What game is most like The Mind?

The Game Are you ready to play The Game? (2015) is the closest match to The Mind, sharing card game, number, communication limits. It rates 6.7/10 on BoardGameGeek.

What should I play if I like The Mind?

The Game Are you ready to play The Game?, Codenames Duet XXL, Tranquility are the top-ranked alternatives to The Mind 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 The Game Are you ready to play The Game? harder than The Mind?

Compared with The Mind, The Game Are you ready to play The Game? is +0.2 heavier and about the same length (1.3 vs 1.1 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

The Mind / Similar games

18 games like The Mind

The best games like The Mind are The Game Are you ready to play The Game?, Codenames Duet XXL and Tranquility — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. The Game Are you ready to play The Game? shares card game, number, communication limits with The Mind.

Every alternative below links to its own The Mind-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / number shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of The Mind’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. The Game Are you ready to play The Game? (2015)
1–5 players · 20 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Number, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
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2. Codenames Duet XXL (2017)
2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 99 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
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3. Tranquility (2020)
1–5 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Number, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
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4. The Shipwreck Arcana (2017)
2–5 players · 10–30 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Number, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +1 heavier
5. Codenames XXL (2015)
2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 8 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
6. The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine (2019)
2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 8.0 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · +0.9 heavier
7. Cahoots (2018)
1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
8. STUFF (2018)
3–7 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 3–4 players · scales to 7 · ~13 min longer · same complexity
9. Sherlock Last Call (2018)
1–8 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · scales to 8 · ~30 min longer · +0.4 heavier
10. Escape the Dark Castle (2017)
1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.6 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~13 min longer · +0.2 heavier
11. Onirim (Second Edition) (2014)
1–2 players · 15 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · +0.5 heavier
12. Palm Island (2018)
1–2 players · 15 min · ★ 7.2 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: both play at 2 · plays solo · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
13. 5-Minute Dungeon (2017)
2–5 players · 5–30 min · ★ 7.0 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 5 · about the same length · same complexity
14. One Key (2019)
2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 6.5 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · scales to 6 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier
15. ...and then (2015)
2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.1 · Medium-light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: both play at 2 · ~18 min longer · +0.7 heavier
16. Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: both play at 2 · plays solo · ~70 min longer · +2.4 heavier
17. Assembly Spaceship Builders (2016)
1–4 players · 10–20 min · ★ 7.2 · Light
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Communication Limits, Cooperative Game · 2 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (100%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · about the same length · same complexity
18. Marvel Champions The Card Game (2019)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 8.2 · Medium
Shares with The Mind: Card Game, Cooperative Game · 1 of The Mind’s 2 mechanics (50%)
vs The Mind: overlaps at 2–4 players · plays solo · ~48 min longer · +1.8 heavier

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Frequently asked

What game is most like The Mind?: The Game Are you ready to play The Game? (2015) is the closest match to The Mind, sharing card game, number, communication limits. It rates 6.7/10 on BoardGameGeek.
What should I play if I like The Mind?: The Game Are you ready to play The Game?, Codenames Duet XXL, Tranquility are the top-ranked alternatives to The Mind 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 The Game Are you ready to play The Game? harder than The Mind?: Compared with The Mind, The Game Are you ready to play The Game? is +0.2 heavier and about the same length (1.3 vs 1.1 complexity on BoardGameGeek's 1–5 scale).

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