The 21 Best Solo Board Games of All Time

Some are made for one seat at the table; others just happen to shine when nobody else shows up. Campaign epics, tight puzzles and clever bots all fight for the shelf.

1. 1
   Gloomhaven

   A huge campaign dungeon crawler of card-driven tactical combat that plays well alone.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Scythe

   An alternate-history 1920s area-control game with a well-regarded Automa solo opponent.
   952pts
3. 3
   Spirit Island

   A cooperative game where nature spirits repel colonizing invaders, with a beloved solo mode.
   898pts
4. 4
   Arkham Horror: The Card Game

   A Lovecraftian cooperative living card game with deep story campaigns made for solo play.
   800pts
5. 5
   Final Girl

   A solo-first horror-movie game where you survive a slasher villain across the night.
   734pts
6. 6
   Under Falling Skies

   A tense solo-friendly dice-placement game about defending Earth from an alien mothership.
   659pts
7. 7
   Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island

   A punishing cooperative survival game that shines as a solo scenario challenge.
   571pts
8. 8
   Ark Nova

   A zoo-building engine builder with a strong automa opponent for solo players.
   571pts
9. 9
   Root

   An asymmetric woodland war game whose bot-driven solo modes let you take on the Marquise or Eyrie.
   571pts
10. 10
    Voidfall

    A big-box space-empire builder from Mindclash with a strong solo mode.
    571pts
11. 11
    Marvel Champions: The Card Game

    A cooperative living card game where you play Marvel heroes against iconic villains.
    467pts
12. 12
    Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion

    The streamlined, beginner-friendly Gloomhaven spin-off with a short, tight solo campaign.
    467pts
13. 13
    Sleeping Gods

    A storybook campaign of sailing uncharted seas to find your way home, made for solo exploration.
    467pts
14. 14
    Journeys in Middle-earth

    A Tolkien-themed app-driven cooperative campaign well suited to solo adventuring.
    467pts
15. 15
    Nemesis

    A sci-fi survival horror game of escaping an alien-infested ship, with a dedicated solo mode.
    343pts
16. 16
    Terraforming Mars

    A heavy-hitting engine builder about making Mars habitable, with a solo race against the clock.
    343pts
17. 17
    Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood

    A cinematic campaign of boss-hunting in a cursed forest that scales down to solo.
    343pts
18. 18
    Pandemic

    The classic cooperative disease-fighting game, easily played solo with multiple roles.
    343pts
19. 19
    Wingspan

    A relaxing bird-collecting engine builder with an automa solo mode.
    0pts
20. 20
    Hostage Negotiator

    A solo-first dice game of talking down a criminal holding hostages.
    0pts
21. 21
    Mage Knight

    A sprawling fantasy adventure and deck-builder whose solo mode is a long-standing favorite.
    0pts

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