Outbreak(2025)
Games like Outbreak
Looking for games like Outbreak? 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
Tiny Epic Zombies(2018)
Shares Area Majority / Influence + 6 more
Zombicide: Undead or Alive(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Ghost Stories(2008)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Atlantis Rising (Second Edition)(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Marvel Zombies: Heroes' Resistance(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Hellboy: The Board Game(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Gears of War: The Board Game(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game(2010)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Elder Sign(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
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