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The Restless(2025)

★ 8.4 BGG1–4 players120 minWeight 3.00
Action / EventCooperative GameDice Rolling

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.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

12 recommendations · scored by ISO

Ghost Stories(2008)

★ 7.31–4 players60 minWeight 2.9
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingGrid Movement

Catharsis(2022)

★ 8.51–5 playersWeight 2.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more

ChainingCooperative GameDice Rolling

Return to Dark Tower(2022)

★ 8.21–4 players100 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
67/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Area MovementCooperative GameEvents

The Bad Karmas and The Curse of the Zodiac(2024)

★ 8.11–5 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Action / Event + 5 more

Action / EventCooperative GameDice Rolling

Marvel Champions: The Card Game(2019)

★ 8.11–4 players45 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Card Play Conflict ResolutionCooperative GameDeck Construction

Cthulhu: Death May Die(2019)

★ 8.21–5 players90 minWeight 2.5
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 3 more

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative Game

Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game(2014)

★ 7.81–5 players30 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
66/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDelayed Purchase

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords – Base Set(2013)

★ 7.21–4 players90 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

Last Bastion(2019)

★ 7.41–4 players45 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
65/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDice RollingDie Icon Resolution

Vagrantsong(2022)

★ 7.42–4 players45 minWeight 3.2
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Nova Aetas(2016)

★ 7.21–4 playersWeight 3.5
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more

Action PointsCooperative GameDice Rolling

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy's Mask – Base Set(2016)

★ 7.91–4 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
64/100

Shares Cooperative Game + 4 more

Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice Rolling

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