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18 games like Monikers

The best games like Monikers are Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy', Dixit Journey and Sheriff of Nottingham — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' shares card game, humor, party game with Monikers.

Every alternative below links to its own Monikers-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s card game / humor shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Monikers’s 1.1 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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1. 1. Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' (2013)
   3–20 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8 · Light
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Card Drafting, Role Playing · 3 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (75%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 20 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
   View Funemployed 'Hiring Frenzy' on Amazon →
2. 2. Dixit Journey (2012)
   3–6 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4 · Light · games like Dixit Journey →
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
   View Dixit Journey on Amazon →
3. 3. Sheriff of Nottingham (2014)
   3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1 · Medium-light · games like Sheriff of Nottingham →
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Card Drafting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–5 players · goes down to 3 · ~15 min longer · +0.6 heavier
   View Sheriff of Nottingham on Amazon →
4. 4. Spyfall (2014)
   3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9 · Light · games like Spyfall →
   Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · ~30 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
5. 5. Two Rooms and a Boom (2013)
   6–30 players · 7–20 min · ★ 7.0 · Light · games like Two Rooms and a Boom →
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Print & Play, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 6–16 players · scales to 30 · ~31 min shorter · +0.4 heavier
6. 6. Aye (2005)
   4–16 players · 30 min · ★ 5.9 · Light
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · ~15 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
7. 7. Muse Awakenings (2018)
   2–12 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1 · Light
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Singing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–12 players · goes down to 2 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
8. 8. Who Would Win (2009)
   3–99 players · 15 min · ★ 6.2 · Light
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · goes down to 3 · scales to 99 · ~30 min shorter · +0.2 heavier
9. 9. Dixit Jinx (2012)
   3–6 players · 15 min · ★ 5.8 · Light
   Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Singing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
   vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~30 min shorter · same complexity
10. 10. Curses! (2001)
    3–6 players · 25 min · ★ 5.7 · Light
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · goes down to 3 · ~20 min shorter · same complexity
11. 11. Sushi Go Party! (2016)
    2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Light · games like Sushi Go Party! →
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · ~25 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
12. 12. Snake Oil (2010)
    3–10 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.7 · Light
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · ~20 min shorter · same complexity
13. 13. Utter Nonsense (2014)
    4–20 players · 30 min · ★ 5.5 · Light
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Mature / Adult, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 20 · ~15 min shorter · same complexity
14. 14. Partini (2008)
    4–0 players · 45–90 min · ★ 5.1 · Light
    Shares with Monikers: Humor, Mature / Adult, Party Game, Acting, Role Playing · 2 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (50%)
    vs Monikers: ~23 min longer · +0.3 heavier
15. 15. Time's Up! Title Recall! (2008)
    4–18 players · 60 min · ★ 7.7 · Light · games like Time's Up! Title Recall! →
    Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 18 · ~15 min longer · same complexity
16. 16. Lifeboat (2002)
    4–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · Medium-light
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Humor, Party Game, Card Drafting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–6 players · ~15 min longer · +0.7 heavier
17. 17. One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)
    3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1 · Light · games like One Night Ultimate Werewolf →
    Shares with Monikers: Card Game, Party Game, Role Playing · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · ~35 min shorter · +0.3 heavier
18. 18. Time's Up! (1999)
    4–18 players · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · Light · games like Time's Up! →
    Shares with Monikers: Humor, Party Game, Acting · 1 of Monikers’s 4 mechanics (25%)
    vs Monikers: overlaps at 4–16 players · scales to 18 · ~45 min longer · same complexity

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