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.

5,132 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #24,602
BGG rating: 6.0

Eastwall: Battles for the Dnepr, September 1943 - February 1944

1–2 players360 min1997

Complexity 3.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,608
BGG rating: 6.1

AdvanceQuest: Among I, The Fungi

1 player30 min2021

Complexity 1.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,610
BGG rating: 6.1

Mio: Brädspelet

1–5 players45–60 min2021

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,627
BGG rating: 5.9

Banda

1–2 players10 min1973

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,630
BGG rating: 7.1

Sidekick Saga

1–4 players60–90 min2019

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,635
BGG rating: 6.2

DubbelYatzy

1–6 players15 min2013

Complexity 1.9/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,638
BGG rating: 6.2

Shiloh: Bloody April, 1862

1–2 players180 min2010

Complexity 2.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,643
BGG rating: 6.2

Ophiuchus: The Thirteenth Constellation

1–4 players30–60 min2015

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,671
BGG rating: 6.4

Escape Quest: Alone in Salem

1 player180 min2019

BGG rank: BGG #24,678
BGG rating: 5.8

Fleet 1715

1–5 players45 min2006

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,688
BGG rating: 5.9

If I'm Going Down...

1–2 players30 min2012

Complexity 1.4/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,696
BGG rating: 5.6

Crime Scene: London 1892

1–4 players120–240 min2021

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,699
BGG rating: 5.6

Stowaway 52

1–5 players15 min2015

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,700
BGG rating: 5.6

When Darkness Comes

1–6 players90 min2002

Complexity 2.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,701
BGG rating: 7.2

Dark Omen

1–4 players120–720 min2026

Complexity 3.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,703
BGG rating: 5.9

Kameleo

1–2 players2019

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,707
BGG rating: 6.3

Chopper Pilot Vietnam

1–2 players30–120 min2026

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,709
BGG rating: 6.5

A Crowning Glory: Austerlitz 1805

1–2 players240 min2022

Complexity 2.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,714
BGG rating: 6.4

2070

1–4 players45–50 min2022

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,730
BGG rating: 5.8

My First BrainBox

1–8 players10 min2008

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,739
BGG rating: 6.0

Mint-Tin Monster Mash-Up

1–2 players15–20 min2025

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,772
BGG rating: 5.9

Pipe Work

1–4 players20 min2016

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,779
BGG rating: 5.8

Micro Midgard

1–2 players15–30 min2024

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #24,803
BGG rating: 5.8

Army of Darkness

1–8 players120 min1993

Complexity 1.4/5

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