Black Angel
A heavy sci-fi strategy game where AI crewmates co-manage humanity's last ship while quietly competing for who gets the credit.
Who it's for
Heavy euro and sci-fi strategy fans who enjoy dense tile-placement puzzles wrapped in a morally ambiguous premise.
Not for you if…
You want straightforward cooperative play, since Black Angel is fundamentally a competitive game underneath its shared-mission theme.
Vibe's take
heavy, cerebral, competitive, atmospheric, morally ambiguous
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About this game
Black Angel puts you in the chassis of an AI aboard humanity's last hope, a frigate carrying our genetic legacy across the stars because Earth finally ran itself into the ground. You and your fellow AIs are supposed to co-manage the ship, but every decision earns you a personal Validation Process score, and nobody actually wants to be second-best at saving the species. You place and shift map tiles, manage your hand of directives, and roll dice-controlled workers to keep systems running while quietly angling for the best outcome for yourself. Heavy, handsome and morally slippery, it turns cooperation for survival into a very personal competition for credit.
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from $53
By the numbers
Players
Duration
60–120 min
Ages 14+
Complexity
3.9 / 5 — HeavyBGG Rating
6.6/10
Rank #1,031
5.3k ratings
Published
2019
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