Reign of Cthulhu / Similar games

18 games like Reign of Cthulhu

The best games like Reign of Cthulhu are Pandemic, The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game and Pandemic Legacy Season 1 — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Pandemic shares action points, cooperative game, hand management with Reign of Cthulhu.

Ranked alternatives to Reign of Cthulhu (horror, novel-based), scored by shared mechanics and category, with complexity kept close to Reign of Cthulhu’s medium-light weight.

1. 1. Pandemic (2008)
   2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
2. 2. The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
   1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
3. 3. Pandemic Legacy Season 1 (2015)
   2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.6 · Medium
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
4. 4. Arkham Horror (2005)
   1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-heavy
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement
5. 5. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
   1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
6. 6. Eldritch Horror (2013)
   1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Point to Point Movement
7. 7. Pandemic Iberia (2016)
   2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.9 · Medium
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
8. 8. Pandemic Fall of Rome (2018)
   1–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.7 · Medium-light
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
9. 9. Mountains of Madness (2017)
   3–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
   Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
10. 10. Witch of Salem (2008)
    2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.6 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Novel-based, Cooperative Game, Set Collection
11. 11. Kings of Israel (2014)
    2–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
12. 12. Zombicide (2012)
    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
13. 13. The Lord of the Rings (2000)
    2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Novel-based, Cooperative Game, Hand Management, Set Collection
14. 14. Horrified (2019)
    1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Point to Point Movement
15. 15. Zombicide Season 2 Prison Outbreak (2013)
    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4 · Medium
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
16. 16. Zombicide Season 3 Rue Morgue (2015)
    1–12 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Horror, Action Points, Cooperative Game, Hand Management
17. 17. The Witches A Discworld Game (2013)
    1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.1 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Novel-based, Cooperative Game, Point to Point Movement, Set Collection
18. 18. Unmatched Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot (2019)
    2 players · 20 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium-light
    Shares with Reign of Cthulhu: Novel-based, Action Points, Hand Management, Point to Point Movement

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