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18 games like Pandemic The Cure

The best games like Pandemic The Cure are Flatline, Endangered and Virulence An Infectious Card Game — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Flatline shares dice, medical, cooperative game with Pandemic The Cure.

Every alternative below links to its own Pandemic The Cure-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s dice / environmental shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Pandemic The Cure’s 2.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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  1. 1. Flatline (2017)
    1–5 players · 25–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Medical, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
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  2. 2. Endangered (2020)
    1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Environmental, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~45 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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  3. 3. Virulence An Infectious Card Game (2016)
    2–5 players · 10–20 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Medical, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · ~15 min shorter · 0.4 lighter
    View Virulence An Infectious Card Game on Amazon →
  4. 4. Atlantis Rising (Second Edition) (2019)
    1–7 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · scales to 7 · ~60 min longer · +0.4 heavier
  5. 5. Elder Sign (2011)
    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~60 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  6. 6. Ancient Terrible Things (2014)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking · 4 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (67%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · ~30 min longer · same complexity
  7. 7. Escape The Curse of the Temple (2012)
    1–5 players · 10 min · ★ 7.0 · Light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · ~20 min shorter · 0.6 lighter
  8. 8. The Reckoners (2018)
    1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · scales to 6 · ~50 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  9. 9. Freshwater Fly (2019)
    1–4 players · 40–90 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Environmental, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 2 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~35 min longer · +0.3 heavier
  10. 10. That's Pretty Clever! (2018)
    1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking · 2 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · 0.2 lighter
  11. 11. Too Many Bones (2017)
    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.4 · Medium-heavy
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~60 min longer · +1.8 heavier
  12. 12. Nations The Dice Game (2014)
    1–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
  13. 13. Era Medieval Age (2019)
    1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck, Re-rolling and Locking · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~23 min longer · +0.2 heavier
  14. 14. Under Falling Skies (2020)
    1 players · 20–40 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking · 2 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: no player-count overlap (1–1 vs 2–5) · plays solo · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
  15. 15. Tiny Epic Galaxies (2015)
    1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking · 2 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–5 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
  16. 16. Aerion (2019)
    1–2 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
  17. 17. Spartacus A Game of Blood and Treachery (2012)
    3–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Dice Rolling, Hand Management · 2 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (33%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 3–4 players · ~120 min longer · +0.6 heavier
  18. 18. D-Day Dice (2012)
    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Pandemic The Cure: Dice, Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Push Your Luck · 3 of Pandemic The Cure’s 6 mechanics (50%)
    vs Pandemic The Cure: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~15 min longer · same complexity
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Frequently asked

What game is most like Pandemic The Cure?
Flatline (2017) is the closest match to Pandemic The Cure, sharing dice, medical, cooperative game. It rates 7.2/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like Pandemic The Cure?
Flatline, Endangered, Virulence An Infectious Card Game are the top-ranked alternatives to Pandemic The Cure in the MeeplePick database, matched on medium-light complexity as well as mechanics. All 18 are ranked on this page with the shared mechanics shown for each.
Is Flatline harder than Pandemic The Cure?
Compared with Pandemic The Cure, Flatline is +0.2 heavier and about the same length (2.3 vs 2.1 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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