The best Love Letter variants⎇ 2025

There are now quite a few interpretations of the Love Letter game principle. In this list we have picked out the best "Love Letter" variants⎇ 2025.

Why the hype about Love Letter?

Love Letter is a umpteen award-winning card game designed by Seiji Kanai. The card game was first released in May 2012.

Easy to learn: Only 16 cards

The standard version of Love Letter has only 16 cards, but enormous fun to play. It cleverly incorporates extremely many elements (e.g. deduction, eliminating-players, party-game) into an easy-to-learn party game. After just a few minutes, even newcomers have an extreme amount of fun with the game and can play it for hours at a stretch. Nevertheless, even board game experts keep taking Love Letter out of the closet even after weeks of playing.

Objective of Love Letter & the Love Letter variants

In Love Letter, each player has the goal of delivering a love letter to the princess with the help of various helpers. In the many Love Letter variants, this basic principle is the same - it is just merged with other worlds (for example, in Lovecraft Letter the world of H.P. Lovecraft). In the Love Letter variants, the cards depict different things (e.g., in The Hobbit - Battle of the Five Armies), the princess is the "The Arkenstone") - and each card has different abilities (in Lovecraft Letter, this goes as far as each card having two abilities).

In Infinity Gauntlet from the Marvel-universe, the gameplay is even adjusted a bit and each round plays one against the rest (all against Thanos).

The best games from the Love Letter family⎇ 2025

This list was last updated on March 19, 2025. We compared 21 board games for this list and selected the top 10. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Love Letter

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    Love Letter is a charming and strategic card game where players vie for the affection of a noble Princess, aspiring to become her most trusted confidant. Utilizing a blend of deduction, risk, and luck, players must navigate the royal court by enlisting influential characters to deliver their love letter to the Princess.

    More details for Love Letter
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Love Letter

    • YouTube Review for the game "Love Letter" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  2. Love Letter

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    In Love Letter, you must compete with other suitors to deliver a romantic letter to Princess Annette, who has secluded herself in the palace.

    Nominated for 15 awards and won 7.

    More details for Love Letter
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Love Letter

    • YouTube Review for the game "Love Letter" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  3. Love Letter: Premium Edition

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    Love Letter: Premium Edition is an enhanced version of the beloved game Love Letter, offering both physical and gameplay upgrades to the original. This edition brings a new level of sophistication and enjoyment to the game, making it suitable for larger groups and adding variety to the gameplay.

    More details for Love Letter: Premium Edition
    • 2 - 8 Players
    • 20 - 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Love Letter: Premium Edition

    • YouTube Review for the game "Love Letter: Premium Edition" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  4. Love Letter: Adventure Time

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    Adventure Time Love Letter is a game of risk, deduction, and luck for 2-4 players, re-themed with characters from the animated hit. Players aim to win the affection of Princess Bubblegum by playing cards to eliminate opponents, scoring points through strategy.

    More details for Love Letter: Adventure Time
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. Star Wars: Jabba's Palace – A Love Letter Game

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    Jabba's lair is a place of danger and deception. Players compete with members of the Rebel Alliance and the residents of Jabba's Palace, using the abilities of iconic characters while trying to outsmart their opponents. The game retains the simple and fun mechanics of the original, introducing Agenda cards that offer new victory conditions and additional strategic depth.

    More details for Star Wars: Jabba's Palace – A Love Letter Game
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Lovecraft Letter

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    Lovecraft 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.

    More details for Lovecraft Letter
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 5 - 15 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Lovecraft Letter

    • YouTube Review for the game "Lovecraft Letter" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  7. Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game

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    Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game brings the epic struggle from the Marvel Universe to the tabletop in a dynamic adaptation of the classic Love Letter mechanics. This version transforms the game into a thrilling one-vs-many experience, pitting one player as the formidable Thanos against a team of heroes aiming to thwart his universe-altering plans.

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game
    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game

    • YouTube Review for the game "Infinity Gauntlet: A Love Letter Game" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  8. Love Letter: The Hobbit – The Battle of the Five Armies

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    Players engage in a game of risk, deduction, and luck for 2-4 participants, inspired by the original Love Letter. The deck consists of 17 cards, with unique abilities and rankings that influence gameplay. Players aim to be the last active participant or hold the highest card to earn points, and the first to win 4-7 rounds, depending on the player count, claims victory.

    More details for Love Letter: The Hobbit – The Battle of the Five Armies
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 - 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  9. Archer: Once You Go Blackmail...

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    Archer: Once You Go Blackmail... focuses on deception and adds intrigue, vices, and new card effects to the mechanics of Love Letter. Each player starts with a character card while one character is removed from play. On their turn, a player draws a card and plays one of their two cards, aiming to either eliminate others or have the highest number in hand at the end of the round. Winning enough rounds secures the overall victory.

    More details for Archer: Once You Go Blackmail...
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 - 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  10. Love Letter: Erweiterung

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    The expansion includes ten new characters that can be used with the base game to accommodate up to eight players. This adds more variety and strategy to the original gameplay.

    More details for Love Letter: Erweiterung
    • 2 - 8 Players
    • Immediately playable

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