- BGG rank
- BGG #20,895
- BGG rating
- 5.7
ONO 99
2–8 players1980
Complexity 1.2/5
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.
19,345 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,896
- BGG rating
- 7.2
À la charge: Normands et Byzantins
2 players2009
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,898
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Sticks and Stones: Platoon-level Combat in World War IV
2 players45–120 min2015
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,900
- BGG rating
- 6.0
LOKA: A Game of Elemental Strategy
2–4 players30 min2013
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,902
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Pentos
2–5 players30 min2013
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,903
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Something Wild! Toy Story
2–4 players15 min2020
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,906
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Royalists & Roundheads III
2 players60 min1993
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,907
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Omega Virus: Prologue
2 players10–20 min2021
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,908
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Forceball
2 players30 min2006
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,911
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Borodino '41
2 players300 min1995
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,913
- BGG rating
- 6.1
The Seals of Cthulhu
2 players15–20 min2019
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,914
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Chaos in the Kids' Room
2–6 players10 min2006
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,917
- BGG rating
- 6.2
The Horse Soldiers: Forrest at Bay
2 players120 min1988
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,918
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Red Light Green Light: A Press Your Luck Racing Game
2–4 players15 min2019
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,922
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Etariya: Septachroma
2 players10–20 min2022
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,924
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Demonslayer: Siege of Mt. Kunlun
1–4 players120 min2014
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,925
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Schwarze Löcher
2 players15 min2009
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,926
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Cocoons
2–4 players20 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,927
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Sonic the Hedgehog: Crash Course
2–4 players30–45 min2018
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,929
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Petris
2–3 players10–15 min2021
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,930
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Tridom
2–6 players60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,931
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Nasi Lemak: The Game
2–5 players15–30 min2023
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,932
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Wave of Terror
2 players360 min1997
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #20,933
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Crusader: Battle for Tobruk, November 1941
2 players180 min1976
Complexity 2.2/5
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