Love Letter / Similar games
18 games like Love Letter
The best games like Love Letter are BANG! Dodge City, Secret Hitler and BANG! — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. BANG! Dodge City shares card game, deduction, hand management with Love Letter.
Every alternative below links to its own Love Letter-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / deduction shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Love Letter’s 1.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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- 1. BANG! Dodge City (2004)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 8 · ~10 min longer · +0.5 heavier
- 2. Secret Hitler (2016)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Player Elimination · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: no player-count overlap (5–10 vs 2–4) · scales to 10 · ~25 min longer · +0.5 heavier
- 3. BANG! (2002)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 4 · scales to 7 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
- 4. Good Cop Bad Cop (2014)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 4 · scales to 8 · about the same length · same complexity
- 5. Lost Legacy The Starship (2014)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min shorter · same complexity
- 6. BANG! High Noon (2003)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 4 · scales to 7 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
- 7. Archer Once You Go Blackmail... (2016)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · about the same length · same complexity
- 8. Jaipur (2009)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Hand Management, Score-and-Reset Game · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.3 heavier
- 9. Council of Verona (2013)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Renaissance, Hand Management · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
- 10. Fugitive (2017)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: both play at 2 · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
- 11. Awkward Guests (2016)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Deduction, Hand Management · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~40 min longer · +1.1 heavier
- 12. Lost Cities (1999)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Hand Management, Score-and-Reset Game · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 2 · ~10 min longer · +0.3 heavier
- 13. GROWL (2019)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: both play at 4 · scales to 10 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
- 14. Ultimate Werewolf Ultimate Edition (2008)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Player Elimination · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: no player-count overlap (5–68 vs 2–4) · scales to 68 · ~40 min longer · +0.3 heavier
- 15. Shadow Hunters (2005)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Player Elimination · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: both play at 4 · scales to 8 · ~40 min longer · +0.6 heavier
- 16. Campy Creatures (2017)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management · 1 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
- 17. SPY (2017)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~10 min shorter · +0.5 heavier
- 18. Get the MacGuffin (2018)Shares with Love Letter: Card Game, Deduction, Hand Management, Player Elimination · 2 of Love Letter’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Love Letter: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 11 · ~12 min shorter · same complexity
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Frequently asked
- What game is most like Love Letter?
- BANG! Dodge City (2004) is the closest match to Love Letter, sharing card game, deduction, hand management. It rates 6.9/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Love Letter?
- BANG! Dodge City, Secret Hitler, BANG! are the top-ranked alternatives to Love Letter in the MeeplePick database, matched on light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
- Is BANG! Dodge City harder than Love Letter?
- Compared with Love Letter, BANG! Dodge City is +0.5 heavier and ~10 min longer (1.7 vs 1.2 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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