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.

5,126 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #14,403
BGG rating: 6.2

Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy Roll And Write

1–99 players
25–35 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #14,413
BGG rating: 7.7

The Devil's to Pay!: The First Day at Gettysburg

1–2 players
120–240 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #14,424
BGG rating: 7.0

Warhammer Quest: Lost Relics

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #14,435
BGG rating: 8.0

Spring and Autumn: Story of China

1–5 players
120–180 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #14,436
BGG rating: 6.6

The Last King of Scotland: The Uganda-Tanzania War 1978-1979

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #14,445
BGG rating: 8.3

Highlight Maker Hoops

1–2 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #14,446
BGG rating: 6.4

Verdant Arizona

1–2 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #14,455
BGG rating: 7.0

Pathogenesis (Second Edition)

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #14,475
BGG rating: 6.3

Connecting Flights

1–5 players
60–150 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #14,485
BGG rating: 7.9

Ambush Alley! A Game of Modern Urban Combat

1–2 players
60 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2007

BGG rank: BGG #14,488
BGG rating: 7.8

Paper 'Mech

1 player
20–40 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #14,491
BGG rating: 6.2

The Ninth World: A Skillbuilding Game for Numenera

1–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #14,496
BGG rating: 8.8

Season Ticket Baseball

1–2 players
20–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #14,498
BGG rating: 7.6

Magic Realm Light 30

1 player
30–45 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #14,500
BGG rating: 8.1

Defending America: Intercepting the Amerika Bombers, 1947-48

1 player
90–120 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #14,505
BGG rating: 7.3

Menagerie: Unlock the Wonders of a Miniature World

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #14,508
BGG rating: 7.4

Masters of Crime: Mosquito

1–6 players
150–210 min
2024

BGG rank: BGG #14,509
BGG rating: 6.6

Dwarf

1–3 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #14,511
BGG rating: 8.1

D100 Space

1 player
5–90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #14,522
BGG rating: 6.6

Unlock!: Star Wars – Geheime Mission auf Jedha

1–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #14,539
BGG rating: 7.1

All Things Zombie

1–2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #14,545
BGG rating: 7.0

PLUxINUS

1–8 players
20–30 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #14,549
BGG rating: 6.6

I Am the Fourth Wall

1–7 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #14,550
BGG rating: 5.8

Tales & Games: Little Red Riding Hood

1–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2015

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