The Board Game Zone

Digital board games or board-inspired systems built around turns, pieces, and rules.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Invokyr - Players say: Trapped in a cursed house, up to six players roll a board-game path, explore monster-filled rooms, and seek a way out. Players like: Co-op Chaos With Friends · Board-and-Dice Premise · Varied Monsters and Boards ·
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A co-op survival horror game about a cursed board game. Play with up to 5 friends. Roll the dice, survive the horrors that are summoned, and beat the Gamemaster to win your freedom.

The Bell Echoes - The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.
Flamecraft - Flamecraft is a 1-5 player cozy strategy game filled with magic. Become a Flamekeeper and help adorable dragon artisans find the perfect home. Enchant the town’s stores and fill them with dragon cards as you watch the whimsical shopping district come to life.
Feed the Scorchpot - A dice roguelike about feeding a dragon for twenty years. Roll ingredients, build your island, and fuse absurd recipes into combos that break the score wide open. Miss a meal and you're next on the menu.
Re:Night - Re:Night is a strategy game that blends turn based tactics with roguelike deckbuilding. In each run, build your deck, plan your tactics, and experiment with countless 3-character team combinations. Journey to a mysterious town, break the endless cycle of night, and bring dawn back to the world.
Deadly Trick - Deadly Trick is a social deduction game playable with up to 8 players. Survive the death game unfolding at school under the name "Special Class." Depending on the situation or your own choices, you could become the White or the Shadow! Cooperate… or betray.
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Jul 31, 2026
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Mr. President - Can you face the challenges of the Oval Office? Find out in Mr. President, a sandbox simulation of the U.S. presidency. Pursue your legislative agenda. Compete with rivals Russia and China. Deal with crises from 9/11 to COVID-19; and direct the U.S. military against terror groups and rogue states.
Cat Chess - Players say: Play standard chess with animated cat pieces, facing bots or friends in campaign, local, and online matches. Players like: Cat Animations · Cute Art Style · Chess For Beginners ·
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Play the ancient and thrilling game of Chess but with... cats! Lead your furry friends to the Purrfect battle of brains and whiskers!

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Jul 14, 2026
87% 👍
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Dice Have No Eyes - ★ Surreal dice-rolling roguelike about luck and greed ★ Feed your dice dumplings, collect game bending trinkets, roll too much and lose it all. Or get lucky, unlock King Fetus, meet God and you might just wake up.
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May 19, 2026
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Turnbound - Players say: Arrange weapons and gear on a hero's grid, build synergies between battles, and face player-made boards in asynchronous auto-combat. Players like: Tile Synergy Planning · Art And Sound · Distinct Hero Styles ·
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Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.

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Foretales - Players say: A thief races to stop a world-ending curse, using character and resource cards to solve encounters and steer a branching story. Players like: Card Interaction Puzzles · Branching Story Choices · Hand-Drawn Art ·
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Decide the fate of the world in this ingenious story-driven card game. Foretales offers a unique take on the adventure genre, with a multitude of playstyles and story paths through which you can save the world… or bring about its end.

Niche - a genetics survival game - Players say: Guide animal-like creatures across islands, breeding useful traits while managing food, predators, sickness, and survival. Players like: Genetics and Breeding · Cute Creature Designs · Learn About Genetics ·
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Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Curious Expedition - Players say: Lead a 19th-century expedition through shifting wilderness, managing supplies and sanity as you search for treasure and golden pyramids. Players like: Replayable Expedition Runs · Risky Resource Decisions · Emergent Adventure Stories ·
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Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

Mysterium: A Psychic Clue Game - Players say: As a silent ghost, guide psychics with picture cards—or interpret their visions—to identify your killer, weapon, and crime scene. Players like: Fun With Friends · Creative Picture Clues · Funny Group Debates ·
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Mysterium is a cooperative deduction game set in the 1920s in which a ghost guides a group of psychics to uncover a murderer, as well as the weapon and location of the murder, using only visual clues.

