Top 10 Solo Only Board Games 

Thank you for actually showing the games! I am so tired of all these board gamers who basically talk straight into the camera for half an hour and only show the box art at best. Your video gave me a really good impression of the games - and some great pointers as to what to play next! Great stuff!

I have to say, I really enjoy this format. I haven’t played many of these but your production allows me a chance to see the game laid out along with some of the decision space. Appreciated, thank you.

I've been watching you for a while, and my solo games collection (or games with solo) is increasing because of it. I've recently bought "Legacy of Yu" and I'll be getting some more from this list for sure. Thanks for your hard work.

Great list and thanks for creating a list for solo games, we need more of these!

thank you so much! while we love all your solo playthroughs of bigger games, we appreciate the solo only board game coverage as these are usually smaller boxed games and better for our limited space.🥰

Loved this! I’m currently solo-crunching through Oathsworn, Earthborne Rangers and having the occasional “reset my brain” night with Fields of Arle (with the Tea & Trade expansion). My only gripe with the bigger campaign games is that I don’t have a place to leave them setup between sessions… maybe one day I’ll convince my partner that a vaulted board game table is a “solid investment” 😂

Great list as always! Halls of Hegra is the only one I haven’t checked out yet (and may have to at some point!!). Other favorites of mine are the Jason Glover solo tin games (Tin Helm, Gate, Dustrunner). All are small tin games that are surprisingly thinky and super fun. Some other button shy standouts in solo only are At the Helm, Numbsters, Ancient Realms, and Unsurmountable. Lastly some other great ones are The Lucky Seven, Puzzle Dungeon; Spire’s End, and Lock & Spell.

My favorite solo only is a game I think I have not seen in your channel. It's called "Eila and Something Shiny". It's a campaign game, 5 chapters, 30 mins - 1hour each. There are some very cool mechanisms, like "story deck building" and it's super simple. What makes the game special is the story but I do not want to spoil anything, so I will just describe the box; you are a cute bunny trying to find something shiny on the top of a mountain. The game length is also ideal even for a complete campaign video and it will probably be a campaign you will finish and finish it pretty soon!

Great list. I am broadening the list a little bit to include a few that had multi-player bolted on, sort of the opposite of how many solo modes come about. The best on my list would be Apex Theropod. It is a basic deck builder but the puzzle of each dinosaur and the reigning apex predator is exceptionally satisfying. Some dinosaurs you go right at them, some take a bit of planning. It is so good! The multi-player competitive game is fine, quite different, but just fine. The next on my list is Nemo’s War. Passing control of the Nautilus is such a weak cooperative mode, why even call it that :). The narrative aspect of the game is strong, especially as you start getting to the end game and your determination (or insanity) drives you to taking more risks, pushing your crew, sacrificing everything to accomplish your goal or die trying. You really do become Nemo of the novel. Speaking of solo game adaptations of classic science fiction, War of the Worlds from Dan Verssen Games captures the feeling of the novel perfectly. Well, the UK version :) You are at an extreme technological disadvantage, it requires cunning to keep the Martians from overrunning the British countryside. Of course, you have to play Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds while playing. As good as the UK version is, The US, France and Japan provide interesting unique puzzles of their own. Can the US mobilize fast enough to bring the war to the Martin, Japan is sheer numbers making up for a technology gap, and the French version feels like nobody wants to fight the bad guys. Robinson Crusoe tough, but so rewarding when you make any kind of progress. I am not a fan of real time games, but Proving Grounds is an exception. It would be at the lower end of the list, but quite a good solo game.

Great list with some intriguing titles I haven't had a chance to try yet. Thanks for this!

Merci pour cette excellente liste: j’irai voir les jeux que je ne connais pas. Surtout, félicitation pour la qualité des tes vidéos : c’est du travail concis qui nous donne un bon aperçu des jeux présentés. Chapeau bas👏👏👏

Such quality content as always Sir! Thank you for this solo list. As I play mostly solo, its so great to get ur views on what's good!

Love your videos. Always simple and concise 😊

I absolutely love Coffee roaster but rarely see it on Solo board gamers' lists. I feel it's pretty underrated for how unique and cosy it is. Personally, I feel the newer version by Stronghold games is much more aesthetic and pleasing to look at. And the Coffee roaster game app is also really good. I've literally played 100s of games on the app and I'm still not bored of it. So happy to see the game on your list.

Another great video! As a solo player I am familiar with all of these games, although I have not played them all. One I'm not sure you've tried is Black Sonata. I think that is one of the most underrated solo-only games, and overall games, out there. Hitting Kickstarter next week with a second expansion too!

I just wanna say that your channel is amazing and enviable. Absolutely love your solo playthroughs! I often find myself watching one of those when I read rules for a new game and have doubts for some things and (almost) everything gets settled. I like your 9-8-7 here and 20 strong, which I think should be higher 😂

Some absolute bangers on here. Love Rove and Maquis, but Resist! has been summarily booted out by Witchcraft!

Great choices. Legacy of Yu sets up what I hope turns into an evolving series of solo-only games from Shem and co.

