1-player games / Horror
Best 1-player horror board games
The best 1-player horror board games are Arkham Horror The Card Game, Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Eldritch Horror — the top-rated of 100 1-player horror board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016) at 8.2/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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AdventureArkham Horror The Card Game (2016)1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
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AdventureMansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1
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AdventureEldritch Horror (2013)1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureNemesis (2018)1–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.4
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AdventureKingdom Death Monster (2015)1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6
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AdventureArkham Horror (2005)1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureZombicide Black Plague (2015)1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7
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Card GameLegendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014)1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8
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FantasyGhost Stories (2008)1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3
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AdventureElder Sign (2011)1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0
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HorrorHorrified (2019)1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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HorrorZombicide (2012)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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FantasyCthulhu Death May Die (2019)1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2
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AdventureArkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureShadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0
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AdventureDungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game (2010)1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureZombicide Green Horde (2018)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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AdventureShadows of Brimstone Swamps of Death (2014)1–4 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.0
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HorrorZombicide Season 2 Prison Outbreak (2013)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
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Card GameThe Bloody Inn (2015)1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0
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HorrorDawn of the Zeds (Third Edition) (2016)1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2
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EconomicAuZtralia (2018)1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 7.4
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AdventureSub Terra (2017)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
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HorrorZombicide Season 3 Rue Morgue (2015)1–12 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureEscape the Dark Castle (2017)1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.6
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BluffingRoom 25 (2013)1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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AdventureDeep Madness (2018)1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
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HorrorTiny Epic Zombies (2018)1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
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AdventureBloodborne The Board Game (2021)1–4 players · 45–75 min · ★ 8.1
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AdventureFolklore The Affliction (2017)1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
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Card GameXenoShyft Onslaught (2015)1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0
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DeductionMythos Tales (2016)1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
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Card GameEscape Tales The Awakening (2018)1–4 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.2
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AdventureFireteam Zero (2015)1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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AdventureShadows of Brimstone Forbidden Fortress (2018)1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.6
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FantasyVillage Attacks (2018)1–5 players · 30–180 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameThe Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
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HorrorZombicide 2nd Edition (2021)1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2
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FightingRun (2014)1–4 players · 40 min · ★ 6.9
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Card GameXenoShyft Dreadmire (2017)1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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Card GameAfter The Virus (2017)1–3 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.2
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HorrorConquest of Planet Earth The Space Alien Game (2010)1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 6.9
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HorrorDawn of the Zeds (Second edition) (2013)1 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.9
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AdventureEscape the Dark Sector (2020)1–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 8.1
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AdventureFate of the Elder Gods (2017)1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.3
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FantasyPlanet Apocalypse (2020)1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.2
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Card GameResident Evil Deck Building Game (2010)1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
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AdventureDarkest Night (2012)1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 7.1
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Quick horror board games for 1 player (30 minutes or less)
BluffingRoom 25 (2013) 1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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Card GameThe Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017) 1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
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Card GameResident Evil Deck Building Game (2010) 1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
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AdventureZombie in My Pocket (2007)1 players · 5 min · ★ 6.3
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AdventureUnbroken (2018)1 players · 15–30 min · ★ 5.9
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AdventureKilling Parentless Children (2017)1–4 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.4
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DiceLucidity Six-Sided Nightmares (2018)1–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.4
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Card GameShardhunters (2019)1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6
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HorrorIntruder (1980)1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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FightingZombie in My Pocket (2010)1–8 players · 30 min · ★ 5.8
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DiceEscape of the Dead Minigame (2010)1 players · 15 min · ★ 6.3
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Frequently asked
- What is the best 1-player horror board game?
- Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player horror board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.2/10 from 30,213 ratings. Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Eldritch Horror round out the top three.
- How many 1-player horror board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 100 1-player horror board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.