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Nemesis

#167355BGG ↗

2018 · 1-5 players · 180min · weight 3.49 · 37,213 ratings

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BGG raw

ID
167355
Name
Nemesis
Year
2018
Rank
187
Min players
1
Max players
5
Playing time
180
Min playtime
90
Max playtime
180
Avg weight
3.4862
Num weights
1343
Bayes avg
7.951
Average
8.25115
Users rated
37213
Num owned
50435
Wanting
1231
Wishing
15765
Num comments
5538
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (13)
Campaign / Battle Card DrivenCooperative GameDice RollingHand ManagementHidden RolesInterruptsModular BoardPlayer EliminationSemi-Cooperative GameSolo / Solitaire GameTeam-Based GameTraitor GameVariable Player Powers
Categories (4)
AdventureHorrorMiniaturesScience Fiction
Description (1459 chars)

Playing Nemesis will take you into the heart of sci-fi survival horror in all its terror. A soldier fires blindly down a corridor, trying to stop the alien advance. A scientist races to find a solution in his makeshift lab. A traitor steals the last escape pod in the very last moment. Intruders you meet on the ship are not only reacting to the noise you make but also evolve as the time goes by. The longer the game takes, the stronger they become. During the game, you control one of the crew members with a unique set of skills, personal deck of cards, and individual starting equipment. These heroes cover all your basic SF horror needs. For example, the scientist is great with computers and research, but will have a hard time in combat. The soldier, on the other hand... Nemesis is a semi-cooperative game in which you and your crewmates must survive on a ship infested with hostile organisms. To win the game, you have to complete one of the two objectives dealt to you at the start of the game and get back to Earth in one piece. You will find many obstacles on your way: swarms of Intruders (the name given to the alien organisms by the ship AI), the poor physical condition of the ship, agendas held by your fellow players, and sometimes just cruel fate. The gameplay of Nemesis is designed to be full of climactic moments which, hopefully, you will find rewarding even when your best plans are ruined and your character meets a terrible fate.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
spend card, draw threat
Decision shape
mixed:probabilistic+social
Reward schedule
variable
Aesthetics
["Narrative", "Challenge", "Fellowship"]
Core loop pitch
Move through a dark ship, make noise, draw alien encounters, and pursue a hidden objective that may betray your crew.
Translation difficulty
Hard
Difficulty reason
Hidden objectives and the semi-coop traitor tension demand human players. Awaken Realms made standalone-themed Steam games rather than a 1:1 port.
Direct digital port
Nemesis: Lockdown / Distress (Steam, Awaken Realms)
Port kind
first_party
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["noise_triggered_encounters", "hidden_objectives", "escalating_threat_bag", "semi_coop_betrayal", "ship_state_decay"]
Confidence
0.7
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (965 chars)
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  "name": "Nemesis",
  "core_verb": "spend card, draw threat",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:probabilistic+social",
  "reward_schedule": "variable",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Narrative",
    "Challenge",
    "Fellowship"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Move through a dark ship, make noise, draw alien encounters, and pursue a hidden objective that may betray your crew.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Hard",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Hidden objectives and the semi-coop traitor tension demand human players. Awaken Realms made standalone-themed Steam games rather than a 1:1 port.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Nemesis: Lockdown / Distress (Steam, Awaken Realms)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "first_party",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "noise_triggered_encounters",
    "hidden_objectives",
    "escalating_threat_bag",
    "semi_coop_betrayal",
    "ship_state_decay"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).