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.

5,113 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #5,786
BGG rating: 7.3

Tokyo Express: The Guadalcanal Naval Campaign – 1942

1–2 players
60–360 min
Complexity 4.0/5
1988

BGG rank: BGG #5,787
BGG rating: 6.6

Unlock!: Supernatural Adventures

1–6 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #5,789
BGG rating: 8.4

Dawn of Madness

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 3.9/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #5,796
BGG rating: 6.7

Squire for Hire

1–2 players
15–25 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #5,800
BGG rating: 6.7

Mass Effect: The Board Game – Priority: Hagalaz

1–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #5,802
BGG rating: 7.6

Stonewall's Last Battle: The Chancellorsville Campaign

1–2 players
180 min
Complexity 3.2/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #5,806
BGG rating: 6.7

A Thief's Fortune

1–4 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #5,809
BGG rating: 6.2

Knister

1–12 players
15 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2007

BGG rank: BGG #5,818
BGG rating: 8.0

Valor & Villainy: Lludwik's Labyrinth

1–6 players
90–150 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #5,821
BGG rating: 7.8

Enemy Coast Ahead: Operation Chastise – The Dambuster Raid

1–3 players
Complexity 3.2/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #5,827
BGG rating: 6.9

Apothebakery: The Culinary Alchemists

1–4 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #5,830
BGG rating: 6.9

The Ming Voyages

1–2 players
30 min
Complexity 2.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #5,842
BGG rating: 7.4

EXIT: The Game – Adventures on Catan

1–4 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #5,850
BGG rating: 6.6

Pocket Detective

1–6 players
45–60 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #5,853
BGG rating: 6.2

Cartaventura: Vinland

1–6 players
45 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #5,862
BGG rating: 6.6

Micro City (Second Edition)

1–2 players
10–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #5,864
BGG rating: 7.2

Era of Kingdoms

1–4 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #5,865
BGG rating: 6.7

Eternitium

1–5 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #5,867
BGG rating: 6.5

Unlock!: Short Adventures – Secret Recipes of Yore

1–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #5,870
BGG rating: 6.8

Mining Colony

1–4 players
40 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #5,874
BGG rating: 7.3

Machina Arcana

1–4 players
150 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #5,876
BGG rating: 7.2

Tramways Engineer's Workbook

1–2 players
10–30 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #5,879
BGG rating: 7.4

Carthage: The First Punic War – The Ancient World, Vol. II

1–2 players
1800 min
Complexity 4.0/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #5,881
BGG rating: 7.5

Star Saga

1–5 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2017

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