The Enigma Box(2018)
Games like The Enigma Box
Looking for games like The Enigma Box? It puts everyone on the same side, sweating one shared problem that fights back — built on 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
Escape the Room: The Cursed Dollhouse(2020)
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Threads of Fate(2023)
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ISS Vanguard(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
The Tale of Ord(2018)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
The Book of Rituals(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 1 more
Rove(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Key Enigma: Hack Forward(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Sleeping Gods: Primeval Peril(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Malhya: Lands of Legends(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Etherfields(2020)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Zerywia(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
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