The Faceless(2018)
Games like The Faceless
Looking for games like The Faceless? 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
Fantasy Defense(2017)
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Stranger Things: Upside Down(2023)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Board Game(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
War Titans: Invaders Must Die!
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Peacemakers: Horrors of War(2024)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Sentinels of the Multiverse(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Zombies Keep Out(2014)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Escape the Nightmare(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Drinks & Daggers(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Shadowscape(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
Deadline(2017)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
The Refuge: Terror from the Deep(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 2 more
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