- BGG rank
- BGG #3,915
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Windward
1–5 players30–90 min2020
Complexity 2.4/5
Best board games for 3 players
Find standalone games recommended for 3 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
17,791 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,916
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Star Trek: Five-Year Mission
3–7 players30–45 min2015
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,917
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Throw Throw Burrito
2–6 players15 min2019
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,918
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Bear Raid
3–6 players60 min2022
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,919
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Tantrix
1–6 players30 min1991
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,920
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Fall of the Mountain King
1–5 players60–90 min2022
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,921
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Plums
3–5 players30–40 min2015
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,923
- BGG rating
- 7.3
SILOS
2–4 players45–60 min2025
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,925
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition
1–4 players60–90 min2024
Complexity 2.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,926
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Go Cuckoo!
2–5 players10–15 min2016
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,927
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Medieval Merchant
2–6 players60–90 min1998
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,928
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Assault on Doomrock
1–4 players150 min2014
Complexity 3.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,930
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Baghdad: The City of Peace
1–4 players90–120 min2025
Complexity 3.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,932
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Pendulum
1–5 players60–90 min2020
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,933
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Santorini: New York
2–5 players15–30 min2020
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,935
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Valparaíso
2–5 players45–90 min2018
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,936
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Lightning Train
1–4 players60–120 min2025
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,937
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Pyramids
2–5 players30 min2017
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,938
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Qwirkle Cubes
2–4 players45 min2009
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,939
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Martian Dice
2–99 players10 min2011
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,940
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Axis & Allies: D-Day
2–3 players120 min2004
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,941
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Thief's Market
3–5 players30–50 min2016
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,942
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Dead by Daylight: The Board Game
3–5 players30–60 min2023
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,944
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Billabong
2–4 players30 min1992
Complexity 1.9/5
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