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.

5,118 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #7,115
BGG rating: 8.6

Red White & Blue Racin': Stock Car Action Game

1–2 players
45 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #7,119
BGG rating: 8.1

Mortum: Medieval Detective – The Shelter

1–6 players
180–240 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #7,124
BGG rating: 7.6

For One: Kniffel

1 player
20 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #7,125
BGG rating: 6.9

Air Superiority

1–6 players
60–240 min
Complexity 3.9/5
1987

BGG rank: BGG #7,126
BGG rating: 7.1

Squaring Circleville

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #7,129
BGG rating: 7.1

Statis Pro Basketball

1–2 players
90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
1972

BGG rank: BGG #7,131
BGG rating: 7.0

Star Trek: The Adventure Game

1–2 players
120 min
Complexity 2.2/5
1985

BGG rank: BGG #7,133
BGG rating: 7.3

Carcassonne Labyrinth

1–4 players
30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #7,134
BGG rating: 7.8

Lost Battles: Forty Battles & Campaigns of the Ancient World

1–4 players
140 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #7,138
BGG rating: 6.7

Bowling Solitaire

1 player
30 min
Complexity 1.5/5
1969

BGG rank: BGG #7,140
BGG rating: 7.7

Blitz! A World in Conflict

1–5 players
30–480 min
Complexity 3.4/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #7,145
BGG rating: 7.9

Mayor of Chicago

1 player
30 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #7,150
BGG rating: 7.2

Thunderbolt/Apache Leader

1 player
15–300 min
Complexity 2.6/5
1991

BGG rank: BGG #7,160
BGG rating: 7.9

Barbarossa: Army Group South, 1941

1–4 players
240 min
Complexity 4.2/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #7,165
BGG rating: 8.1

Deadball

1–2 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #7,174
BGG rating: 7.2

Taverns & Dragons

1–5 players
40–60 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #7,180
BGG rating: 7.5

Death Roads: All Stars

1–5 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #7,182
BGG rating: 6.9

Florence

1–5 players
40–80 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #7,189
BGG rating: 6.9

Pacific Ocean

1–3 players
10 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #7,190
BGG rating: 8.1

Snap Ships Tactics

1–4 players
30–120 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #7,191
BGG rating: 7.7

Skull Tales

1–4 players
120–180 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #7,203
BGG rating: 6.9

Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora

1 player
90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
1981

BGG rank: BGG #7,205
BGG rating: 6.8

Spellbound

1–4 players
60 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #7,208
BGG rating: 7.3

Micro Cosmos

1–4 players
40–90 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2023

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