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 #12,157
BGG rating: 6.8

Hell's Gate

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #12,158
BGG rating: 7.1

Decision At Kasserine: Rommel's Last Chance

1–2 players
300 min
Complexity 2.9/5
1983

BGG rank: BGG #12,160
BGG rating: 7.7

Warfighter: The Private Military Contractor Card Game

1–6 players
30–90 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #12,162
BGG rating: 6.5

Finding Atlantis

1–4 players
40–100 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,163
BGG rating: 6.5

Envelopes of Cash

1–4 players
60–150 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,164
BGG rating: 8.1

Barbaric: After the Apocalypse

1–6 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,166
BGG rating: 6.3

Deckscape: Tokyo Blackout

1–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,170
BGG rating: 7.9

Twittens

1–4 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,172
BGG rating: 6.6

Save Patient Zero

1–7 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,187
BGG rating: 7.1

GD '41

1–2 players
60–2400 min
Complexity 3.4/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #12,188
BGG rating: 7.3

The Key: Escape from Strongwall Prison

1–4 players
45 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,192
BGG rating: 7.1

Kido Butai: Japan's Carriers at Midway

1 player
30–90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #12,199
BGG rating: 7.8

Darksiders: The Forbidden Land

1–5 players
90–180 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,207
BGG rating: 6.3

Chronicles of Light: Darkness Falls – Disney Edition

1–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,209
BGG rating: 8.0

Empire Builder: Europe

1–6 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,211
BGG rating: 7.7

Dűlőre jutunk

1–4 players
30–40 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,225
BGG rating: 6.6

Island Of D 2: The Shadow of Dawn

1 player
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #12,251
BGG rating: 7.6

Holiday Hijinks #6: The Groundhog Gambit

1–4 players
120 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,257
BGG rating: 7.6

Rogue Dungeon

1 player
30–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,258
BGG rating: 7.5

Rogue State

1 player
30–120 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #12,259
BGG rating: 8.2

Hidden Games Tatort: Tödliche Überfahrt

1–6 players
120–180 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,270
BGG rating: 8.8

Long Range Recon Patrol: A Solitaire Wargame

1 player
10–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,284
BGG rating: 6.2

Sword Art Online Board Game: Sword of Fellows

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #12,289
BGG rating: 7.4

ChronoCops: Jules Vernes Parallelwelt-Paradoxon

1–6 players
90–150 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2023

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