Exploding Kittens® 2 similar games & best alternatives

Exploding Kittens® 2

2024

Should you play it?

Download Exploding Kittens® 2 and live your best and most chaotic kitty life! Take a deep whiff of burning furballs, draw a card and pray for victory (and look stylish all the while, thanks to oodles of customisation options for your own adorable avatar).

What works

  • Faithful adaptation of physical card game
  • Fun and chaotic multiplayer with friends
  • Variety of game modes and expansions
  • Cross-platform play and active community
  • Engaging art style and animations

Things to keep in mind

  • Requires third-party account for online play
  • High price and expensive dlc
  • Lobby system forces recreating rooms after each game
  • Technical bugs and occasional freezes
  • Slow pacing due to animations and ui

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rumble Club

  • Munchkin Digital

  • Liar's Bar

  • J-Jump Arena

  • Party Panic

  • Rocket Bot Royale

More value-seeking

Games that feels like Exploding Kittens® 2 but with a stronger sense of value for your time

  • A Gentlemen's Dispute

  • Goose Goose Duck

  • Super Auto Pets

  • Journey of Greed

  • Friends vs Friends

  • Slap City

More social

Games that feels like Exploding Kittens® 2 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Pebble Knights

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • KallaX

  • Among Us

  • Suspects: Mystery Mansion

  • Rubber Bandits

Less violent

Games that feels like Exploding Kittens® 2 but with less combat and destruction

  • Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 2

  • Puyo Puyo Champions

  • Bloons TD Battles 2

  • Walk of Life

  • Stumble Guys

  • Adorables

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Exploding Kittens® 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Exploding Kittens® 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Cooperation, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026