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2026 Ranked #5,313

Falling

Race upward through a tower that falls every round—and make each collapsing floor fuel the engine that carries you higher.

Exploration Fantasy Modular Board Variable Player Powers

Players

1-4

Play time

90-120 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.6/5

Rating

7.96

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.5/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.0/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.2/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 12 min
Teach time About 18 min
Table footprint Large
Recommended edition Falling – Capstone Games English edition (2026)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Climb a collapsing tower, install resource engines, and time every descent so recovered devices return with richer rewards.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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Falling is a resource-management and engine-building game about explorers racing through a tower that is steadily vanishing into a luminous vortex. Players move between modular floors, install devices that generate resources, collect artifacts, and convert combinations of materials into points. At the end of each round the lowest floor disappears and everything above it descends, returning displaced devices to their owners with powerful income bonuses. That repeating collapse makes timing central: a lucrative placement may pay immediately, remain productive for several rounds, or be deliberately positioned for a large retrieval reward. Twelve sidekicks provide distinct abilities, variable setups change the tower, and a dedicated solo mode preserves the puzzle of building an engine on unstable ground.

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Editions

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Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Falling – Capstone Games English edition (2026) 2026 English Capstone Games / US

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All specifications (23)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
90–120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
2.6/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 12 min Source
Teach time
About 18 min Source
Teardown time
About 10 min Source
Table footprint
Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No save system; each tower expedition is completed in one session. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Twelve sidekicks, modular floors, and an official solo mode create variable setups. Source
Recommended edition
Falling – Capstone Games English edition (2026) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Source
Current edition
Yes Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Standalone Capstone English Edition; The Kickstarter Pack And Acrylic Upgrades Are Optional. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Kentaro Yazawa

Artists

2
Sai Beppu Tomohiro Tsugawa

Publishers

2
SUNNY BIRD Capstone Games

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