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 #13,089
BGG rating: 8.2

This War of Mine: The Board Game – Second Edition

1–6 players
120 min
Complexity 3.7/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #13,092
BGG rating: 7.5

Exoworld Survival

1–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,095
BGG rating: 6.2

Leapfrog

1–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #13,098
BGG rating: 6.5

Professor Charlie's world tour

1–6 players
180–240 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #13,101
BGG rating: 7.2

Legends of Novus

1–5 players
45–90 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,108
BGG rating: 7.5

Stonewall Uprising

1–2 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,113
BGG rating: 7.3

Fantastic Trails

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #13,114
BGG rating: 7.8

Irish Freedom

1 player
60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,117
BGG rating: 7.3

Russian Civil War 1918-1922 (Second Edition)

1–6 players
240 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #13,122
BGG rating: 7.2

Cartaventuras

1–8 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #13,124
BGG rating: 6.3

Five Nights at Freddy's: Survive 'Til 6AM

1–2 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #13,130
BGG rating: 6.2

Encounters: Shadowrun

1–8 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #13,134
BGG rating: 7.2

Escape Room: The Game – Puzzle Adventures: Mission Mayday

1–2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,137
BGG rating: 7.2

Queen of Spies

1 player
20–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #13,147
BGG rating: 6.3

Movie Night

1–10 players
5 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #13,149
BGG rating: 6.9

Kaikoro

1–99 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,151
BGG rating: 6.8

Golfie

1–8 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,162
BGG rating: 7.7

Firesiege: A Feralis Story

1–4 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #13,172
BGG rating: 7.2

Endure the Stars 1.5

1–6 players
30–240 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,174
BGG rating: 7.5

The Ghosts Betwixt

1–4 players
90–180 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #13,175
BGG rating: 7.1

Utopia Engine: Beast Hunter

1 player
30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #13,179
BGG rating: 7.8

DC Super Heroes United

1–5 players
30 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2027

BGG rank: BGG #13,183
BGG rating: 6.8

Antietam: Burnished Rows of Steel

1–2 players
240 min
Complexity 2.3/5
1993

BGG rank: BGG #13,186
BGG rating: 7.3

Quest Calendar: The Voidspark Chronicles

1 player
1–3 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2022

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