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Pandemic is a strategy game where you are an elite disease-fighting team trying to stop four viruses from spreading across the globe. You play as uniquely skilled characters, who move around the board, using their abilities to make different disease-fighting actions. It is a game of logistics and cooperation where clear strategy, good decisions and team discussion might just save the world.
Unfortunately, Pandemic is not available on Android, Mac, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X|S or iOS. However, we recommend the following games that offer a similar experience or theme:
Release Date: 01/01/2008
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Players: 2-4
Genres: Battle, Brain Game, Strategy (Collecting, Communication and Traversal)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: Board, Cards, Figures, Placeables and Tokens
Developer: Z Man Games (@ZManGames_)
Costs: Purchase cost
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Mass Transit is a cooperative card game where you build transit routes to deliver six commuters safely home from work. You place cards around a hub to build routes or discard them to move the commuters forward.
Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters is a cooperative traversal game where you explore a haunted house looking for treasure.
Ghost Fightin' Treasure Hunters is a cooperative traversal game where you explore a haunted house looking for treasure. You play by rolling a dice to move, finding treasure and fighting ghosts.
Sprawlopolis is a game where you work together to build a new city by placing cards.
Sprawlopolis is a game where you work together to build a new city by placing cards. It's a tiny game comprising just 18 cards but creates endless city-building challenges where you have to balance costly roads and point-scoring neighbourhoods.
Disney Villainous is a strategy game where you are a Disney villain striving to become the evillest villain in the land.
Disney Villainous is a strategy game where you are a Disney villain striving to become the evillest villain in the land. You move around the board to locations from your character's film, playing cards and taking evil actions.
Dorf Romantik is a cooperative world-building game where you strategically place tiles to create countryside regions to score points in a variety of ways.
Dorf Romantik is a cooperative world-building game where you strategically place tiles to create countryside regions to score points in a variety of ways. Play is solitaire-like, but rather than matching suits you're matching landscape.
Forbidden Island is a cooperative collecting game where you try to survive on a sinking island long enough to collect four treasures.
Forbidden Island is a cooperative collecting game where you try to survive on a sinking island long enough to collect four treasures. You play by moving across the Island, stopping Island tiles from sinking, whilst collecting enough cards to rescue the four treasures.
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Pandemic. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Pandemic.
Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative traversal game where teams try and escape an ancient temple before it collapses.
Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative traversal game where teams try and escape an ancient temple before it collapses. You repeatedly roll dice to move from room to room, adding new tiles to the catacombs as you go.
Codenames is a team communication game where you play two competing spy networks.
Codenames is a team communication game where you play two competing spy networks. One player in each team gives clues to help them find the cards that are their agents without hitting the assassin.
The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine is a cooperative trick-making card game.
The Crew: The Quest For Planet Nine is a cooperative trick-making card game. You play as a set of astronauts completing missions in a space adventure.
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Zombie Kidz Evolution is a cooperative traversal game where you work together to kill zombies invading a school. You move into the colour-coded rooms to deal with zombies and lock the doors to stop more monsters from appearing.
If you like the sound of Pandemic but find it too complex or challenging, the games in this section offer a similar experience but with a lower Skill Rating.
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Two Point Hospital is a light-hearted healthcare simulator. You take charge of a hospital, similar to Theme Hospital, where you must construct and maintain wards, machines and staff.
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Onitama is a Chess-like traversal game where moves aren't locked to pieces but to the cards you trade.
Onitama is a Chess-like traversal game where moves aren't locked to pieces but to the cards you trade. You play by moving Pawns around a small 5-by-5 grid, tactically choosing a move from your current pair Spirit cards.
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FlickFleet is a dexterity game where you take your space fleet into battle. You play by flicking ships and using dice to destroy your opponent.
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The Duke is an old-world strategy battle like chess but played with character tiles whose abilities both vary and change as they move. You play by choosing a tile to move ultimately aiming to capture your opponent's Duke character, but also whittling down their defences.
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Tacocat Spelled Backwards is a silly battle game played with palindrome-themed numbered cards. Battles are won by placing a higher card from your hand than your opponent.
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Lost Ruins of Arnak is a collecting game where you explore an uninhabited ancient island. You play Action cards to find resources, defeat monsters and uncover treasures.
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The Isle of Cats is a collecting game where you rescue cats from a doomed island by squeezing them onto your rescue boat. You play by collecting Tetris-like Cat and Treasure tiles and arranging them carefully onto your Boat board.
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