The ultimate game of resilience!
Cancer Crusher
The board game made for kids with cancer.
$39.99
Ages 6+
2–4 players
~15 minutes
+Team Mode
Meet Cancer Crusher! A therapeutic board game that helps kids navigate cancer with confidence — making treatment easier to understand, easier to talk about, and a lot more fun to get through.
Ready to play? Let's crush it!
Limit 1 game per customer during our initial launch.
How to Play
Roll. Move. Power Up and Face Battles!
Take turns rolling the die and racing along the colorful path through the human body, collecting Power Cards that help you take on the challenges ahead.
Land on a Cancer Battle and draw a card inspired by real challenges kids may face during cancer.
Have one of the Power Cards you need? Play it to win the battle and keep moving! If not, face a setback, collect more Power Cards, and keep going.
The goal? Outsmart cancer’s challenges and make it to the finish line!
Who it's for
Kids with Cancer: Built for kids navigating cancer — to help make the unfamiliar a little easier to understand, talk about, and face through play.
Their Village: For siblings, friends, parents, and loved ones who want to better understand what their Cancer Crusher is going through and be part of the journey.
Hospitals & Care Teams: A playful tool for Child Life Specialists and pediatric care teams to support learning, connection, and conversation.
When a Grown-Up Has Cancer: For parents and grandparents looking for a kid-friendly way to help the children they love understand cancer and treatment.
Designed with intention
It's not about beating cancer
Cancer Crusher is about navigating cancer’s challenges, not curing or defeating cancer. Every child can be a Cancer Crusher, no matter where they are in their journey.
Choice matters
Kids don’t get to choose much of what comes with cancer treatment. In Cancer Crusher, they get to make choices at every turn, creating moments of agency and control throughout the game.
There's more than one way forward
The board has different paths to the finish because there’s no single path through cancer. Every journey can look a little different.
Healing is more than medicine
Alongside treatments, Cancer Crusher makes space for feelings, hope, asking for help, and community support—because those are part of healing, too.
What's in the box
- Game Board
- Instruction Booklet
- 40 Power Cards
- 46 Battle Cards
- 6 Player Tokens
- 1 die
Shipping & Returns
Orders typically ship within 3-5 business days, with tracking sent by email. All sales are final, but if your game arrives damaged, defective, or incomplete, please contact us. View our Shipping & Returns Policy linked at the bottom of this page for details.
A closer look inside
Click each item to learn more.
More than a game
Cancer makes more sense
Kid-friendly language helps children understand cancer, treatment, and what they are experiencing.
Confidence gets practiced
Gameplay gives kids opportunities to make choices, solve challenges, and feel in control.
Play opens conversation
Shared play creates natural openings to ask questions, share feelings, and connect with loved ones.
More ways to crush it
Give the gift of play
Donate Cancer Crusher games and we'll place them with children's hospitals and organizations caring for kids with cancer. You give the games, we cover the shipping.
Donate a GameOrdering for a hospital or group?
Child life departments, clinics, and organizations can order Cancer Crusher at institutional pricing through our Bulk Orders page.
Visit Bulk OrdersCome play with us!
Follow @healthherogames and tag us when you play — we love seeing kids crush it.
