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.

5,125 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #13,591
BGG rating: 6.1

DeathMaze: Heroic Adventure in the Corridors of Doom

1–6 players
90–180 min
Complexity 1.7/5
1979

BGG rank: BGG #13,597
BGG rating: 6.2

Linkto Food

1–10 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #13,602
BGG rating: 5.8

Eight Epics

1–8 players
30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #13,604
BGG rating: 8.4

Four Lost Battles (2nd Edition): Quadrigame of the Dresden Campaign

1–4 players
120–240 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,624
BGG rating: 7.2

Pencils & Powers

1–8 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #13,626
BGG rating: 8.1

Sellswords & Spellslingers

1–6 players
30–120 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #13,629
BGG rating: 7.2

Ravage: Dungeons of Plunder

1–5 players
30–90 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #13,637
BGG rating: 7.1

Traveller Customizable Card Game: Two Player Starter Set

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #13,639
BGG rating: 6.3

Unlock!: The Ghost Stone

1–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #13,646
BGG rating: 6.9

Basketball Highlights: Crunch Time

1–2 players
20–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,647
BGG rating: 7.9

Third Crusade

1–4 players
120–180 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #13,655
BGG rating: 6.8

The Frozen Passage

1–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #13,657
BGG rating: 6.6

Archers of Nand

1–2 players
10–20 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #13,661
BGG rating: 6.8

Horticulture

1–10 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,665
BGG rating: 8.2

Battles of the English Civil War: A Solitaire Wargame

1 player
20–50 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,667
BGG rating: 6.3

Escape of the Dead Minigame

1 player
15 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #13,673
BGG rating: 8.0

Waterloo 1815: la última batalla de Napoleón

1–8 players
120–180 min
Complexity 4.1/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #13,676
BGG rating: 6.2

Pocket Detective: Die Bombe tickt

1–6 players
45–60 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #13,682
BGG rating: 6.3

Battle Card: Market Garden

1 player
3–5 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,683
BGG rating: 6.5

Cowboy Bebop: Boardgame Boogie

1–4 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,685
BGG rating: 6.8

Clue: Robbery at the Museum

1–6 players
90 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #13,686
BGG rating: 6.2

Endogenesis

1–5 players
45–120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #13,687
BGG rating: 8.4

Cozy Oaks

1–2 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #13,693
BGG rating: 8.5

The Fields of Normandy 2: A Solitaire Wargame

1 player
45–75 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

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