This is a great list for solo games. My favourite is Final Girl but I have really been enjoying the X and writes like Welcome to and Dungeons dice and danger. Maquis is my go to board game on my phone. It’s quick to get into and really intense. Keep up the great work! I really liked the list you provided

Love the game choices on this list definitely some of my favorites and some I need to try like Legacy of Yu.

Thanks for sharing. You have an awesome list.

Can't wait to give Halls of Hegra a try at some point. Great list! My favorite solo only game has got to be Nemo's War (it's not a war game, but it does have chits). I have both Maquis and Black Sonata and to me Maquis is okay, while Black Sonata is a gem, and it has a lot of staying power. With the expansions, it provides a new puzzle to solve each time, it's very good.

God I love your videos, keep up the good work! It's so aesthetic and is really informative, I have so many of your recommended games in my own collection!

Amazing video as usual! And it seems I will buy some of the games on your list :)

This is an awesome list. I am familiar with many and own 2 of them. Friday and Under Falling Skies are the two I own. Halls of Hegra is really pulling at me. It seems very intense. Thank you for creating and sharing.

Siege of Valeria with the campaign is my favourite at the moment, but I also love Sylvion (big tower defense fan obviously!) I'm very keen on Halls of Hegra, but need to wait until I have the budget...

I can't rate Legacy of Yu highly enough. I got it for Christmas and played through the campaign twice in the first couple of months (then put it on the shelf for a while so I don't risk overplaying it). This is the best solo game I've played; granted, most of my solo plays are not solo-only games, so more experienced solo gamers may have even better games to recommend, but I loved this one.

I had Friday early in my gaming hobby (5 years ago) but I did not like it at all. I like to have at least a 30%(?) chance of winning and I never felt like I would get to win it ever. And I hated seeing people in the BGG forums talk about how "easy" it was and that they "solved it" in just 10 plays or so! Very frustrating! I recently bought For Northwood! and I do enjoy it. I take it on travel since it's so small and has a good amount of challenge without being too hard or too easy. I have Final Girl and like it a lot, but I have to be in the right mood to play because it is truly a survival kind of game. I have won some combinations, but not others. Several of the others on your list are ones that I have been interested in, but didn't know enough about: Under Falling Skies, Maquis, Legacy of Yu, Warp's Edge, and Coffee Roaster. Thanks for covering them here - even just the description you gave here is more than I have seen elsewhere without having to watch an entire playthrough. I suspect that BGA has 1 or 2 of them - I just have to take the time to try them out there!

I'm pretty new to board games and solo specifically. I have Final Girl and Buttons and Bugs. I am happy to have a list to expand my knowledge of games.

Have you tried Nemo's War? I recently picked it up, and it quickly became one of my top games of all time. I think it has a great theme and offers really interesting decisions.

Coffee Roaster captured my attention, I saw your playthrough and I'm considering buying it. ^_^ I like Final Girl, especially that you can manipulate these half-wins and you plan for whatever is happening right now on the board. I kinda dislike deckbuilders, I realized it's pretty annoying that I buy a card and need to wait until it shows up and it often is not even useful at that moment. 😅 I just don't like planning far ahead. I got Warp's Edge and I'm not sure if I like it. The fact that you reshuffle all these guys you defeated and they show up again and again is slightly frustrating. 😅

Maquis is fantastic! I also love the small box solo games Aleph Null and Lux Aeterna. I think you might like those too.

Not Solo-Only-Games, but I love play board games solo like Kingdom Death : Monster, Frostpunk, Robinson Crusoe, Hunter AD, Agemonia or Chronicles of Drunagor. So many top coop games that you must try solo ... Aftermath, Arkham Horror LCG or ISS Vanguard. Love the epic solo play ... 😊

Love these games! I also highly recommend Nemo's War. Super thematic and extremely replayable.

Hi there, nice little list with some game I have to try out, such has maquis and coffee roaster Around here. Even if I have much less games than before. I had some great time on -Warp's edge -Sprawpolis (now replaced by Naturopolis) -Bullet -LOTR and marvel LCGS -Aeon's end / Astro knights -Resist -Cascadia / Calico -Raiders of scythia -After us I tried out rove but apparently my brain was getting a hard time in that one :D And so many others :)

I recommend Sprawlopolis, Dawn of the Zeds as for solo only board games Star wars Outer Rim is quite enjoyable with its solo mode. Carnegie solo is amazing and really challenging. Haven't won it yet. Fallout the boardgame played with two characters and both expansions is also very good. If you have time and I mean a lot of time, try Sleeping gods. It's amazing.

Set a Watch is a solo game in everything but name, and one of my favourites.

Skoventyr. You have to play it. It feels like Onirim, but I like it better, and it requires a lot less shuffling.

Great video! I’ve played most of these. Funnily enough the only one I dislike is Final Girl; the components caused me problems and it’s so swingy… I wanted to love it though

Can't agree with Friday being on the list, it's fun but it's solvable (I can win 95% of games at top difficulty level). I'm glad you didn't include Nemo's War; It's very repetative and you can see how the best play in any situation if you redraw the map! Also to get max score you have to play very gamey! I don't recall what the action is (dig for treasure?) but it drives right through all the face down cards.