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Jan 12, 2017
75% 👍
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Curious Expedition 2 - Players say: Lead a Victorian-era expedition across shifting islands, balancing supplies and sanity while guiding a crew through dice-driven encounters. Players like: Procedural Island Exploration · Emergent Crew Stories · Distinctive Comic Art ·
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Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

Chess Ultra - Players say: Play classic chess against adjustable AI or other players, solve tactical puzzles, revisit historic matches, and move pieces in VR. Players like: Detailed 3D Presentation · Chess Puzzles · Historic Match Challenges ·
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Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.

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Jun 21, 2017
71% 👍
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Hundred Days - Winemaking Simulator - Players say: Run a winery by planning vineyard work, shaping each vintage through winemaking choices, and selling bottles to grow your business. Players like: Winemaking Puzzle · Learning Wine Production · Relaxing Presentation ·
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Winemaking could be your best adventure. Make the best wine interacting with soil and nature and take your winery to the top. Your beautiful journey into the winemaking tradition starts now.

Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg - Players say: Lead German forces through a turn-based WWII campaign, commanding land, air, and naval units while developing veteran troops. Players like: Tactical Depth · Unit Customization · Long Campaign ·
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Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg is a turn-based strategy set in the period of WW2. It brings a modern look and new features to a good old wargame genre. You are to lead the German Armed forces overcoming unthinkable odds and claiming the ultimate bittersweet victory in Europe. Blitzkrieg is the way!

Strategic Mind: The Pacific - Players say: Command U.S. and Japanese forces in turn-based Pacific campaigns, coordinating fleets, aircraft, and landings across naval battles. Players like: Naval Combat · Strategic Choices · Campaign Challenge ·
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Strategic Mind: The Pacific is a turn-based strategy set in the WW2 period depicting the war between the USA and the Empire of Japan waged in the Pacific Ocean with mindblowing historical accuracy and attention to detail. Two Sides. Two Commanders. Two Destinies.

TerraScape - Players say: Draft building cards and place them across hex islands to score, unlock options, and combine structures into a growing kingdom. Players like: Relaxing Puzzle Building · Building Merge Combos · Art And Music ·
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Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.

Nexus 5X - Players say: Lead a galactic faction in a fast, turn-based 4X contest: explore systems, manage fleets, negotiate, and vie for the Nexus throne. Players like: Quick 4X Matches · Diplomacy And Voting · Faction Variety ·
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eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

Gambonanza - Players say: On a tiny chessboard, capture every enemy piece while bending the rules with upgrades, reserve pieces, and special Gambits. Players like: Chess-Roguelike Concept · Gambit Combinations · Pixel Presentation ·
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Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!

Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Chessformer - Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
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Jan 18, 2022
100% 👍
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Puzzline - Puzzline is a 2-4 player board game connecting cards like a puzzle! Each card has a unique effect. Play them strategically and get the victory! Online play is also supported!
Regency Solitaire II - Revisit romantic Regency Britain to build a glorious garden, in this charming solitaire sequel. Tour historic hotspots, silence gossips, and host the season’s most anticipated soiree. Play your cards right to unlock bonus levels and a love story. Don't miss the party everyone's talking about!
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Feb 22, 2024
98% 👍
of 249
Cascadia - Compete to create the most perfect ecosystem in the award-winning board game journey!
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Feb 19, 2025
98% 👍
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Cell Command - TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
Feng Shui Meowjong - Looks matter? Fun doesn’t?When cat memes collide with roguelike mahjong, a brand-new Meowjong is born! Feng Shui Meowjong is a fresh, lightweight roguelike puzzle game that blends classic mahjong strategy with quirky cat memes and feng shui elements.
Chess Sudoku - How does Chess Sudoku work? Well we’ve taken the classic sudoku game everyone knows and loves and created puzzles with chess-related twists! There are three different types of puzzles in the game: Knight Sudoku; King Sudoku and Queen Sudoku.
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Mar 2, 2020
96% 👍
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Thermo Sudoku - How does Thermo Sudoku work? Each sudoku grid contains thermometer shapes (often drawn to create themes) and digits on thermometers must increase as one moves further from the bulb end.
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May 25, 2020
96% 👍
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Players say: One player sees a timed bomb while teammates read its manual, then they must communicate to solve modules before it explodes. Players like: Communication Teamwork · Chaotic Group Laughs · Fresh Bomb Layouts ·
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Find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can't see the bomb, so you're going to have to talk it out – fast!

