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18 games like Apples to Apples

The best games like Apples to Apples are Joking Hazard, Bring Your Own Book and Cards Against Humanity For Her — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Joking Hazard shares card game, humor, party game with Apples to Apples.

Every alternative below links to its own Apples to Apples-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / humor shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Apples to Apples’s 1.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. Joking Hazard (2016)

   3–10 players · 30–90 min · ★ 6.4 · Light · See Joking Hazard alternatives →

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Player Judge, Simultaneous Action Selection · 6 shared tags · 3 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (100%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · ~30 min longer · same complexity

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   2. Bring Your Own Book (2015)

   3–8 players · 20 min · ★ 6.8 · Light

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Player Judge, Simultaneous Action Selection · 6 shared tags · 3 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (100%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · ~10 min shorter · same complexity

   Check price for Bring Your Own Book →
3. 

   3. Cards Against Humanity For Her (2009)

   4–30 players · 30 min · ★ 5.9 · Light · See Cards Against Humanity For Her alternatives →

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Player Judge, Simultaneous Action Selection · 6 shared tags · 3 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (100%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · scales to 30 · about the same length · same complexity

   Check price for Cards Against Humanity For Her →
4. 

   4. Sushi Go Party! (2016)

   2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Light · See Sushi Go Party! alternatives →

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 4 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
5. 

   5. Snake Oil (2010)

   3–10 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.7 · Light

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Player Judge · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
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   6. Dixit Journey (2012)

   3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4 · Light · See Dixit Journey alternatives →

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 4 shared tags · 1 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (33%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
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   7. You've Got Crabs (2018)

   4–10 players · 15–20 min · ★ 6.1 · Light

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · ~12 min shorter · same complexity
8. 

   8. The Red Dragon Inn 2 (2008)

   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 1 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (33%)

   vs Apples to Apples: both play at 4 · goes down to 2 · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
9. 

   9. The Metagame (2011)

   2–50 players · 10–45 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light

   Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Party Game, Hand Management, Player Judge, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 3 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (100%)

   vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 2 · scales to 50 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
10. 

    10. L'osti d'jeu (2014)

    3–12 players · 40 min · ★ 6.1 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 12 · ~10 min longer · 0.2 lighter
11. 

    11. Blanc-Manger Coco (2015)

    3–12 players · 30 min · ★ 5.7 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 12 · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
12. 

    12. Utter Nonsense (2014)

    4–20 players · 30 min · ★ 5.5 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · scales to 20 · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
13. 

    13. The Big Bang Theory The Party Game (2012)

    3–7 players · 20–30 min · ★ 5.3 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–7 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
14. 

    14. The Resistance (2009)

    5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · See The Resistance alternatives →

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Party Game, Simultaneous Action Selection · 3 shared tags · 1 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (33%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 5–10 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
15. 

    15. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)

    3–20 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Player Judge · 4 shared tags · 1 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (33%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 20 · about the same length · same complexity
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    16. Village Pillage (2019)

    2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 4 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–5 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
17. 

    17. What Do You Meme? (2016)

    3–20 players · 30–90 min · ★ 5.1 · Light

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management, Simultaneous Action Selection · 5 shared tags · 2 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (67%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 20 · ~30 min longer · 0.2 lighter
18. 

    18. Unstable Unicorns (2017)

    2–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light · See Unstable Unicorns alternatives →

    Shares with Apples to Apples: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Hand Management · 4 shared tags · 1 of Apples to Apples’s 3 mechanics (33%)

    vs Apples to Apples: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier

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