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Best 1-player deduction board games

The best 1-player deduction board games are Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases, Chronicles of Crime and Detective A Modern Crime Board Game — the top-rated of 56 1-player deduction board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982) at 7.7/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top deduction board games for 1 player

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)

    1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Chronicles of Crime (2018)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Detective A Modern Crime Board Game (2018)

    1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)

    1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Awkward Guests (2016)

    1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7

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  • MicroMacro Crime City (2020)

    1–4 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.9

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  • The Search for Planet X (2020)

    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2

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  • Room 25 (2013)

    1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Honey Buzz (2020)

    1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Coffee Roaster (2015)

    1 players · 10–30 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Chronicles of Crime 1400 (2020)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.0

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  • Mythos Tales (2016)

    1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Black Sonata (2017)

    1 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Escape Tales The Awakening (2018)

    1–4 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)

    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0

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  • Chrononauts (2000)

    1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.2

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  • Bottom of the 9th (2015)

    1–2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Police Precinct (2013)

    1–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Stop Thief! (2017)

    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)

    1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.6

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  • Dual Powers Revolution 1917 (2018)

    1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Rising 5 Runes of Asteros (2017)

    1–5 players · 15–25 min · ★ 6.6

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  • Sherlock Last Call (2018)

    1–8 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.8

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  • A Gamut of Games (1969)

    1–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Chronicles of Crime 1900 (2021)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.3

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  • Apotheca (2016)

    1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Sherlock The Tomb of the Archaeologist (2018)

    1–8 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Murder Mystery Party Case Files Fire in Adlerstein (2018)

    1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8

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  • The Omega Virus (1992)

    1–4 players · 10–35 min · ★ 6.4

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Mansion Murders (1983)

    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Orient Express (1985)

    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7

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  • The Initiative (2021)

    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Escape Tales Low Memory (2019)

    1–4 players · 360–540 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Triplock (2017)

    1–2 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.4

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  • Mini Black Box (1977)

    1–2 players · 20 min · ★ 6.4

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  • Sherlock Death on the 4th of July (2018)

    1–8 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.6

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  • The Lady and the Tiger (2017)

    1–6 players · 15–20 min · ★ 6.7

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  • Bristol 1350 Deluxe Edition (2021)

    1–9 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.2

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  • So Long (2018)

    1–5 players · 30–40 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Sherlock Propagation (2018)

    1–8 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Sherlock Whereabouts Unknown (2018)

    1–8 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Sherlock 13 Hostages (2018)

    1–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Queen's Park Affair (1984)

    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Shadows over Camelot The Card Game (2012)

    1–7 players · 20 min · ★ 5.7

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  • Pocket Detective (2019)

    1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Decktective Bloody-Red Roses (2019)

    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Old Town (2000)

    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.4

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  • Sherlock Don's Legacy (2019)

    1–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9

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Quick deduction board games for 1 player (30 minutes or less)

Frequently asked

What is the best 1-player deduction board game?
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982) is the highest-rated 1-player deduction board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.7/10 from 17,805 ratings. Chronicles of Crime and Detective A Modern Crime Board Game round out the top three.
How many 1-player deduction board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 56 1-player deduction board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.