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18 games like Dark Stories
The best games like Dark Stories are Detective Club, Deception Murder in Hong Kong and Dixit Odyssey — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Detective Club shares card game, deduction, humor with Dark Stories.
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Every alternative below links to its own Dark Stories-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / deduction shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Dark Stories’s 1.3 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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1. Detective Club (2018)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 5 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 4–8 players · ~25 min longer · same complexity/pic3033330.jpg)
2. Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 4–12 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier/pic918568.jpg)
3. Dixit Odyssey (2011)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–12 players · ~10 min longer · same complexity/pic1878507.png)
4. Ultimate Werewolf (2014)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Horror, Murder/Mystery, Storytelling · 5 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 5–15 players · scales to 30 · ~40 min longer · same complexity/pic3494983.png)
5. Stay Away! (2014)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Horror, Party Game, Storytelling · 5 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 4–12 players · ~18 min longer · same complexity/pic5581038.jpg)
6. Mysterium Park (2020)Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 2–6 players · ~18 min longer · +0.2 heavier/pic5075755.jpg)
7. Snake Oil (2010)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–10 players · about the same length · same complexity/pic3558503.jpg)
8. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–15 players · scales to 20 · ~10 min longer · same complexity/pic2080481.jpg)
9. Gloom (2005)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~40 min longer · +0.3 heavier/pic3015473.jpg)
Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–8 players · ~70 min longer · +0.5 heavier/pic5164305.jpg)
11. Secret Hitler (2016)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Humor, Party Game · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 5–10 players · ~25 min longer · +0.4 heavier/pic8625343.jpg)
12. Mysterium (2015)Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Horror, Murder/Mystery, Party Game · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 2–7 players · ~22 min longer · +0.6 heavier/pic5279047.png)
13. Decktective Bloody-Red Roses (2019)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 2–6 players · plays solo · ~40 min longer · same complexity/pic2336025.jpg)
14. Witness (2014)Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Murder/Mystery, Storytelling · 3 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: both play at 4 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier/pic3747128.png)
15. When I Dream (2016)Shares with Dark Stories: Deduction, Party Game, Storytelling · 3 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 4–10 players · ~10 min longer · same complexity/pic5886126.jpg)
16. Red Flags (2015)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–10 players · ~10 min longer · 0.3 lighter/pic5335995.jpg)
17. Aye (2005)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Storytelling · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 4–15 players · scales to 16 · ~10 min longer · same complexity/pic8783294.png)
18. One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)Shares with Dark Stories: Card Game, Deduction, Horror, Party Game · 4 shared tagsvs Dark Stories: overlaps at 3–10 players · ~10 min shorter · same complexity
Frequently asked
- What game is most like Dark Stories?
- Detective Club (2018) is the closest match to Dark Stories, sharing card game, deduction, humor. It rates 7.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Dark Stories?
- Detective Club, Deception Murder in Hong Kong, Dixit Odyssey are the top-ranked alternatives to Dark Stories in the MeeplePick database, matched on light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is Detective Club harder than Dark Stories?
- Compared with Dark Stories, Detective Club is same complexity and ~25 min longer (1.2 vs 1.3 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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