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18 games like Monikers
The best games like Monikers are Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy', Dixit Journey and Sheriff of Nottingham — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' shares card game, humor, party game with Monikers.
Every alternative below links to its own Monikers-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / humor shelf.
Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Monikers’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.
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- 1. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Card Drafting, Role Playing · 3 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (75%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 20 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
- 2. Dixit Journey (2012)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
- 3. Sheriff of Nottingham (2014)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Card Drafting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–5 players · goes down to 3 · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
- 4. Spyfall (2014)Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · ~30 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
- 5. Two Rooms and a Boom (2013)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Print & Play, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 6–16 players · scales to 30 · ~31 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
- 6. Aye (2005)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
- 7. Muse Awakenings (2018)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Singing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–12 players · goes down to 2 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
- 8. Who Would Win (2009)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 99 · ~30 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
- 9. Dixit Jinx (2012)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Singing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~30 min shorter · same complexity
- 10. Curses! (2001)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~20 min shorter · same complexity
- 11. Sushi Go Party! (2016)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · ~25 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
- 12. Snake Oil (2010)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · ~20 min shorter · same complexity
- 13. Utter Nonsense (2014)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Mature / Adult, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 20 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
- 14. Partini (2008)Shares with Monikers: Humor, Mature / Adult, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)vs Monikers: ~23 min longer · +0.3 heavier
- 15. Time's Up! Title Recall! (2008)Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 18 · ~15 min longer · same complexity
- 16. Lifeboat (2002)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
- 17. One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Role Playing · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · ~35 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
- 18. Time's Up! (1999)Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 18 · ~45 min longer · same complexity
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Frequently asked
- What game is most like Monikers?
- Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013) is the closest match to Monikers, sharing card game, humor, party game. It rates 6.8/10 on BoardGameGeek.
- What should I play if I like Monikers?
- Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy', Dixit Journey, Sheriff of Nottingham are the top-ranked alternatives to Monikers 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 Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' harder than Monikers?
- Compared with Monikers, Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' is same complexity and ~15 min shorter (1.2 vs 1.1 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).
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