Gloom / Similar games

18 games like Gloom

Ranked alternatives to Gloom (card game, horror), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Gloom’s medium-light weight. Munchkin Gloom is the closest match.

1. 1. Munchkin Gloom (2015)
   2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Storytelling, Take That
2. 2. Smash Up Awesome Level 9000 (2013)
   2 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Take That
3. 3. Smash Up Science Fiction Double Feature (2014)
   2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Take That
4. 4. Smash Up The Obligatory Cthulhu Set (2013)
   2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Take That
5. 5. Smash Up It's Your Fault! (2016)
   2 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Take That
6. 6. Creatures & Cultists (1993)
   2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 5.0 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management, Take That
7. 7. Cthulhu Gloom (2011)
   2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Hand Management, Storytelling, Take That
8. 8. Braggart (2010)
   2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3 · Light
   Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Humor, Hand Management, Storytelling, Take That
9. 9. Fairytale Gloom (2015)
   2–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.5 · Medium-light
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10. 10. Mad Magazine Card Game (1979)
    2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 5.8 · Light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Humor, Hand Management, Lose a Turn, Take That
11. 11. Dark Stories (2004)
    2–15 players · 20 min · ★ 6.0 · Light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Storytelling
12. 12. Killing Parentless Children (2017)
    1–4 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Take That
13. 13. Miskatonic School for Girls (2012)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 5.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management
14. 14. Black Stories Funny Death Edition (2011)
    2–15 players · 20 min · ★ 6.1 · Light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Storytelling
15. 15. Black Stories Funny Death Edition (2011)
    2–15 players · 20 min · ★ 6.1 · Light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Storytelling
16. 16. Cannibal Pygmies in the Jungle of Doom (2002)
    2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 5.7 · Light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management
17. 17. Torches & Pitchforks (2003)
    2–5 players · 30 min · ★ 5.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Horror, Humor, Hand Management
18. 18. Munchkin Guest Artist Edition (2001)
    3–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 5.9 · Medium-light
    Shares with Gloom: Card Game, Humor, Hand Management, Take That

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