The Icarus Club(2021)
Games like The Icarus Club
Looking for games like The Icarus Club? It's a strategy game with real decisions on every turn — built on the read-and-react dance of winning exactly the right tricks. 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
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9 Lives(2015)
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Bid Coin(2024)
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Oh Hell!(1930)
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American Bookshop(2019)
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