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18 games like Escape Plan

The best games like Escape Plan are Mansions of Madness, Mage Knight Board Game and Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Mansions of Madness shares adventure, exploration, area movement with Escape Plan.

Every alternative below links to its own Escape Plan-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s adventure / exploration shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Escape Plan’s 3.7 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Mansions of Madness (2011)
   2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~60 min longer · 0.4 lighter
   View Mansions of Madness on Amazon →
2. 2. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)
   1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Card Drafting · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +0.6 heavier
   View Mage Knight Board Game on Amazon →
3. 3. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
   View Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon on Amazon →
4. 4. Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
5. 5. Fallout (2017)
   1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · 0.7 lighter
6. 6. Xia Legends of a Drift System (2014)
   3–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
7. 7. Dungeon Universalis (2019)
   1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 9.0 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Card Drafting, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
8. 8. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
9. 9. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.3 lighter
10. 10. Dungeon Twister 2 Prison (2009)
    1–2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
11. 11. Vast The Mysterious Manor (2019)
    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · same complexity
12. 12. Solomon Kane (2021)
    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
13. 13. Descent Journeys in the Dark (2005)
    2–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~90 min longer · 0.3 lighter
14. 14. Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls (2017)
    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
15. 15. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)
    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Area Movement · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · +0.5 heavier
16. 16. Cave Evil (2011)
    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · 0.2 lighter
17. 17. The City of Kings (2018)
    1–4 players · 45–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~23 min longer · 0.5 lighter
18. 18. Secrets of the Lost Tomb (2015)
    1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium
    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board, Tile Placement · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · scales to 6 · ~30 min longer · 0.4 lighter

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