Best Cooperative board games
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Best Cooperative board games

Our definitive ranking of the Best Cooperative board games, based on aggregated critic scores from multiple trusted review sources.

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game
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Arkham Horror: The Card Game(2016)

Fantasy Flight Games

Design: Nate French, MJ Newman

Arkham Horror: The Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game where players take on the roles of investigators exploring the mysterious and dangerous world of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Players build unique decks for their investigators and work together through campaign scenarios, making choices that have lasting consequences on the story.

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Gloomhaven
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Gloomhaven(2017)

Cephalofair Games

Design: Isaac Childres·Art: Alexandr Elichev, Josh T. McDowell

A massive dungeon-crawling campaign game with tactical card-driven combat. Control unique mercenaries in a branching story where your choices have lasting consequences.

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Leviathan Wilds
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Leviathan Wilds(2024)

Choo Choo Games, Salt & Pepper, Moon Crab Games, Frosted Games, Bro, HIT Games

Design: Justin Kemppainen·Art: Samuel R. Shimota

A solo and cooperative boss-battling board game about climbing and saving massive creatures. Players work together to remove binding crystals from colossal leviathans depicted across spiral-bound scenario books, combining climbing mechanics with strategic combat in a unique puzzle-adventure experience.

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Marvel Champions: The Card Game
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Marvel Champions: The Card Game(2019)

Fantasy Flight Games

Design: Michael Boggs, Nate French, Caleb Grace

Marvel Champions: The Card Game is a cooperative Living Card Game where players embody iconic Marvel superheroes and battle infamous villains. Players can customize their hero decks with different aspects and work together to thwart villainous schemes and defeat enemies in this strategic card-based adventure.

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Slay the Spire: The Board Game
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Slay the Spire: The Board Game(2024)

Contention Games

Design: Gary Dworetsky, Anthony Giovannetti, Casey Yano·Art: Anailis Dorta, Bruce Brenneise, Jose David Lanza Cebrian

A cooperative deck-building, dungeon-crawling adventure based on the acclaimed video game. Players craft unique decks, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and work together to Slay the Spire. The game features variable playing time of 45 minutes per player and includes a companion app.

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The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
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The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine(2019)

Kosmos, Thames & Kosmos

Design: Thomas Sing·Art: Marco Armbruster, Sensit Communication GmbH

The Crew is a cooperative trick-taking card game where players work together as astronauts on a space mission to reach Planet Nine. Players must complete specific objectives by winning particular tricks in particular orders, all while having limited ability to communicate with each other. The game features 50 missions of increasing difficulty recorded in a logbook.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game(2026)

Asmodee, Office Dog

Design: Bryan Bornmueller·Art: Elaine Ryan, Samuel R. Shimota

A narrative-driven cooperative card game that weaves trick-taking mechanics into the story of The Two Towers. This standalone continuation follows chapters 19-36 of gameplay, allowing players to take on the roles of heroes and villains in Tolkien's legendary work.

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Obsession
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Obsession(2018)

Kayenta Games

Design: Dan Hallagan·Art: Dan Hallagan

Obsession is a strategic Euro game set in Victorian England where players manage troubled family estates, hosting activities with servants and gentry to restore their reputation. The game combines worker placement, hand management, and tile placement as players renovate their estates and compete in refined Victorian society over 16-20 turns.

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Eternal Decks
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Eternal Decks(2025)

Tricktakers Games

Design: Hiroken·Art: MUJUNSHA

Eternal Decks is a limited communication cooperative card game where players work together to complete stage objectives before any player runs out of actions. Players manage decks of cards while combating restless eternals, with the puzzle evolving as new decks are unlocked through completing specific objectives.

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Spirit Island
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Spirit Island(2017)

Greater Than Games

Design: R. Eric Reuss·Art: Jason Behnke, Loïc Berger, Loïc Billiau, Kat G Birmelin, Cari Corene, Lucas Durham, Rocky Hammer, Sydni Kruger, Nolan Nasser, Moro Rogers

Play as powerful spirits defending your island from colonizers. A complex cooperative game with unique asymmetric powers and escalating tension.

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