Phantom Epoch(2025)
Games like Phantom Epoch
Looking for games like Phantom Epoch? 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 building an engine card by card as the game unfolds. 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
Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 7 more
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion(2020)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 7 more
Etherfields(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Slay the Spire: The Board Game(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Tamashii: Chronicle of Ascend(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Gloomholdin'(2021)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 6 more
Stars of Akarios(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Gloomhaven (Second Edition)(2025)
Shares Campaign / Battle Card Driven + 8 more
Tainted Grail: Kings of Ruin(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Maladum: Dungeons of Enveron(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Aeon's End: Legacy(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
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