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.

5,127 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #18,753
BGG rating: 7.4

Night Fight: Solitaire East Front Tactics

1 player2015

Complexity 3.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,755
BGG rating: 7.8

Agents of Adventure

1 player10–30 min2022

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,757
BGG rating: 8.0

The Walking Deck

1 player10–30 min2024

Complexity 1.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,779
BGG rating: 7.5

Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett

1–4 players60–120 min2025

Complexity 2.8/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,792
BGG rating: 6.8

Nascard

1–6 players30–45 min2026

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,815
BGG rating: 7.2

Sherlock Holmes: The Shadow of Jack the Ripper

1 player2018

Complexity 1.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,819
BGG rating: 7.7

Mixtapes

1–4 players30–60 min2022

Complexity 1.9/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,822
BGG rating: 7.4

Maori: Warriors of the Long White Cloud – Clan Warfare in New Zealand

1–4 players60–90 min2022

Complexity 2.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,824
BGG rating: 7.3

The Little Land: The Battle of Novorossiysk

1–2 players60–2100 min2019

Complexity 3.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,826
BGG rating: 6.8

Space Missions

1–4 players60–90 min2024

Complexity 3.1/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,837
BGG rating: 8.0

Marching Order

1–4 players15–300 min2021

BGG rank: BGG #18,838
BGG rating: 7.7

Centrifugal Offensive: The Japanese Campaign in the Pacific, 1941-42

1–2 players2020

Complexity 3.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,849
BGG rating: 7.5

Time Travel Baseball

1–2 players30 min1979

Complexity 1.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,850
BGG rating: 6.1

Sherlock

1–5 players15 min2011

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,852
BGG rating: 7.3

Purple Haze: Tunnel Rats

1–3 players90–270 min2024

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,854
BGG rating: 7.4

Hunt a Killer: Blair Witch

1–99 players30–180 min2021

BGG rank: BGG #18,855
BGG rating: 7.0

Pro Football Fantasm

1–56 players120–240 min1990

Complexity 4.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,870
BGG rating: 8.0

Rio 1808

1–4 players60–120 min2023

Complexity 3.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,873
BGG rating: 6.5

Hunt A Killer: R.I.P. at the Rodeo

1–6 players30–180 min2023

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,896
BGG rating: 7.2

Rokumon

1–2 players5–30 min2020

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,902
BGG rating: 7.1

War for America: The American Revolution, 1775-1782

1–2 players480–1200 min2022

Complexity 3.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,907
BGG rating: 8.2

Elden Ring: Stormveil Castle

1–4 players90–120 min2025

Complexity 4.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,908
BGG rating: 7.1

Green Berets: Vietnam

1 player2015

Complexity 2.1/5

BGG rank: BGG #18,915
BGG rating: 7.0

Cational Meographic

1–4 players10–30 min2025

Complexity 1.7/5

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