The Restless(2025)
Games like The Restless
Looking for games like The Restless? 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
Ghost Stories(2008)
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Catharsis(2022)
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Return to Dark Tower(2022)
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The Bad Karmas and The Curse of the Zodiac(2024)
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Marvel Champions: The Card Game(2019)
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Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game(2014)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set(2013)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Last Bastion(2019)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Vagrantsong(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
Nova Aetas(2016)
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Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy's Mask – Base Set(2016)
Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more
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