Windward(2020)
Games like Windward
Looking for games like Windward? 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
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition(2016)
Shares Area Movement + 6 more
Forbidden Desert(2013)
Shares Bias + 7 more
Sub Terra II: Inferno's Edge(2023)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Deep Rock Galactic: The Board Game(2022)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Gears of War: The Board Game(2011)
Shares Area Movement + 6 more
Zombicide(2012)
Shares Cooperative Game + 6 more
Descent: Legends of the Dark(2021)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Street Masters(2018)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Fate: Defenders of Grimheim(2025)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of Ashardalon Board Game(2011)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
Dungeons & Dragons: Castle Ravenloft Board Game(2010)
Shares Cooperative Game + 5 more
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