Four Against Darkness(2016)
Games like Four Against Darkness
Looking for games like Four Against Darkness? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on pushing your luck against the roll. 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.
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2D6 Dungeon: A Dungeon Crawler(2023)
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Dungeon Pages: Core Set(2023)
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Dungeon Pages: Year-Long Adventure Set(2023)
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Pocket Book Adventures(2023)
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DELVE: A Solo Game of Digging Too Deep(2020)
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Utopia Engine: Beast Hunter(2013)
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Bargain Basement Bathysphere(2022)
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That's Pretty Clever!(2018)
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Utopia Engine(2010)
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Twice as Clever!(2019)
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