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Best 1-player space exploration board games

The best 1-player space exploration board games are Terraforming Mars, Gaia Project and On Mars — the top-rated of 43 1-player space exploration board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Terraforming Mars (2016) at 8.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top space exploration board games for 1 player

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  • Terraforming Mars (2016)

    1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4

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  • Gaia Project (2017)

    1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.5

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  • On Mars (2020)

    1–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.3

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  • Tiny Epic Galaxies (2015)

    1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Space Alert (2008)

    1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Firefly The Game (2013)

    1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Star Wars Outer Rim (2019)

    1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Space Empires 4X (2011)

    1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Leaving Earth (2015)

    1–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Merchant of Venus (Second Edition) (2012)

    1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Star Trek Frontiers (2016)

    1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 7.9

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  • SpaceCorp 2025-2300AD (2018)

    1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Circadians First Light (2019)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7

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  • Merchant of Venus (1988)

    1–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1

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  • High Frontier 4 All (2020)

    1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7

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  • High Frontier (Third Edition) (2017)

    1–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.3

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  • The Artemis Project (2019)

    1–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.3

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  • First Martians Adventures on the Red Planet (2017)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Kepler-3042 (2016)

    1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Wild Space (2020)

    1–5 players · 15–40 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Space Cadets Away Missions (2015)

    1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Planetarium (2017)

    1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0

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  • X-ODUS Rise of the Corruption (2020)

    1–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Pocket Mars (2017)

    1–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Star Trek Expeditions (2011)

    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Space Park (2018)

    1–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Windward (2020)

    1–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Rocketmen (2021)

    1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Space Race The Card Game (2017)

    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Martians A Story of Civilization (2016)

    1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.5

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  • Cosmic Run Regeneration (2018)

    1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Stellar Horizons (2020)

    1–7 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.1

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  • Cosmic Colonies (2020)

    1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Demeter (2020)

    1–100 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Warpgate (2019)

    1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Sovereign Skies (2020)

    1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora (1981)

    1 players · 90 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Cosmic Run Rapid Fire (2017)

    1–2 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Centauri Saga v1.5 (2016)

    1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.6

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  • Struggle for the Galactic Empire (2009)

    1 players · 240 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Liftoff! (1989)

    1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Darkrock Ventures (2016)

    1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Vanished Planet (2003)

    1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 5.8

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Frequently asked

What is the best 1-player space exploration board game?
Terraforming Mars (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player space exploration board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.4/10 from 68,412 ratings. Gaia Project and On Mars round out the top three.
How many 1-player space exploration board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 43 1-player space exploration board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.

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