Paint the Roses(2022)
Games like Paint the Roses
Looking for games like Paint the Roses? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on pulling together against a game that fights back and spatial puzzles that grow as each new piece lands. 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
Signal(2025)
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Ship Show(2024)
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The Crew: Mission Deep Sea(2021)
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The Shipwreck Arcana(2017)
Shares Communication Limits + 2 more
AI Space Puzzle(2023)
Shares Communication Limits + 2 more
Décorum(2022)
Shares Communication Limits + 2 more
Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Gardeners(2023)
Shares Communication Limits + 4 more
Curse of the Dark(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Behind: Purple(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Bomb Busters(2024)
Shares Communication Limits + 2 more
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases(1981)
Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more
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