complexity
  5. 5. Flatline (2017)
    1–5 players · 25–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Real-time, Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~55 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  6. 6. Deep Madness (2018)
    1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers · 4 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
  7. 7. Nemesis (2018)
    1–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~45 min longer · +0.5 heavier
  8. 8. Super Motherload (2015)
    2–4 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Video Game Theme, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~22 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  9. 9. Zona The Secret of Chernobyl (2019)
    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Video Game Theme, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Variable Player Powers · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · same complexity
  10. 10. T.I.M.E Stories (2015)
    2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.3 lighter
  11. 11. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
  12. 12. The Reckoners (2018)
    1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Variable Player Powers · 4 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (80%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~10 min shorter · 0.2 lighter
  13. 13. The 7th Continent (2017)
    1–4 players · 5–1000 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Cooperative Game, Hand Management · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~413 min longer · same complexity
  14. 14. Fallout (2017)
    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Video Game Theme, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · same complexity
  15. 15. Doom The Boardgame (2004)
    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Video Game Theme, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · same complexity
  16. 16. Mechs vs. Minions (2016)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Video Game Theme, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
  17. 17. Star Wars Destiny (2016)
    2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers · 3 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (60%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: both play at 2 · ~60 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  18. 18. Android Netrunner (2012)
    2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
    Shares with XCOM The Board Game: Science Fiction, Hand Management, Variable Player Powers · 2 of XCOM The Board Game’s 5 mechanics (40%)
    vs XCOM The Board Game: both play at 2 · ~45 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
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Frequently asked

What game is most like XCOM The Board Game?
Dead of Winter The Long Night (2016) is the closest match to XCOM The Board Game, sharing science fiction, cooperative game, dice rolling. It rates 7.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like XCOM The Board Game?
Dead of Winter The Long Night, Space Alert, Project ELITE are the top-ranked alternatives to XCOM The Board Game 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 Dead of Winter The Long Night harder than XCOM The Board Game?
Compared with XCOM The Board Game, Dead of Winter The Long Night is +0.5 heavier and about the same length (3.4 vs 2.9 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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