- BGG rank
- BGG #24,997
- BGG rating
- 5.6
Waterworks
2–5 players30 min1972
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.
19,350 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #24,998
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Creepers
2 players30 min2009
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,001
- BGG rating
- 5.5
Time Management: The Time Management Game
1–4 players30 min2016
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,002
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Little Association
2–4 players10 min2012
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,004
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Adventure Time: Adventures in the Land of Ooo
1–5 players60–90 min2015
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,006
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Playoff One-On-One Hockey Challenge
2 players45 min1995
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,007
- BGG rating
- 6.0
The Island of Doctor Necreaux: Second Edition
1–4 players30–90 min2018
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,008
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Roadkill Rivals
2–6 players15–25 min2015
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,010
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Outburst: Travel Edition
2–99 players60 min1991
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,011
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Trivial Pursuit: Genus VI
2–36 players240 min2006
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,013
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Lords & Wizards
2–12 players180 min1977
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,016
- BGG rating
- 5.9
The Game of Life: Goals
2–4 players30 min2023
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,021
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Star Plus
2–6 players20 min2017
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,022
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Supernatural Socks
2–4 players15–30 min2018
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,023
- BGG rating
- 6.0
U-Boat
2–6 players30 min1959
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,025
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Tatamokatsu
2–5 players15 min2020
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,029
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Twelve Men's Morris
2 players20 min
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,032
- BGG rating
- 5.8
The Game of Real Life
2–6 players30 min1998
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,034
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Piracy
2–5 players90 min2004
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,036
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Stones River: Turning Point in Tennessee
1–2 players60 min2010
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,037
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Galactic Starfire
2 players120 min2000
Complexity 4.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,038
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Polar Smash
2–4 players15 min2016
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,039
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Sicily '43: The Beginning of the End
2–4 players240 min1981
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #25,041
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Coal Country
2–4 players45–90 min2017
Complexity 3.0/5
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