Sub Terra

Explore a collapsing cave tile by tile before the dark, or something worse, catches your whole team.

πŸ‘₯ 1–6 players⏱ approx. 60 minπŸͺ„ A round to warm up8+
🀝 Cooperative🧩 Solo modeβ˜… 6.8 Β· BGG #786

Who it's for

Cooperative horror fans and Pandemic-style groups who want genuine tension and a spooky, claustrophobic theme.

Not for you if…

You want a relaxed, low-stakes co-op, since Sub Terra is deliberately unforgiving and can end badly for the whole team.

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Vibe's take

tense, claustrophobic, cooperative, unforgiving, atmospheric

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About this game

Sub Terra traps your team of amateur cavers in an unmapped tunnel system with a headlamp battery running down and something worse than darkness closing in. Each turn you reveal new cave tiles hoping for a way forward instead of a dead end, while a hazard card threatens floods, cave-ins or gas leaks that can wreck your plans instantly. Your role matters here, an Engineer can blast a new route with dynamite, a Scout finds paths faster, and leaning on the right specialist at the right moment is often the difference between escaping and getting left behind. Tense, unforgiving and genuinely scary for a game with cardboard tiles, it rewards a cool head under pressure.

Specialist caver rolesRandomized cave tile explorationEscalating hazard threats

By the numbers

Players

Best at 4 playersWorks with 1–6

Duration

60 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

2.1 / 5 β€” Light

BGG Rating

6.8/10

Rank #786

6.4k ratings

Published

2017

Language

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