Best 1-player book board games

The top-rated book board games that play well with 1 player, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 10 games. Four Against Darkness leads the list (medium-light complexity).

Top book board games for 1 player

Four Against Darkness (2016)
1 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.5
Rangers of Shadow Deep (2018)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.7
D100 Dungeon (2017)
1 players · 5–90 min · ★ 7.8
Spire's End (2019)
1–2 players · 15–120 min · ★ 8.1
A Gamut of Games (1969)
1–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.7
Captive (2016)
1 players · 30–130 min · ★ 6.9
Sherlock Holmes Four Investigations (2014)
1 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0
Choose Your Own Adventure War with the Evil Power Master (2019)
1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2
The Book of Classic Board Games (1991)
1–4 players · 10 min · ★ 6.6
Serpent's Tongue (2013)
1–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.5