Darkest Night(2012)
Games like Darkest Night
Looking for games like Darkest Night? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on asymmetric powers that make your side play unlike any other and pulling together against a game that fights back. 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
Brook City(2019)
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Chain Reaction 3.0(2009)
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Legends of Andor: The Last Hope(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Set A Watch: Forsaken Isles(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Set a Watch(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Victoriana(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Dying Light: The Board Game(2026)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more
Testament(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Arkham Horror(1987)
Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more
The Masters' Trials: Wrath of Magmaroth(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Super Fantasy: Night of the Badly Dead(2014)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
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