- BGG rank
- BGG #3,741
- BGG rating
- 7.4
W1815
- 2 players
- 15–20 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2015
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.
19,298 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,743
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Shadows in Kyoto
- 2 players
- 15–30 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,745
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Awkward Guests 2: The Berwick Cases
- 2 players
- 30–40 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,746
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Warhammer 40,000 (Third Edition)
- 2–6 players
- 30–120 min
- Complexity 3.5/5
- 1998
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,747
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Gazebo
- 2–4 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,749
- BGG rating
- 7.8
De Vulgari Eloquentia: Deluxe Edition
- 2–5 players
- 90–120 min
- Complexity 3.7/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,751
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Unlock!: Secret Adventures – Tombstone Express
- 1–6 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,753
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Cosmogenesis
- 2–4 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.6/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,754
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Fight for Olympus
- 2 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,755
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Block and Key
- 1–4 players
- 20–40 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,756
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Pax Romana
- 1–4 players
- 600 min
- Complexity 3.7/5
- 2006
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,757
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Red Winter: The Soviet Attack at Tolvajärvi, Finland – 8-12 December 1939
- 2 players
- 20–720 min
- Complexity 3.0/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,758
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Ghost Blitz: 5 to 12
- 2–8 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,760
- BGG rating
- 6.8
City of Remnants
- 2–4 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 3.1/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,761
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Fountains
- 1–5 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,762
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Gheos
- 2–4 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.5/5
- 2006
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,763
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Luna Maris
- 1–4 players
- 30–120 min
- Complexity 3.5/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,764
- BGG rating
- 6.5
1st & Goal
- 2–4 players
- 120–150 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2011
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,767
- BGG rating
- 7.3
The Lost Code
- 2–4 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,768
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Archer: Once You Go Blackmail...
- 2–4 players
- 20–30 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,769
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Forest Shuffle: Smoky Mountains
- 2–5 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2026
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,770
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Through Ice & Snow
- 1–4 players
- 45–90 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,771
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Advanced Heroquest
- 1–5 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 1989
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,773
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Santa Cruz
- 2–4 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2012
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