Best 1-player novel-based board games

The top-rated novel-based board games that play well with 1 player, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 48 games. Arkham Horror The Card Game leads the list (medium complexity).

Top novel-based board games for 1 player

Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island (2012)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Eldritch Horror (2013)
1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8
Arkham Horror (2005)
1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3
The Lord of the Rings The Card Game (2011)
1–2 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.7
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)
1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
The Lord of the Rings Journeys in Middle-Earth (2019)
1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1
Dune Imperium (2020)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.4
Friday (2011)
1 players · 25 min · ★ 7.1
Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8
Nemo's War (Second Edition) (2017)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
Dungeons & Dragons The Legend of Drizzt Board Game (2011)
1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3
Call to Adventure (2019)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2
The Reckoners (2018)
1–6 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.8
Unlock! Timeless Adventures (2019)
1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.9
Mythos Tales (2016)
1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
Red Rising (2021)
1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.4
The Lord of the Ice Garden (2014)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.7
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Carlton House & Queen's Park (2017)
1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.0
Skull Tales Full Sail! (2019)
1–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.9
The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Baker Street Irregulars (2020)
1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 8.6
Choose Your Own Adventure House of Danger (2018)
1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4
Solomon Kane (2021)
1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3
18Lilliput (2018)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.2
Starship Troopers (1976)
1–2 players · 120 min · ★ 6.5
The Witches A Discworld Game (2013)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.1
Mousquetaires du Roy (2010)
1–5 players · 75 min · ★ 6.8
Mythos (1996)
1–10 players · 45 min · ★ 6.6
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Mansion Murders (1983)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6
Call to Adventure The Stormlight Archive (2020)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
Michael Strogoff (2017)
1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8
Cowboy Bebop Space Serenade (2019)
1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.7
Tales of the Northlands The Sagas of Noggin the Nog (2018)
1–4 players · 120–150 min · ★ 7.6
Arkham Horror (1987)
1–8 players · 180 min · ★ 6.6
Nemo's War (2009)
1 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Tales of Evil (2020)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Queen's Park Affair (1984)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
Alice's Garden (2020)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
Dinosaurs of the Lost World (1987)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 6.6
Don Quixote (2010)
1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 6.1
Sherlock Holmes Four Investigations (2014)
1 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0
Albion's Legacy (2015)
1–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.8
Choose Your Own Adventure War with the Evil Power Master (2019)
1–99 players · 60 min · ★ 6.2
The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey (2013)
1–4 players · 40 min · ★ 6.2
Elric Battle at the End of Time (1977)
1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 5.7
Sanctuary Thieves World (1982)
1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 5.6