Best 1-player civilization board games

The top-rated civilization board games that play well with 1 player, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 50 games. Underwater Cities leads the list (medium-heavy complexity).

Top civilization board games for 1 player

Underwater Cities (2018)
1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1
Imperial Settlers (2014)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.4
Nations (2013)
1–5 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.6
Tapestry (2019)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5
It's a Wonderful World (2019)
1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9
The Manhattan Project Energy Empire (2016)
1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Santa Maria (2017)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.5
Roll Through the Ages The Bronze Age (2008)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.9
Imperial Settlers Empires of the North (2019)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.6
The Colonists (2016)
1–4 players · 30–360 min · ★ 7.6
Roads & Boats (1999)
1–4 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7
Space Empires 4X (2011)
1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
Nations The Dice Game (2014)
1–4 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.0
Gentes (2017)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Viceroy (2014)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8
Atlantis Rising (Second Edition) (2019)
1–7 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Peloponnes (2009)
1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Era Medieval Age (2019)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
Rurik Dawn of Kiev (2019)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
High Frontier 4 All (2020)
1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7
High Frontier (Third Edition) (2017)
1–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.3
Dice Settlers (2018)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.0
Monumental (2020)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
Historia (2014)
1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 6.9
Era of Tribes (2019)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.1
Neta-Tanka Deluxe Edition (2019)
1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3
Bios Origins (Second Edition) (2019)
1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.0
Age of Civilization (2019)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2
March of the Ants (2015)
1–5 players · 70 min · ★ 7.2
Conquest of Paradise (2007)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9
Progress Evolution of Technology (2014)
1–5 players · 90 min · ★ 6.5
Barbarians The Invasion (2018)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Imperial Settlers Roll & Write (2019)
1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.4
Roll Through the Ages The Iron Age (2014)
1–4 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.6
Imperium Classics (2021)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1
&Cetera (2003)
1–6 players · 240 min · ★ 7.9
Donning the Purple (2018)
1–3 players · 70–90 min · ★ 7.2
Martians A Story of Civilization (2016)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.5
Empires of the Middle Ages (1980)
1–6 players · 240–360 min · ★ 7.2
Stellar Horizons (2020)
1–7 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.1
Feudalia (2011)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2
Pocket Civ (2005)
1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Era of Kingdoms (2019)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
Neolithic (2016)
1–2 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.2
Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (2019)
1–6 players · 120–300 min · ★ 6.7
Europa Universalis (1993)
1–6 players · 3600 min · ★ 6.9
Genesis Empires and Kingdoms of the Ancient Middle East (2015)
1–5 players · 450–600 min · ★ 7.2
Romolo o Remo? (2013)
1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 6.7