Cathood(2025)
Games like Cathood
Looking for games like Cathood? It strips theme away to leave a clean contest of position and tempo — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and the constant fight to control more of the board than your rivals. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Explorers of the North Sea(2016)
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The Brigade(2018)
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Warhammer Underworlds: Nightvault(2018)
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Hansa(2004)
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Eight-Minute Empire: Legends(2013)
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Ophir(2015)
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Skyrise(2024)
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Raptor(2015)
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Wise Guys(2022)
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Tahiti(2012)
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Explorers(2021)
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The Smog Riders: Dimensions of Madness(2017)
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