The best games released in 2021📆 2022

Looking for a really good game from the year 2021? Then we have just the thing for you: our recommendation list with the best board games that were newly released in 2020.

More lists from similar periods

A list with the best games from other years can be found at the end of the page.

In addition, we have created several more lists of card & board game awards:

List of the best new games releases in 2020

This list was last updated on July 28, 2022. We compared 587 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.

The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
Nominated for 2 awards and won 2.
More details for The Crew: Mission Deep Sea
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
12€ at.de
Cascadia
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2022
More details for Cascadia
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!35€ at.de
So Clover!
Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.
More details for So Clover!
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!18€ at.de
MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!19€ at.de
Destinies
Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.
More details for Destinies
- 1 - 3 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
52€ at.de
Radlands
Nominated for 3 awards and won 2.
More details for Radlands
- 2 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
32€ at.de
Canvas
Nominated for 4 awards.
More details for Canvas
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Stella: Dixit Universe
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Stella: Dixit Universe
- 3 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
30€ at.de
Carcassonne: 20th Anniversary Edition
More details for Carcassonne: 20th Anniversary Edition
- 2 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Chronicles of Crime: 1900
More details for Chronicles of Crime: 1900
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!29€ at.de
Marvel United: X-Men
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Marvel United: X-Men
- 1 - 5 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
32€ at.de
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Nominated for 5 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2021
More details for The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!34€ at.de
7 Wonders: Architects
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for 7 Wonders: Architects
- 2 - 7 Players
- 25 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Meadow
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for Meadow
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!46€ at.de
Exploding Kittens: Recipes for Disaster
More details for Exploding Kittens: Recipes for Disaster
- 2 - 5 Players
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
28€ at.de
Cartographers Heroes
More details for Cartographers Heroes
- 1 - 100 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
15€ at.de
Botanik
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Botanik
- 2 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
TEN
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for TEN
- 1 - 5 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Summoner Wars (Second Edition)
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Summoner Wars (Second Edition)
- 2 Players
- 40 - 60 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
55€ at.de
Welcome to the Moon
More details for Welcome to the Moon
- 1 - 6 Players
- 25 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
40€ at.de
Cubitos
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Cubitos
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!33€ at.de
Agropolis
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Agropolis
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
13€ at.de
Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition
More details for Railroad Ink Challenge: Lush Green Edition
- 1 - 4 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!18€ at.de
Ark Nova
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Ark Nova
- 1 - 4 Players
- 90 - 150 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Hard to learn
👍 Good price!52€ at.de
Chronicles of Avel
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Chronicles of Avel
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!35€ at.de
The Initiative
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for The Initiative
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Mazescape Labyrinthos
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Mazescape Labyrinthos
- 1 Players
- 5 - 90 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Sleeping Gods
Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.
More details for Sleeping Gods
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 1200 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Medium difficulty
90€ at.de
Cartaventura: Lhasa
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Cartaventura: Lhasa
- 1 - 6 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
10€ at.de
The Fuzzies
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for The Fuzzies
- 2 - 4 Players
- 5 - 15 Minutes
- 6+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!14€ at.de

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