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Why this
Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Pandemic: The Board Game.
- $1.99 (Price checked Nov 6)
- Deck Playable
- 2018
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The closest matches to Pandemic: The Board Game: For The King, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan, Spirit Island, and Ticket to Ride®. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Asmodee Digital
- 69% of 293 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Simulation
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Epidemic cards create unpredictable escalation
- Hand management feels high stakes
- Outbreak tracking is visually satisfying
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Intense
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About Pandemic: The Board Game
The closest matches to Pandemic: The Board Game: For The King, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan, Spirit Island, and Ticket to Ride®. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Pandemic: The Board Game is your kind of game, the closest matches are For The King, Terraforming Mars and Wingspan — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and intense, and single out its city connection mapping and cooperative play. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Pandemic: The Board Game: Humanity is on the brink of extinction. As members of an elite disease control team, you’re the only thing standing in the way of the four deadly diseases spreading across the world.
Is Pandemic: The Board Game worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 69% of 293 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 10 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Epidemic cards create unpredictable escalation
- Hand management feels high stakes
- Outbreak tracking is visually satisfying
- Roles force meaningful teamwork
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“Love this board game in its physical form. Disappointed that it does not allow for remote playing with other players who have the game. The 'remote' playing is one person having access to play while the other plays watch, not interact or…”
“The boardgame is such a good game and imho one of the best cooperative games. I don't know how they did not implement a multiplayer mode.”
People who play it also play: For The King, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan
Frequently asked about Pandemic: The Board Game
Can I run it?
Does Pandemic: The Board Game have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Pandemic: The Board Game supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to Pandemic: The Board Game?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pandemic: The Board Game are For The King, Terraforming Mars, Wingspan.
Who developed Pandemic: The Board Game?
Pandemic: The Board Game was developed by Asmodee Digital and published by Asmodee Digital, Z-Man Games.