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 #8,168
BGG rating: 7.8

Bomber Boys

1 player
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,169
BGG rating: 7.7

Children of Morta: The Board Game

1–4 players
45 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,171
BGG rating: 7.6

Cantaloop: Book 3 – Against All Odds

1–2 players
360–720 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,172
BGG rating: 7.4

En Route

1–4 players
20–40 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,174
BGG rating: 6.3

Firepower

1–6 players
60 min
Complexity 3.6/5
1984

BGG rank: BGG #8,178
BGG rating: 6.9

Adventure Games: Im Nebelreich

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,179
BGG rating: 6.7

Gem Rush

1–6 players
45 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,185
BGG rating: 6.8

Cryptic Nature

1–4 players
90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #8,187
BGG rating: 6.5

7 Days of Westerplatte

1–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,188
BGG rating: 7.2

Camp Pinetop

1–5 players
60–75 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,191
BGG rating: 8.6

Panzer North Africa

1–3 players
60–180 min
Complexity 3.9/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #8,192
BGG rating: 7.5

Masters of Crime: Vendetta

1–6 players
120–240 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,194
BGG rating: 6.6

Target Earth

1–4 players
90 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #8,195
BGG rating: 7.2

AOC: Age of Champagne

1–4 players
30–120 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,206
BGG rating: 8.0

Key Enigma: Hack Forward

1–6 players
480–960 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,208
BGG rating: 7.0

Detective Charlie

1–5 players
25 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,214
BGG rating: 6.4

Age of Towers

1–4 players
45–75 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,221
BGG rating: 8.5

The Battle of Fontenoy: 11 May, 1745

1–2 players
30–360 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #8,222
BGG rating: 7.6

Stilicho: Last of the Romans

1 player
90 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,224
BGG rating: 7.4

Saigon 75

1–2 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,227
BGG rating: 6.3

Deckscape: Dracula's Castle

1–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,228
BGG rating: 6.9

18 Holes

1–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,230
BGG rating: 7.8

Aberration

1–4 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,240
BGG rating: 8.5

Five Leagues From The Borderlands: 3rd Edition

1–2 players
30–120 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2022

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