# Mysterium

Mysterium is a board game for 2–7 players. It plays in 42 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 6.8 out of 10 by 164 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $34.47 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–7 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 42 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 1.9 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2015
- **Categories:** Murder / Mystery, Deduction, Party Game, Real-time
- **Mechanics:** Voting, Pattern Recognition, Hand Management, Cooperative Game, Storytelling, Deduction, Real-Time, Communication Limits, Finale Ending
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.8 out of 10, from 164 reviews
- **Owned by:** 373 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1,000
- **Unique players:** 1,179

**Designers:** Oleg Sidorenko, Oleksandr Nevskiy

**Artists:** Xavier Collette, Igor Burlakov

**Publishers:** Libellud

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Atomic Empire | 39.99 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/386648 |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 39.99 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/mysterium-libellud |
| Cardhaus Games | 39.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/mysterium-2025-refresh/ |
| Board Game Bliss | 48.95 $ | https://www.boardgamebliss.com/products/mysterium |
| 401 Games | 49.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/mysterium-10th-anniversary-refresh-edition |
| Mathom | 34.19 € | https://mathom.es/es/mysterium/58204-mysterium-nueva-version-3558380128427.html |
| Rampi Games | 34.5 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/mysterium/ |
| eFantasy | 44.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/355119-board-game-mysterium-new-greek-edition |
| Zatu Games | 27.79 £ | https://zatu.com/products/mysterium |
| Spelexperten | 368 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/familjespel/mysterium-swe.html |
| Alphaspel | 379 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/303552-mysterium-refresh-en |
| Ludifolie | 35.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/3006-mysterium.html |
| Fantasiapelit | 42 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_242834 |
| Homoludicus Granollers | 38 € | https://homoludicus-granollers.org/mysterium |
| Va de jocs | 38 € | https://vadejocs.es/producto/mysterium |
| Jugar x Jugar | 38 € | https://www.jugarxjugar.com/shop/familiares/1983-mysterium-3558380030751.html |
| Dragons Lair | 439 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/mysterium-sv |
| Svet deskovych her | 950 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/4165/mysterium-cz |
| Saltimbanqui | 39.95 € | https://saltimbanquikids.com/product/mysterium/ |
| Spilforsyningen | 299.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/mysterium-nordic |
| Curiosity Shop | 42 € | https://www.thecuriosityshop.es/products/mysterium |
| El Nucli | 42 € | https://www.elnucli.es/products/mysterium-1 |
| Nexus | 5995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/mysterium-islensk-utgafa/ |
| Fantasy Shop | 45 € | https://www.fantasy-shop.gr/en/mysterium-refresh.html |
| Game Ninja | 499 kr | https://www.gameninja.no/produkt/mysterium-nordic/ |
| Midgard Games | 599 kr | https://midgardgames.no/products/mysterium-nordic |
| Spielezar | 54.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/kartenspiele/mysterium |
| World of Board Games | 1649 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/blood-on-the-clocktower |

## Expansions

- [Mysterium: Hidden Signs](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-hidden-signs-2)
- [Mysterium: Secrets & Lies](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-secrets-and-lies)
- [Mysterium: Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-promo-cards)
- [Mysterium: Brettspiel Adventskalender 2016 Promo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-brettspiel-adventskalender-2016-promo)
- [Mysterium: The Meeple Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-the-meeple)
- [Mysterium: Game Day 2016 Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-game-day-2016-promo-card)
- [Mysterium: Secrets & Lies – First Printing Promo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-secrets-and-lies-first-printing-promo)
- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2016](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2016)
- [Mysterium: Brettspiel Adventskalender 2017 Promo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-brettspiel-adventskalender-2017-promo)
- [Brettspiel Adventskalender 2017](https://www.ludoya.com/games/brettspiel-adventskalender-2017)
- [Tajemnicze Domostwo: Motive cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/tajemnicze-domostwo-motive-cards)
- [Mysterium: Blue Jay Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-blue-jay)
- [Mysterium: Secrets & Lies – The Forbidden Experiment](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-secrets-and-lies-the-forbidden-experiment)
- [Mysterium: Potions Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium-potions)

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## Rules questions

### Can the ghost give a psychic more visions later in the same turn if they need help?

No — once the ghost gives vision card(s) to a psychic in a turn he must push that psychic’s ghost token to mark them and cannot give that psychic any more cards during the same turn (p.9).

### Can we talk and help each other while interpreting visions, and can we also talk during the final vote?

Psychics may freely examine cards and discuss hypotheses during the Vision Interpretation step (p.9), but the final straw-poll vote must be secret and psychics must not communicate during the voting procedure (p.11).

### Can I place more than one clairvoyancy token on the same intuition token or put one on my own token?

No — a psychic may not play more than one clairvoyancy token on the same intuition token nor add a clairvoyancy token to his or her own intuition token; however a player may play as many clairvoyancy tokens as they want overall during a turn (p.10).

### If I guessed my card correctly, what happens to my vision cards, intuition token and any clairvoyancy tokens played on me?

If a psychic is correct the ghost flips the matching ghost card, the psychic slides that card into their sleeve, discards their vision cards, takes their intuition token and places it on the next progress board, and any players who played ✓ tokens on that intuition token move their clairvoyancy markers forward one space (p.10).

### How many times can the ghost discard and redraw his vision cards using crow markers?

It depends on difficulty: on EASY the ghost may discard once per turn, on MEDIUM up to three times during the game, and on HARD once during the game; the crow rules and limits are explained on the discard section and the difficulty table (p.9; difficulty table on p.8).

### If no single group gets a majority in the final straw poll, how is the tie resolved?

Ties are broken in favor of the group chosen by the player who progressed furthest along the clairvoyancy track; if a tie persists it is broken in favor of the group for which the eldest player voted (p.12).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/mysterium)
- [Mysterium in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/mysterium)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/181304)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._