What are the best games like Exploding Kittens?

The best games like Exploding Kittens are Balatro, Cosmic Consensus. Each was selected based on gameplay similarity, genre, atmosphere, and player reviews.

What games are similar to Exploding Kittens?

Games similar to Exploding Kittens include Balatro, Cosmic Consensus. These alternatives share similar Card & Board Game elements.

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Exploding Kittens

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2016

Card & Board Game

90/100

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201690/100

Card & Board Game

A chaotic card game, Exploding Kittens weaponizes risk and reward with its central premise: draw an Exploding Kitten card and you're out. Players mitigate this threat through a deck of tactical cards offering everything from attack moves to sneaky defenses. The game's appeal lies in its simple ruleset, rapid-fire rounds, and the tension of never knowing when your luck will run out, making it a perfect cocktail of chance and strategic bluffing.

About Exploding Kittens

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Exploding Kittens is a multiplayer card game where players draw cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten and explodes! Play your cards to try to avoid, move, or defuse the Exploding Kitten. If you don't explode, you win! Congratulations, you are full of greatness. Play with friends in the same room or online, or play with strangers in online play. Not into other people? Play single player against kitty-bot opponents! This version of the game includes the Streaking Kittens, Party Pack, and Betrayal Pack expansions, exclusive cards, and hilarious illustrations by The Oatmeal.

Top 2 Alternatives to Exploding Kittens

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78%

Balatro

2024 · Strategy

Like Exploding Kittens, Balatro is a card game that requires strategic planning and a bit of luck to succeed, but instead of kittens, you're building poker hands to overcome increasingly difficult blinds.

Why recommended

Balatro's core gameplay revolves around strategic deck-building and hand optimization, much like the strategic card play in Exploding Kittens.
Criteria — Strategy is central to Balatro, as players must carefully manage their resources and build powerful poker hands to overcome enemy blinds.
The single-player focus of Balatro provides a similar solitary puzzle-solving experience to Exploding Kittens, where players can focus on mastering the game's mechanics.

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Balatro

2024 · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Indie

Rating

85/100

78%Match

Why recommended

Balatro's core gameplay revolves around strategic deck-building and hand optimization, much like the strategic card play in Exploding Kittens.
Criteria — Strategy is central to Balatro, as players must carefully manage their resources and build powerful poker hands to overcome enemy blinds.
The single-player focus of Balatro provides a similar solitary puzzle-solving experience to Exploding Kittens, where players can focus on mastering the game's mechanics.

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75%

Cosmic Consensus

Card & Board Game

Cosmic Consensus, like Exploding Kittens, is a card game that requires strategic planning and a bit of luck to succeed, but in space.

Why recommended

Cosmic Consensus's core gameplay revolves around strategic card play and planning, much like the strategic card play in Exploding Kittens.
Criteria — Strategy is central to Cosmic Consensus, as players must carefully manage their resources and build powerful hands to overcome enemy.
The single-player focus of Cosmic Consensus provides a similar solitary puzzle-solving experience to Exploding Kittens, where players can focus on mastering the game's mechanics.

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Cosmic Consensus

Card & Board Game

Rating

80/100

75%Match

Cosmic Consensus, like Exploding Kittens, is a card game that requires strategic planning and a bit of luck to succeed, but in space.

Why recommended

Cosmic Consensus's core gameplay revolves around strategic card play and planning, much like the strategic card play in Exploding Kittens.
Criteria — Strategy is central to Cosmic Consensus, as players must carefully manage their resources and build powerful hands to overcome enemy.
The single-player focus of Cosmic Consensus provides a similar solitary puzzle-solving experience to Exploding Kittens, where players can focus on mastering the game's mechanics.

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