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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. Mansions of Madness (2011)

   2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Mansions of Madness alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~60 min longer · 0.4 lighter

   Check price for Mansions of Madness →
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   2. Mage Knight Board Game (2011)

   1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 8.1 · Heavy · See Mage Knight Board Game alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Card Drafting · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +0.6 heavier

   Check price for Mage Knight Board Game →
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   3. Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon (2019)

   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium · See Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter

   Check price for Tainted Grail The Fall of Avalon →
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   4. Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)

   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-heavy · See Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
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   5. Fallout (2017)

   1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 6.9 · Medium · See Fallout alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 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 · See Xia Legends of a Drift System alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 3–5 players · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
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   7. Dungeon Universalis (2019)

   1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 9.0 · Medium-heavy

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Card Drafting, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 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
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   8. Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)

   1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Nemo's War (Second Edition) alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

   vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · about the same length · 0.5 lighter
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   9. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)

   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium · See Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients alternatives →

   Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 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 · 4 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–2 players · ~30 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
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    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 · 4 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · same complexity
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    12. Solomon Kane (2021)

    1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3 · Medium

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · about the same length · 0.6 lighter
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    13. Descent Journeys in the Dark (2005)

    2–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium · See Descent Journeys in the Dark alternatives →

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~90 min longer · 0.3 lighter
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    14. Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls (2017)

    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-heavy · See Sword & Sorcery Immortal Souls alternatives →

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Area Movement, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–5 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
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    15. War of the Ring Second Edition (2012)

    2–4 players · 150–180 min · ★ 8.5 · Medium-heavy · See War of the Ring Second Edition alternatives →

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Area Movement · 2 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~75 min longer · +0.5 heavier
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    16. Cave Evil (2011)

    2–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Area Movement, Modular Board · 4 shared tags · 2 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (33%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~90 min longer · 0.2 lighter
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    17. The City of Kings (2018)

    1–4 players · 45–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium

    Shares with Escape Plan: Adventure, Exploration, Modular Board · 3 shared tags · 1 of Escape Plan’s 6 mechanics (17%)

    vs Escape Plan: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~23 min longer · 0.5 lighter
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    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 · 4 shared tags · 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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