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18 games like Encore!

The best games like Encore! are Escape the Dark Castle, Railroad Ink Blazing Red Edition and That's Pretty Clever! — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Escape the Dark Castle shares dice, dice rolling, paper-and-pencil with Encore!.

Every alternative below links to its own Encore!-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s dice shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Encore!’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Escape the Dark Castle (2017)
   1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~13 min longer · same complexity
   View Escape the Dark Castle on Amazon →
2. 2. Railroad Ink Blazing Red Edition (2018)
   1–6 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–6 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
   View Railroad Ink Blazing Red Edition on Amazon →
3. 3. That's Pretty Clever! (2018)
   1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~10 min longer · +0.8 heavier
   View That's Pretty Clever! on Amazon →
4. 4. Deep Space D-6 (2015)
   1 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Solo / Solitaire Game · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: both play at 1 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
5. 5. Roll Through the Ages The Bronze Age (2008)
   1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~18 min longer · +0.6 heavier
6. 6. Qwixx (2012)
   2–5 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9 · Light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 2–5 players · about the same length · same complexity
7. 7. Railroad Ink Challenge Shining Yellow Edition (2021)
   1–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
8. 8. On Tour (2019)
   1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.1 · Light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
9. 9. Qwinto (2015)
   2–6 players · 15 min · ★ 7.0 · Light
   Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
   vs Encore!: overlaps at 2–6 players · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
10. 10. The Castles of Burgundy The Dice Game (2017)
    1–5 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
11. 11. Floor Plan (2020)
    1–100 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–6 players · scales to 100 · ~10 min longer · +0.7 heavier
12. 12. Raging Bulls (2017)
    1 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.6 · Light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Encore!: both play at 1 · about the same length · same complexity
13. 13. Corinth (2019)
    2–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
14. 14. Escape the Dark Sector (2020)
    1–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~20 min longer · +0.7 heavier
15. 15. Crypt (2018)
    1–4 players · 20–35 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Solo / Solitaire Game · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
16. 16. Bottom of the 9th (2015)
    1–2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Solo / Solitaire Game · 2 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (67%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–2 players · about the same length · +0.6 heavier
17. 17. Camel Up (Second Edition) (2018)
    3–8 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling · 1 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (33%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 3–6 players · scales to 8 · ~18 min longer · +0.4 heavier
18. 18. Fleet The Dice Game (2018)
    1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Encore!: Dice, Dice Rolling, Paper-and-Pencil, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Encore!’s 3 mechanics (100%)
    vs Encore!: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~18 min longer · +1.5 heavier

Looking for the original? See the full Encore! fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.