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Solo / Solitaire Game

Open
Games using
125
Median complexity
2.06
0–5
Median rating
6.34
bayes
Tabletop fit
0.720
weight-controlled

Definition

From BoardGameGeek

Games that are intended for play by a single player, or that have a game mode intended for play by a single player.

Top games using this mechanism

By BGG bayes rating, top 50.

GameYearRatingWtTime
Ark Nova#220218.353.8150m
Gloomhaven#420178.303.9120m
Dune: Imperium – Uprising#520238.233.5120m
Dune: Imperium#620208.223.1120m
Terraforming Mars#920168.193.3120m
Spirit Island#1120178.144.1120m
Gaia Project#1320178.094.4150m
SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence#1620248.023.8160m
Slay the Spire: The Board Game#1720248.022.9150m
Nemesis#2520187.953.5180m
Scythe#2620167.953.5115m
A Feast for Odin#2720167.943.9120m
Lost Ruins of Arnak#3020207.922.9120m
Arkham Horror: The Card Game#3220167.893.6120m
Too Many Bones#3720177.853.9120m
Wingspan#3820197.852.570m
Mage Knight Board Game#3920117.844.4240m
Barrage#4020197.844.1180m
Everdell#4220187.812.880m
Viticulture Essential Edition#4420157.812.990m
Heat: Pedal to the Metal#4720227.792.260m
Underwater Cities#5020187.773.6150m
Pax Pamir: Second Edition#5320197.773.8120m
Cthulhu: Death May Die#5420197.762.5120m
Harmonies#5720247.752.045m
On Mars#5820207.744.6150m
Anachrony#6120177.734.0120m
Caverna: The Cave Farmers#6220137.733.8210m
Agricola#6420077.733.6150m
Obsession#6620187.723.190m
Lisboa#6920177.714.6120m
The White Castle#7320237.683.180m
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition#7520167.682.7180m
Clans of Caledonia#7620177.683.5120m
Paladins of the West Kingdom#7920197.663.7120m
Le Havre#8020087.663.7150m
The Gallerist#8120157.654.2150m
Endeavor: Deep Sea#8320247.652.9120m
Star Wars: Imperial Assault#8420147.653.3120m
Agricola (Revised Edition)#8520167.653.4120m
Voidfall#8620237.644.6240m
Kingdom Death: Monster#9320157.624.3180m
Fields of Arle#10020147.593.8120m
The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship#10420257.593.1150m
Aeon's End#10820167.582.860m
Teotihuacan: City of Gods#10920187.573.8120m
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island#11920127.553.8120m
Galactic Cruise#12520257.534.0150m
Dwellings of Eldervale#12820207.523.2150m
Architects of the West Kingdom#13020187.512.880m

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Dice Rolling 350Cooperative Game 207Variable Player Powers 182Hand Management 174Simulation 152Open Drafting 98Modular Board 97Action Points 97Grid Movement 89Area Movement 85Point to Point Movement 85Hexagon Grid 84

Related deep dives

Long-form design analysis on games using this mechanism.

Heat: Pedal to the Metal

Deep Dive for an iOS Roguelite Translation

Project context: Translate the core loop of *Heat: Pedal to the Metal* (Asger Harding Granerud & Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Days of Wonder, 2022) into a single-player iOS roguelite. The "Dominion -> Slay the Spire" pattern, but for a racing deckbuilder. No direct digital competitor …