Fantastic video!

This is a great video! Thank you! Very helpful. Have you checked out gloomhaven button and bugs yet?

I highly recommend Lux Aeterna but it might be a bit difficult to get a copy, but it's totally worth it.

Are legacy of yu and coffee roaster hard? I’m at a for northwood (thanks to ur play through) and don’t want anything too hard or overwhelming- as always you do good work and I’m thankful for ur videos! Xo

the more i play Final Girl the more I like it... only played a few times and its in my top 100 of all time already.. just need to play it some more.. thanks for the list...

Have tried many of these. Maquis looks interesting to me.

Great video ! I really want Northwood but just can't seem to find a copy here in the UK. 😢 *Sobs* Added Legacy of Yu to list of board games to get ! I always find something from your videos 😂 !

Love solo boardgaming but solo only board games haven’t been great to me. I didn’t like Final Girl or Victorum though I thought I would. Haven’t tried Halls of Hegra but interested. I think my favorite solo only BG is Under Falling Skies. Would love to try ROVE.

Have you played Witchcraft! ? I'm told it's a re-skin of Resist! but updated. It's on my list to acquire (or try to) bc I like the theme more than Resist!

I love Coffee Roaster, but every time I see the older version it just bugs me that I have the second edition. I just adore the art of the original.

No 20 Strong?! Blasphemous! But I do love a lot of these games. Halls of Hegra is the one you highlighted that I realllllyyyy wanna checkout.

Games I own and love playing: Under Falling Skies, Friday, Warp's Edge, For Northwood!, Maquis, Doom Machine, Final Girl (I have four vignettes but have only played the Happy Trails Horror One.) Games I own but haven't played yet: Rove, Witchcraft! (very similar to Resist!) Games I really want to try: Legacy of Yu, Cursed!?, Black Sonata (reprint campaign on Kickstarter tomorrow), Leviathan WIlds (reprint campaign coming to GameFound soon) My current favorite solo game: Ancient Realm (multi-use cards, Button Shy goodness) P.S. I don't think I've ever won a game of Friday.

I recommend Deep Space D6. It can be hard to get a copy, but it is a very unique solo only game.

Good list! Still hoping to try out Warp's Edge. :( My top solo only games also include - Paperback Adventures, Nemo's war, Palm Island, Sylvion and Deep Space D6.

Consider Withcraft! Great review.

I received 3 solo gems last week and have yet to play them: Castle Itter, Lanzerath Ridge and Pavlov's House. Did you play any of these yet? If so I'm very interested in feedback. Being a big fan of Halls of Hegra, I expect to love these defense games, where you have to hold the line against all odds...

As a solo player I have all of those games except for For Northwood and Halls of Hegra which are very hard to find! Great list if I have 80% of them!!!😂

If you like games that feel unwinnable, check out the solo only Nemo’s War!

To be honest I nowadays quite actively move away from solo only games because I like games where when friends come by we can all enjoy together. So no matter how good Final girl is - I always feel depressed that you can never share that experience with others and it is also a difficult topic to share with. Economically it makes sense too! You buy one game to cater both solo and multiplayef

Coffee Roaster BAAYYBAAAYYYYY!!! Excellent call! The most unknown greatest solo game ever.

I love Onirim. While it has a two player mode, let's be honest... It's a single player game. Some of the other Oniverse games are also pretty good.

Have you tried Lux Aeterna and Aleph Null? Two great solo only small box games!

Halls of Hegra is my favorite solo only game. Truly a masterpiece of this genre. However, I can't get into Final girl. Too much random for me with not a lot way to mitigate the bad rolls.

When you can, you should make a new Final Girl video with another "movie".

Good solo or solitaire games: Revolution Road ((1775) Sniper Elite the Board game Soldiers in Postmen’s Uniforms Dawn of Empire(1898) One Deck Dungeon Nemo’s War Defending America (from the German Amerika bomber) Regards

Wow! I have 11->2. My completionist gene has kept me away from Final Girl as am so far behind collecting it.

I have Unbroken, it's really cool :)

Check out Arkham Noir. Case #3 especially has evolved into an epic bifurcating story that is devilishly difficult.

The irony of this video to me is that every time I play a cooperative game, there is always that one person who knows the most and is telling/suggesting other people what to do

Yeah, the idea in Friday is that you are helping dumbass Robinson Crusoe to learn better to survive. ;-) Always amused me as a theme.

Black Sonata is truly amazing!

didnt expect final girl to be number 1

what happened to robinson crusoe or frostpunk?

how much replayability has final girl?

Havent you played 20 Strong yet or do you dislike it?

Great ✨✨ 💖😗

Where’s Frostpunk?

I don't get the reasoning for making a list for "only solo" games. When I like playing a game solo which is e.g. 1 to 4 players more than an game which is only 1 player then it's still better solo.

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