The best horror board, card & dice games ⚰️ 2024
Are you looking for a really good horror board game ⚰️? We have compared the best ones and created an overview.
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list with the best horror board games 2024 ⚰️
Attached is our overview with the 30 best horror board games you can buy 2024:
Zombie Kidz Evolution
Zombie Kidz Evolution is a pioneering legacy-style board game designed specifically for children. Building upon the foundation of the 2013 game Zombie Kidz, this version introduces a dynamic and evolving gameplay experience. Set in a school under siege by zombies, young players must navigate through rooms and entryways to fend off the undead and prevent them from overrunning the school. The objective is to lock all four entryways of the school, a task complicated by the absence of the custodian. As players progress and improve their skills, they can undertake missions and earn trophies and stickers, similar to achievements in video games. The game also features envelopes that, when opened, add new elements to the game, including challenges, powers, and heroes, keeping the gameplay fresh and engaging.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 5.
More details for Zombie Kidz Evolution- 2 - 4 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog
Unmatched: Cobble & Fog is a captivating expansion to the Unmatched system, featuring a quartet of iconic characters drawn from literary lore, each with their unique playstyle and abilities. This expansion introduces the Invisible Man, Sherlock Holmes with Dr. Watson, Dracula along with the sisters, and the duo of Jekyll & Hyde, all brought to life in a highly asymmetrical miniature fighting game.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Unmatched: Cobble & Fog- 2 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
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Cthulhu: Death May Die is an intense, cooperative board game set in the 1920s, drawing inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft's universe. Players take on the roles of daring investigators, embarking on a perilous mission to confront and eliminate Elder Gods.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 1.
More details for Cthulhu: Death May Die- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 120 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak is a standalone expansion to the popular social deduction game One Night Ultimate Werewolf. Designed for 3-7 players, Daybreak offers a quick, engaging experience where everyone gets a hidden role with a special ability. In the span of just one in-game morning, players must deduce who among them is a werewolf, with the game's outcome hinging on uncovering at least one werewolf.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak- 3 - 7 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak
Horrified
Horrified is a cooperative board game that plunges players into a classic horror movie scenario. Set in a town besieged by not one but seven iconic monsters, it's a race against time to save the day.
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Horrified- 1 - 5 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Horrified
One Night Ultimate Werewolf
One Night Ultimate Werewolf is a dynamic and fast-paced game for 3-10 players that brings the excitement and deduction of werewolf stories to your tabletop. This game is all about quick thinking, bluffing, and trying to outsmart your friends.
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for One Night Ultimate Werewolf- 3 - 10 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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Lovecraft Letter
More details for Lovecraft LetterLovecraft Letter transports you into the eerie world of H.P. Lovecraft in the 1920s. This card game, a unique take on the Love Letter system, blends mystery with an "insanity" mechanic that adds depth and intrigue to the gameplay.
- 2 - 6 Players
- 5 - 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Lovecraft Letter
Final Girl
Final Girl is a unique solitaire-only board game that puts you in the heart of a classic horror movie scenario. You play as the "final girl," the last woman standing, who must face off against a menacing slasher to survive.
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Final Girl- 1 Players
- 20 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition is a cooperative, app-enhanced board game that combines elements of horror and mystery. It's set in the same universe as Eldritch Horror and Elder Sign, offering an immersive narrative experience.
Nominated for 9 awards.
More details for Mansions of Madness: Second Edition- 1 - 5 Players
- 120 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe
- 4 - 8 Players
- 1 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe
Mysterium
Mysterium is a cooperative mystery-solving game set in the 1920s, where players take on the roles of mediums trying to solve a murder at a Scottish mansion, guided by a ghost who communicates through visions.
Nominated for 14 awards and won 6.
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More details for Mysterium- 2 - 7 Players
- 42 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Zombicide: 2nd Edition
Zombicide: 2nd Edition revitalizes the beloved cooperative board game franchise, offering both new and seasoned players an enhanced zombie-slaying experience. Since its original release in 2012, Zombicide has captivated gamers worldwide with its thrilling cooperative gameplay, where players band together as survivors in a zombie-infested apocalypse. This new edition breathes fresh life into the game with refined rules, updated mechanics, and new components designed to streamline play and enhance immersion.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Zombicide: 2nd Edition- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters
Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters, also known as Geister, Geister, Schatzsuchmeister!, is an award-winning cooperative board game where players embark on an eerie adventure to collect treasures from a haunted house.
