- BGG rank
- BGG #3,202
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Behind
- 1–99 players
- 45–90 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 2024
Best board games for 2 players
Find standalone games recommended for 2 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
19,292 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,205
- BGG rating
- 6.6
The Builders: Antiquity
- 2–4 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,207
- BGG rating
- 8.0
Above and Below: Haunted
- 2–4 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 2.8/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,208
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Suna Valo
- 1–2 players
- 45–90 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,209
- BGG rating
- 6.9
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Deck-Building Game
- 2–5 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,211
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Resafa
- 1–4 players
- 60–150 min
- Complexity 3.6/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,212
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Ankh'or
- 2–4 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,213
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Poseidon
- 2–5 players
- 90–120 min
- Complexity 3.5/5
- 2010
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,214
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Tikal II: The Lost Temple
- 2–4 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 2.6/5
- 2010
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,217
- BGG rating
- 7.0
First Train to Nuremberg
- 2–4 players
- 45–120 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2010
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,218
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Shear Panic
- 2–4 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2005
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,219
- BGG rating
- 7.8
The Guns of Gettysburg
- 2–4 players
- 180 min
- Complexity 3.7/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,220
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Heroes of Tenefyr
- 1–4 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,221
- BGG rating
- 7.9
The British Way: Counterinsurgency at the End of Empire
- 2 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 3.1/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,223
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Cardline: Animals
- 2–8 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,224
- BGG rating
- 7.7
The Great Battles of Alexander: Deluxe Edition
- 1–4 players
- 240 min
- Complexity 3.6/5
- 1995
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,225
- BGG rating
- 7.3
The Age of Atlantis
- 1–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 3.4/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,227
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Tetrarchia
- 1–5 players
- 20–40 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,228
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Dark Ages: Holy Roman Empire
- 1–4 players
- 120–180 min
- Complexity 3.5/5
- 2021
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,229
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Okiya
- 2 players
- 10 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,230
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Marvel Dice Throne: Black Widow v. Doctor Strange
- 2 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,231
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Silver Bullet
- 2–4 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,232
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Puzzle Strike
- 2–4 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2010
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,233
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Tannhäuser
- 2–10 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 2007
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