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.

5,122 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #11,005
BGG rating: 6.5

My Very First Games: Animal upon Animal

1–4 players
10 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #11,006
BGG rating: 8.3

The Silver Bayonet: A Wargame of Napoleonic Gothic Horror

1–2 players
Complexity 2.5/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #11,014
BGG rating: 7.0

Panzer Grenadier: Desert Rats

1–2 players
30–150 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #11,017
BGG rating: 6.5

Manhattan Project: War Machine

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #11,026
BGG rating: 6.5

Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber

1–4 players
12–20 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #11,028
BGG rating: 8.2

Thunder At Dawn: The Battle of Wilson's Creek (August 10, 1861)

1–2 players
240–480 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #11,029
BGG rating: 7.5

Día de Playa

1–4 players
15–20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #11,031
BGG rating: 7.6

Escape from Hades

1 player
90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #11,032
BGG rating: 7.9

Pericle: Gathering Darkness

1–4 players
60–120 min
Complexity 3.6/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #11,036
BGG rating: 8.6

Battlegroup Clash: Baltics

1–6 players
60–180 min
Complexity 3.2/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #11,038
BGG rating: 7.0

Iwo: Bloodbath in the Bonins 19 Feb – 17 Mar 1945

1–2 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #11,044
BGG rating: 6.8

Bismarck Solitaire

1 player
10–45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #11,049
BGG rating: 7.3

OT Fantasy Draft

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

BGG rank: BGG #11,051
BGG rating: 6.9

The Lion Guard: Protect the Pride Lands

1–4 players
10–15 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #11,054
BGG rating: 7.4

Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective

1–4 players
75–90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #11,059
BGG rating: 6.4

Pulp Invasion

1 player
20–40 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #11,062
BGG rating: 6.3

TowerBrix

1–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #11,070
BGG rating: 8.1

Blocks in the West

1–4 players
120 min
Complexity 3.7/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #11,071
BGG rating: 7.1

(Your Name Here) and the Argonauts

1 player
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #11,081
BGG rating: 6.5

Orcs Must Die! The Board Game: Order Edition

1–4 players
60–150 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #11,088
BGG rating: 7.7

Once Upon a Line

1–5 players
120–180 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #11,089
BGG rating: 6.7

Monster Kit

1–10 players
10 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #11,098
BGG rating: 7.2

TENTRICKS

1–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #11,102
BGG rating: 5.7

Fast Forward: FLEE

1–4 players
75–90 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2017

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