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 #8,575
BGG rating: 7.6

Blue Cross, White Ensign

1–4 players
240–360 min
Complexity 3.6/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,577
BGG rating: 7.1

Kids Chronicles: The Old Oak Prophecy

1–4 players
30–45 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,582
BGG rating: 7.2

Witchdom

1–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #8,584
BGG rating: 7.1

Ubongo!: 3-D Family

1–4 players
25 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,585
BGG rating: 6.8

Spukstaben

1–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,592
BGG rating: 6.6

Istanbul: Choose & Write

1–5 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,604
BGG rating: 7.2

Bloody April, 1917: Air War Over Arras, France

1–2 players
120 min
Complexity 4.1/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #8,610
BGG rating: 7.3

Soul Raiders

1–4 players
120–240 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,612
BGG rating: 7.7

The Walking Dead: Here's Negan – The Board Game

1–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,625
BGG rating: 6.7

Fantasy Defense

1–2 players
15 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #8,626
BGG rating: 7.3

KAPOW! Volume 1

1–4 players
20–60 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,627
BGG rating: 6.8

Unsolved Case Files: Harmony Ashcroft

1–8 players
30–120 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,628
BGG rating: 7.2

Gringo!: The Mexican War 1846-48

1–6 players
180 min
Complexity 3.4/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #8,630
BGG rating: 6.0

Mint Cooperative

1–4 players
15–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,633
BGG rating: 6.8

Aetherya

1–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,636
BGG rating: 6.6

Knapp Daneben!

1–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,642
BGG rating: 7.5

Warhammer Quest: Darkwater

1–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #8,644
BGG rating: 6.5

Diáspora

1–24 players
5–600 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,650
BGG rating: 7.0

Wizard's Academy

1–6 players
90–180 min
Complexity 3.4/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #8,655
BGG rating: 7.2

Highway to the Reich: Operation Market-Garden 17-26 September 1944

1–5 players
360–720 min
Complexity 4.3/5
1977

BGG rank: BGG #8,659
BGG rating: 7.3

Adventure Games: Expedition Azcana

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,660
BGG rating: 8.0

Moscow '41

1–2 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #8,662
BGG rating: 7.3

Sports Illustrated Baseball

1–2 players
45 min
Complexity 2.0/5
1972

BGG rank: BGG #8,663
BGG rating: 7.3

Roll n Cook

1–99 players
15–45 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2020

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