6 Similar Games Short List
Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Skull. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Skull.
Release Date: 01/07/2022
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
Sounds Fishy is a push-your-luck communication game where you try to spot fake answers whilst avoiding the real ones. You play by reading out Question cards, making up answers and then spotting who's faking. It is a game of cunning, disguise and...
Release Date: 01/01/2020
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
Components: Cards, Placeables, Score Board and Tokens
Herd Mentality is a communication game where players aim to score points by sharing the same ideas as others. One person reads out a question, then everyone secretly writes an answer trying to match the most popular answer. It's unusual because the...
Release Date: 01/01/2012
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
Coup is a communication game where you fight to become the only player left with political influence. You play by taking on the roles of five different powerful (uniquely skilled) government officials to become the last politician standing. It is a game...
Release Date: 01/01/2019
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
Wavelength is a communication guessing game where you try and read your teammate's minds. Unlike other guessing games the answers aren't right or wrong but on a sliding scale that changes each round. There's a clever wheel that secretly deals with the...
Release Date: 01/01/2004
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards
Saboteur is a path-laying strategy game where the cards are your resource in a team effort to get the dwarves to their gold. However, one player is a secret traitor who must try and foil the dwarves without them realising it. It is a game about working...
Release Date: 01/01/2017
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Dice
The Chameleon is a communication game where you must decide who is lying and who isn’t. You play by making word associations, cross-examining the words given, and trying to weed out the liar. It is a social deduction game where saying too much is as...
12 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Skull. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Skull.
Release Date: 01/01/2002, updated in 2017
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
Bang! is a card game set in the wild west where you take on different missions with a range of characters. You try and keep your target secret while building your weapon and defence cards. It's a game of bluffing where it's easier to shoot your...
Release Date: 01/01/1989, updated in 1992
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Dice
Perudo (Liars Dice) is a dice game of pushing your luck and communication. Each player rolls five dice under a cup but can only see their own before making a bid on how many dice of a certain number there are in total. It's clever because you can't...
Release Date: 01/01/2015
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: Cards
Exploding Kittens is a push-your-luck card game like Russian Roulette but with adorable kittens rather than bullets. You take turns drawing cards until you get the Exploding Kitten card and lose. The twist is the various comical and cunning ways you can...
Release Date: 01/01/2005, updated in 2019
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
No Thanks! is a tactical card game where you play to avoid points. You work through a deck of cards of different values to avoid getting a point you have to spend a chip. Eventually, someone runs out of chips and has to take the card. It sounds simple...
Release Date: 01/01/2016, updated in 2019
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards
In Vino Morte is a party game where the aim is to survive a dinner party. Each turn you are dealt a face-down drinks card and need to decide whether the dealer-host is trying to kill you off or not. It's as much about playing the cards as the people...
Release Date: 01/01/1997, updated in 2009
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
For Sale is a quick, collection and push-your-luck game about buying and selling houses. You bid for houses of different values using coins at auction, and then sell them in savvy ways to maximise the biggest cheques for your best properties. It stands...
Release Date: 01/01/2010
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Tokens
Hanabi is a cooperative game where you create a firework show by placing the cards in the right order. Your goal is to organise all the suits of cards in ascending order like Solitaire. The twist is that only other players can see your cards and you...
Release Date: 01/01/2011
Skill Rating: 5+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Dice
Roll For It! is a push-your-luck dice game where you compete to be the first to forty points. You roll dice to complete point sequences - the more complex, the bigger the score. It is a mix of chance and strategy, where even the savviest of players can...
Release Date: 01/01/1995
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards
High Society is a push-your-luck game where you flaunt your wealth by owning luxury items. You play by using your money to bid on Luxury cards to create an impressive portfolio without running out of cash and being cast out. It is a bidding game, where...
Release Date: 04/12/2018
Skill Rating: 4+ year-olds
Components: Cards and Placeables
That's Not Lemonade is a push-your-luck card game where you aim to be the last person to "drink" something that isn't lemonade. You take cards hoping to accrue the most Ice or Lemonade, but if you push things too far you are out. This means you play the...
Release Date: 01/01/2014
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Spyfall is a communication party game where you try and tell who is a spy by giving subtle clues to the innocent player's location. All of you know what the location is apart from the spy. It's clever because you have to share enough information to test...
Release Date: 01/01/2018
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: Cards
Peek and Push is a 2-player brain game where you try and memorise what's on a set of Symbol cards in a grid. It's like Pelmanism/Pairs but here the cards are in a grid and display up to three coloured circles. It's a clever battle of memorisation and...
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