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18 games like Ghost Stories

The best games like Ghost Stories are Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients, Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Dungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients shares fantasy, fighting, horror with Ghost Stories.

Every alternative below links to its own Ghost Stories-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s fantasy / fighting shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Ghost Stories’s 2.9 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
   1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 4 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +0.4 heavier
   View Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients on Amazon →
2. 2. Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
   1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1 · Medium
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~90 min longer · 0.2 lighter
   View Mansions of Madness Second Edition on Amazon →
3. 3. Dungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game (2010)
   1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board +1 more · 5 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (83%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
   View Dungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game on Amazon →
4. 4. Eldritch Horror (2013)
   1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · ~120 min longer · +0.4 heavier
5. 5. Zombicide Black Plague (2015)
   1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~60 min longer · 0.4 lighter
6. 6. Kingdom Death Monster (2015)
   1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6 · Heavy
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Horror, Mythology, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Solo / Solitaire Game · 4 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~60 min longer · +1.3 heavier
7. 7. Elder Sign (2011)
   1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game · 4 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (67%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · ~30 min longer · 0.6 lighter
8. 8. Claustrophobia (2009)
   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Horror, Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Ghost Stories: both play at 2 · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
9. 9. Arkham Horror (2005)
   1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Solo / Solitaire Game · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
   vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 8 · ~120 min longer · +0.7 heavier
10. 10. Village Attacks (2018)
    1–5 players · 30–180 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Horror, Mythology, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board, Solo / Solitaire Game · 4 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~45 min longer · 0.3 lighter
11. 11. Cthulhu Death May Die (2019)
    1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling · 2 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~45 min longer · 0.5 lighter
12. 12. Last Bastion (2019)
    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board +1 more · 5 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (83%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
13. 13. Mechs vs. Minions (2016)
    2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min longer · 0.5 lighter
14. 14. Chaos in the Old World (2009)
    3–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Mythology, Dice Rolling · 1 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (17%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~30 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. 15. Descent Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) (2012)
    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 5 · ~60 min longer · +0.3 heavier
16. 16. Machina Arcana (2014)
    1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Solo / Solitaire Game · 4 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · ~90 min longer · +0.4 heavier
17. 17. Arcadia Quest (2014)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fantasy, Fighting, Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · 0.4 lighter
18. 18. Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
    1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Ghost Stories: Fighting, Horror, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Modular Board · 3 of Ghost Stories’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Ghost Stories: overlaps at 1–4 players · scales to 6 · ~90 min longer · +0.4 heavier

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