Best solo board games

Find standalone games recommended for 1 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.

5,118 games

Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.

BGG rank: BGG #9,302
BGG rating: 7.6

Zeppelin Raider: Imperial German Naval Airships

1 player
90–300 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #9,304
BGG rating: 7.6

Camping Season

1–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,305
BGG rating: 8.2

Napoleon's Wheel: Danube Campaign – Part 1

1–4 players
60 min
Complexity 3.6/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #9,334
BGG rating: 7.4

DerrocAr: The Week of Five Presidents

1–5 players
30–75 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #9,339
BGG rating: 7.9

Task Force: Carrier Battles in the Pacific

1–2 players
30–300 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #9,347
BGG rating: 6.6

Count of the Nine Estates

1 player
30 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #9,354
BGG rating: 6.6

Wodny szlak

1–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #9,355
BGG rating: 8.0

La Patrie en Danger 1814: The Campaign in France, Part I

1–3 players
120 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #9,357
BGG rating: 8.1

Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars

1–4 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #9,367
BGG rating: 6.3

Clue: Treachery at Tudor Mansion

1–6 players
90 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #9,368
BGG rating: 8.7

Tomb Raider: The Crypt of Chronos

1 player
20–180 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #9,380
BGG rating: 7.1

ChronoCops: Einstein's Relativity Crisis

1–6 players
90–120 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #9,387
BGG rating: 8.1

Operation Theseus: Gazala 1942

1–2 players
60–600 min
Complexity 3.8/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #9,388
BGG rating: 7.7

Citytrip Brugge

1–6 players
20–45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #9,392
BGG rating: 6.8

National Economy

1–4 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #9,397
BGG rating: 7.9

Behind: Purple

1–4 players
30–90 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,398
BGG rating: 8.3

Hungarian Rhapsody: The Eastern Front in Hungary

1–2 players
240 min
Complexity 4.4/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #9,407
BGG rating: 7.5

The Great Crisis of Frederick II

1–2 players
120–480 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #9,409
BGG rating: 7.5

Suspects: Adele and Neville, Investigative Reporters

1–6 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #9,415
BGG rating: 6.6

Citadel of Blood

1–6 players
120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
1980

BGG rank: BGG #9,428
BGG rating: 6.8

Iron and Oak

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #9,431
BGG rating: 7.1

Galactic Era

1–6 players
180 min
Complexity 3.8/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #9,441
BGG rating: 7.9

Spire's End: Rangitaki

1 player
30–90 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,442
BGG rating: 6.7

Blorg in the Midwest

1 player
10–20 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2018

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