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 #12,779
BGG rating: 6.6

Orcs Must Die! The Board Game: Unchained Edition

1–4 players
60–150 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #12,783
BGG rating: 7.1

Crisis: 1914

1–5 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,785
BGG rating: 6.4

TIME Stories Revolution: Damien 1958 NT

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #12,787
BGG rating: 6.2

The Conquerors: Alexander the Great

1–2 players
240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2006

BGG rank: BGG #12,788
BGG rating: 6.8

echoes: Das Orakel

1–4 players
40–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,793
BGG rating: 6.7

Deadlines

1–10 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #12,794
BGG rating: 7.4

Masters of Crime: Rapture

1–6 players
150–210 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #12,796
BGG rating: 6.4

Wolfpack: Submarine Warfare in the North Atlantic, 1942-44

1 player
120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
1974

BGG rank: BGG #12,801
BGG rating: 7.3

Inspector Moss: House Arrest

1 player
30 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #12,802
BGG rating: 7.3

Julian: Triumph Before the Storm

1–2 players
240 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #12,807
BGG rating: 8.0

Purgatorio: Men of Iron Volume VI

1–2 players
60–240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #12,808
BGG rating: 8.1

The Great Race 2

1–8 players
60 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,811
BGG rating: 7.0

One Page War

1–10 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,819
BGG rating: 7.1

Dungeon Rummy

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,829
BGG rating: 8.0

Tinian: The Forgotten Battle

1–2 players
120–900 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #12,836
BGG rating: 6.9

Royale: Party at Louis'

1–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #12,841
BGG rating: 7.4

Circle of Fire: The Siege of Cholm, 1942

1–2 players
180–240 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #12,843
BGG rating: 8.1

Handy Brawl

1 player
5–20 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #12,849
BGG rating: 6.5

Platformer

1–4 players
60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #12,854
BGG rating: 6.9

Kingdom of Dice

1–4 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #12,858
BGG rating: 6.5

Ghostbusters: The Board Game II

1–4 players
30–120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #12,859
BGG rating: 6.8

Wagram: The Peace of Vienna, 5-6 July 1809

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.1/5
1975

BGG rank: BGG #12,873
BGG rating: 7.4

Danube 20: The Battles of Aspern-Essling & Wagram 1809

1–2 players
60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #12,878
BGG rating: 6.7

Adventure of D

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2010

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