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Oct 8, 2015
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel - Players say: A chess variant where moves reach into the past or parallel timelines, branching boards and reshaping the path to checkmate. Players like: Mind-Bending Chess · Clever Time Tactics · Satisfying Eureka Moments ·
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It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

The Jackbox Party Pack 3 - Players say: A five-game party collection where players trade funny answers, face trivia challenges, design T-shirts, guess survey results, and spot a faker. Players like: Funny Group Sessions · Quiplash Answer Battles · Trivia Murder Party ·
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The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin’ It.

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Oct 17, 2016
97% 👍
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StarVaders - Players say: Pilot a mech against descending alien waves, using cards and grid positioning to stop them before Doom fills. Players like: Distinct Mech Playstyles · Tactical Grid Combat · Satisfying Card Combos ·
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Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.

Tabletop Simulator - Players say: Host up to ten players at a physics-driven virtual table to play, customize, or build board games, card games, and RPG sessions. Players like: Remote Game Nights · Workshop Game Variety · Custom Game Creation ·
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Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!

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Jun 5, 2015
96% 👍
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Dorfromantik - Players say: Place and rotate hexagonal landscape tiles, matching terrain and completing quests to grow a village map and extend your run. Players like: Calming Atmosphere · Charming Visuals · Satisfying Tile Placement ·
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Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles. Explore a variety of colorful biomes, discover and unlock new tiles and complete quests to fill your world with life!

The Jackbox Party Pack 7 - Players say: A five-game party collection for writing jokes, drawing rivals, improvising slide talks, coordinating chores, and guessing pop culture. Players like: Funny Group Play · Quiplash Punchlines · Improv Slide Speeches ·
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Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ’d Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round. Use phones or tablets as controllers and play with up to 8 players, and an audience of 10,000!

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Oct 14, 2020
96% 👍
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The Jackbox Party Pack 4 - Players say: A device-joined party collection where players bluff, twist friends’ comments, date monsters, compete in debates, and build murals. Players like: Survive the Internet · Fibbage 3 Modes · Dating as Monsters ·
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The fourth pack in this storied party game franchise features Fibbage 3 and its new game mode, Fibbage: Enough About You; the twisted web game Survive the Internet; the dating contest Monster Seeking Monster; the deranged debate match Bracketeering; and the one-up art game Civic Doodle.

The Jackbox Party Pack 6 - Players say: A five-game party collection where players survive trivia, invent comic words, write jokes, expose aliens, and profile friends. Players like: Trivia Murder Party 2 · Push the Button · Playing With Friends ·
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It’s the wildest Party Pack yet, with the absurd deathmatch Trivia Murder Party 2, the weird word circus Dictionarium, the hidden identity game Push The Button, the comedy contest Joke Boat and the offbeat personality test Role Models.

dotAGE - Players say: Lead villagers in a turn-based survival city builder, assigning workers and building supply chains to prepare for foretold disasters. Players like: Strategic Resource Planning · Varied Runs and Elders · Rewarding Challenge ·
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Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?

The Jackbox Party Pack 2 - Players say: Five phone-controlled party games let groups bluff at trivia, invent jokes, auction player art, make sound effects, and defuse bombs. Players like: Funny Group Play · Quiplash XL · Bidiots Auctions ·
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The sequel to the party game phenomenon The Jackbox Party Pack, featuring FIVE fresh, rib-tickling party games! Your phones or tablets are your controllers – no big mess of controllers needed. For up to 8 players plus an Audience of up to 10,000! It’s a game-night riot in a box… without the box!

King of the Bridge - Players say: To cross a troll’s bridge, unravel his changing chess rules, catch his cheats, and beat him at his own board game. Players like: Rulebook Discovery · Chess With Twists · Troll’s Comic Taunts ·
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Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!

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Mar 8, 2024
95% 👍
of 1.8k