The best board games to play only solo (Solitaire) 2021

Looking for a game that you can only play alone? The games on this list are designed purely for one player. Included are classic games for one, card games for one, role-playing games for one, board games for 1 adult, dice games for one, and many more games that can be played very well alone.

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You can play board games, card games and dice games with a wide variety of players - even alone. We created many lists for every special number of players or player range. You find our "by number of players"-lists below.

List of the best games 2021 to play alone:

Attached now is our list of the best board games for exactly 1 person that you can buy 2021:

This list was last updated on June 16, 2021. We compared 204 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.

  1. Under Falling Skies

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime20 - 40 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    35€ atAmazon.de

  2. Captive

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    🔥 Deal: 10% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!
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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 - 130 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    🔥 Great price!13€ atAmazon.de

  3. Coffee Roaster

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime10 - 30 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    👍 Good price!28€ atAmazon.de

  4. Hostage Negotiator: Crime Wave

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime20 Minutes
    • Age15+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    26€ atAmazon.de

  5. Four Against Darkness

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime45 - 75 Minutes
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    13€ atAmazon.de

  6. Perplexus

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age6+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    Amazon.de

  7. Amerika Bomber: Evil Queen of the Skies

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime10 - 480 Minutes
    • Age18+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    81€ atAmazon.de

  8. In Magnificent Style: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age13+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    252€ atAmazon.de

  9. Sherlock Holmes: Four Investigations

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    15€ atAmazon.de

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  10. Hostage Negotiator

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    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime20 Minutes
    • Age13+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    30€ atAmazon.de

  11. Tears of a Goddess

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 - 130 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    15€ atAmazon.de

  12. Shephy

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime15 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    60€ atAmazon.de

  13. Gorbachev: The Fall of Communism

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 - 60 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    71€ atAmazon.de

  14. Ottoman Sunset: The Great War in the Near East

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    Nominated for 2 awards.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age13+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  15. Israeli Air Force Leader

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    91€ atAmazon.de

  16. Infection: Humanity's Last Gasp

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime45 Minutes
    • Age13+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    128€ atAmazon.de

  17. Castle Itter

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime45 - 60 Minutes
    • Age13+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    68€ atAmazon.de

  18. Interceptor Ace: Daylight Air Defense Over Germany, 1943-44

    All details for the board game Interceptor Ace: Daylight Air Defense Over Germany, 1943-44 and similar games
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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime120 - 180 Minutes
    • ComplexityComplexity: medium
    150€ atAmazon.de

  19. Elevenses for One

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime5 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    Amazon.de

  20. Knights Club: The Bands of Bravery

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • Players1 Players
    • Age6+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    15€ atAmazon.de

  21. Perplexus Epic

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age8+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    29€ atAmazon.de

  22. Justice League: Hero Dice – Superman

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime15 - 25 Minutes
    • Age10+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: very easy
    Amazon.de

  23. Phantom Leader Deluxe

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime30 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: medium
    91€ atAmazon.de

  24. Perplexus Rookie

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime10 Minutes
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    🔥 Great price!20€ atAmazon.de

  25. Star Wars Death Star Perplexus

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    • Players1 Players
    • Age8+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  26. Hornet Leader: Carrier Air Operations

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • Age12+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: medium
    103€ atAmazon.de

  27. Khe Sanh '68

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    • Players1 Players
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    Amazon.de

  28. A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime60 Minutes
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    68€ atAmazon.de

  29. Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack 1

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    • Players1 Players
    • Playtime10 - 30 Minutes
    • Age15+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    9€ atAmazon.de

  30. Hostage Negotiator: Abductor Pack 7

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    • Players1 Players
    • Age15+ years old
    • ComplexityComplexity: easy
    9€ atAmazon.de

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