Disney Villainous is taking on its sneakiest villains yet. Ravensburger has confirmed Disney Villainous: Success at Any Cost for a July 2026 release, bringing Ernesto de la Cruz from Pixar's Coco and Prince Hans from Frozen into the line. In Villainous, each player works through their own villain's storyline with a unique deck and win condition. You're not fighting each other directly, you're racing to be the first to fulfil your evil scheme. Ernesto and Hans both have a thing for stealing credit and stabbing trusting friends in the back, which makes them a tonal fit even if they look like a strange double-bill.
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Find events near youIt is the latest in the long-running Villainous line, and it doubles as a standalone box. Two players can crack it open and play head-to-head straight away with no other Villainous components, which is rare for the line and makes it a much friendlier purchase for casual fans who do not own the original. Mix it with any other Disney Villainous box and you can scale up to four players. UK price comes in at £19.99 according to Ravensburger's trade announcement, with Hans the schemer-prince and Ernesto the spotlight-stealing musician each getting their own board.
The series, originally designed by prolific licensed-game studio Prospero Hall, has shifted millions of units since launching in 2018 and remains one of Ravensburger's strongest hobby lines. Ernesto's likely angle, given his arc in Coco, is hoarding fame at any cost, while Hans is the kind of player who waits until everyone is exhausted before flipping the table.
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See how it worksSuccess at Any Cost is the second of two 2026 Villainous boxes. The other, Disney Villainous: Come, We Fly!, brings the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus to the line. If you want a Disney game night to test the new villains, find a community of Villainous players near you and rope in a few friends. A two-villain box is also a good excuse to teach the system to people who bounced off the full game.
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