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Kinderspiel des Jahres 2014
More details for Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
Video reviews for Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow
The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow is a captivating social deduction game that takes place in the mysterious village of Miller's Hollow, known for its werewolf curse. Players are secretly assigned roles and must use strategy, bluffing, and teamwork to uncover the werewolves or deceive others.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for The Werewolves of Miller's Hollow- 8 - 18 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
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In Terror in Meeple City (formerly known as Rampage), players step into the roles of colossal monsters, hungry for destruction and chaos in the heart of Meeple City. The objective is simple: create mayhem by demolishing buildings and devouring innocent meeples, all in a race to become the most fearsome monster of them all.
Nominated for 7 awards and won 1.
More details for Terror in Meeple City- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition
Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition brings the classic werewolf mystery to your table, transforming your group into a 16th-century village besieged by werewolves. It's a game of social deduction and deception for 5 to 68 players, where villagers work to uncover the werewolves hiding among them, and werewolves plot to remain undiscovered while they pick off villagers one by one. With over 30 unique roles and 18 different scenarios, this game offers a dynamic and engaging experience for players of all ages and experience levels.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition- 5 - 68 Players
- 30 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition
Zombicide: Black Plague
Zombicide: Black Plague is an exciting board game that takes the popular zombie apocalypse theme and transports it into a medieval fantasy world. This game is a fresh twist on the classic Zombicide series, offering players the chance to battle the undead hordes in an age of swords and sorcery.
Nominated for 2 awards.
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More details for Zombicide: Black Plague- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 - 180 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!Check for best price now at*Reign of Cthulhu
Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu is a thrilling adaptation of the classic Pandemic game, infused with a chilling Lovecraftian theme. Players take on the roles of investigators, tasked with a daunting mission to prevent the awakening of ancient evils, known as Old Ones, from their cosmic prison.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Reign of Cthulhu- 2 - 4 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Campy Creatures
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game
Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game is a fully cooperative deck-building game that immerses players in the suspenseful and thrilling universe of the Alien movie series. The game features original art and gameplay mechanics that encourage teamwork and strategy.
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 17+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Video reviews for Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game
Nemesis
Nemesis is a semi-cooperative, survival horror board game set in a sci-fi universe, offering an intense and immersive experience as players navigate a spacecraft infested with hostile alien organisms.
Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.
More details for Nemesis- 1 - 5 Players
- 90 - 180 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Medium difficulty
Hideous Abomination
- 2 - 6 Players
- 10 - 30 Minutes
- 5+ years old
- Immediately playable
Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Marvel Zombies: A Zombicide Game- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Sub Terra
Sub Terra is a cooperative board game for 1-6 players that offers a thrilling experience of cave exploration and survival. The game puts players in the shoes of amateur cavers who find themselves in an unexplored and perilous network of subterranean tunnels. The objective is to escape the caves before being overcome by the dangers lurking within or before their lights go out.
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Sub Terra- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Tides of Madness
Tides of Madness builds on the foundation of its predecessor, Tides of Time, offering a two-player drafting experience that's both quick and engaging. In this sequel, players draft cards over three rounds to assemble a kingdom, with each card belonging to one of five suits and featuring its own scoring objective. What sets Tides of Madness apart is its intriguing madness mechanic. Some of the game's most potent cards also risk your sanity, introducing a critical balancing act between power and peril.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Tides of Madness- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Tides of Madness
Smash Up: It's Your Fault!
- 2 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000
More details for Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000Smash Up: Awesome Level 9000, also known as Smash Up II, is an exciting expansion to the Smash Up base game, introducing four new factions and eight new bases. This expansion not only adds variety but also brings unique combinations and fresh strategic layers to the already dynamic gameplay of Smash Up.
- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
Zombicide: Green Horde
More details for Zombicide: Green HordeZombicide: Green Horde plunges you back into a deadly medieval fantasy world, now overrun with infected orcs and goblins that present a formidable challenge. This sequel to Zombicide: Black Plague elevates the threat level with these green-skinned menaces forming massive hordes to ambush survivors unexpectedly. Up to six players can join forces in this cooperative game to fend off the undead and survive against overwhelming odds.
- 1 - 6 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Zombie Dice
Zombie Dice is a fast-paced, easy-to-learn dice game that encapsulates the thrill of being a zombie hungry for brains. It's a game of risk and reward, where players push their luck to devour as many brains as possible.
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Zombie Dice- 2 - 99 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Claustrophobia
Claustrophobia is a thrilling, asymmetric miniatures-based game set in the dark, foreboding universe of Hell Dorado. The game pits a team of determined human heroes against a seemingly endless horde of demonic creatures, offering a richly thematic and intense gaming experience.
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Claustrophobia- 2 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
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