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.

5,124 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #11,996
BGG rating: 7.9

Ricochet: Le Profil de l'Homme Sans Visage

1–10 players
10 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,003
BGG rating: 8.1

The Last Command

1–2 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,008
BGG rating: 7.1

Pacific War 1942: Solitaire

1 player
30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,015
BGG rating: 6.8

The Phantom: The Card Game

1–2 players
20–45 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,027
BGG rating: 6.7

Britain Stands Alone

1–2 players
360 min
Complexity 3.2/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #12,031
BGG rating: 6.8

Cold Case: A Pinch of Murder

1–4 players
60–120 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,037
BGG rating: 6.9

Dark Tomb: The Ice Chasers

1–5 players
20–50 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,040
BGG rating: 8.2

Brothers at War: 1862

1–2 players
60–240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,058
BGG rating: 7.2

Dice Commandos

1 player
20–40 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,067
BGG rating: 7.6

Nexum Galaxy

1–4 players
25–55 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,069
BGG rating: 9.4

Bôken

1–2 players
900–1800 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,080
BGG rating: 6.8

Vortex

1–6 players
15–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #12,088
BGG rating: 8.1

Warfighter: The WWII Mediterranean Combat Card Game

1–6 players
30–180 min
Complexity 3.2/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,102
BGG rating: 6.4

Little Circuses

1–7 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #12,110
BGG rating: 6.7

Crime Zoom: A Deadly Writer

1–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,113
BGG rating: 6.7

Movie Empire

1–4 players
45–120 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,121
BGG rating: 7.1

Boudicca: The Warrior Queen

1–2 players
180 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #12,123
BGG rating: 8.2

Danger Forward: The Battle of Gela, July 1943

1–2 players
Complexity 4.0/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,127
BGG rating: 7.6

The First Jihad: The Rise of Islam 632-750

1 player
30–120 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,137
BGG rating: 6.4

Count of Nine

1 player
5–20 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #12,152
BGG rating: 7.0

The Smurfs: Hidden Village

1–5 players
25–35 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,153
BGG rating: 7.2

Fury at Midway

1–2 players
90–120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,154
BGG rating: 7.1

Guilty: Monaco 1955

1–99 players
180–240 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,156
BGG rating: 6.4

Aloha Pioha

1–4 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2016

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