- BGG rank
- BGG #8,692
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Cowboys: The Way of the Gun
2–10 players60 min2007
Complexity 1.6/5
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.
17,806 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,693
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Wolfenstein: The Board Game
1–4 players60–90 min2022
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,694
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Incorporated
2–4 players80–180 min2016
Complexity 4.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,695
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Free Radicals
2–5 players45–90 min2022
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,701
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Rise to Power
2–6 players30–45 min2014
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,702
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Metropolis
2–5 players90 min1984
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,703
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Pappy Winchester
3–5 players40 min2019
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,704
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Ecosfera
1–4 players40–80 min2024
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,705
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Chachapoya
2–4 players30–45 min2019
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,706
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Ghostbusters: Protect the Barrier Game
2–4 players30 min2016
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,707
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Guns & Steel: Renaissance
2–4 players40–70 min2016
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,710
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Islet
1–4 players20–40 min2023
Complexity 1.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,711
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Cutthroat Caverns: Anniversary Edition
3–6 players30–90 min2019
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,712
- BGG rating
- 6.5
tummple!
2–10 players20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,715
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Escape from the Asylum
1–6 players60 min2019
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,716
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Kids Chronicles: The Old Oak Prophecy
1–4 players30–45 min2023
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,720
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Taverna
2–5 players60–90 min2015
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,721
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Mycelium: A Mushling Game
2–4 players60–105 min2023
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,722
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Dropzone Commander: Core Rulebook
2–4 players120 min2012
Complexity 3.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,725
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Nouvelle-France
2–4 players45–60 min2021
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,726
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Ninja Master
2–5 players15 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,728
- BGG rating
- 6.6
The Masters' Trials: Wrath of Magmaroth
1–4 players60–90 min2017
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,731
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Walhalla
3–4 players60 min2006
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,732
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Dark Seas
2–4 players45 min2015
Complexity 2.0/5
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