The Dark Quarter(2025)
Games like The Dark Quarter
Looking for games like The Dark Quarter? 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 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.
12 recommendations · scored by ISO
Cantaloop: Book 1 – Breaking into Prison(2020)
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Vantage(2025)
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Aventura Z: Vol 2 Heroes(2022)
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Cantaloop: Book 3 – Against All Odds(2023)
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Storm Hollow: A Storyboard Game(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Chronicles of Crime(2018)
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Eppi: Part 1 – Call from Outer Space(2023)
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Roll Player Adventures(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Cantaloop: Prequel(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Quietbell(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Dungeons & Dragons: Tomb of Annihilation Board Game(2017)
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Cantaloop: Book 2 – A Hack of a Plan(2021)
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