Top 10 Solo Games Of All Time
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Previous Top 10 List - • Top 10 Solo Games; Mar...
A few years ago I created my top 10 list for solo games….a lot has changed since then. Here’s an updated list of my favorite games to play solo!
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:01:50 - Tanares Adventures
0:03:46 - Mage Knight
0:05:30 - Calico
0:07:36 - Under Falling Skies
0:09:12 - Trailblazers
0:11:23 - Button Shy Games
0:16:56 - Marvel Champions
0:19:35 - For Northwood!
0:21:39 - 20 Strong
0:25:18 - Spirit Island
0:28:35 - Unsettled
0:31:46 - Too Many Bones
0:34:18 - Wrapping Up
Links:
Tanares Adventures - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
Mage Knight - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9...
Calico - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
Under Falling Skies - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Trailblazers - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Food Chain Island - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Rove - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Numbsters - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Sprawlopolis - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
Naturopolis - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Combopolis - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Ancient Realm - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Marvel Champions - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
For Northwood! - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
20 Strong - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Spirit Island - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...
Unsettled - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
Too Many Bones - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...
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I really appreciate that not every game on this list is a $200 big box game. The smaller games appeal to me because they are more affordable, generally play quicker, are easier to learn, and are portable. I'm looking forward to 20 Strong when it is available. I think I will pick up a Button Shy game, for Northwood, and Under Falling Skies from your list here. Another great video, thanks!
I stumbled on a late pledge for 2023 buttonshy games on gamefound last night, they had some fan favorites being reprinted you could get for a little cheaper then directly from webstore. I picked up a couple as a first time buyer too after watching a button shy play thru of Foster the Meeple.
Mageknight...
I haven't tabled this (the physical version, I play it on TableTop Sim about once a month) in a long time but, this was the game that changed everything for me and really got me into board gaming. Call me sentimental, but I'll never get rid of my copy.
Me too! 100%. It was the spark that made me a collector and I can never get rid of my copy. They're gonna bury me with it someday!
I only ditched the box from ultimate and fit everything in a small sneaker box. Too much unnecessary place. I wont ever sell it so no reason to keep the big box 😂
Interesting. I’ve been two-handing games for years as a way to play solo, and I cannot express the extent to which I DESPISE Mage Knights! To me, it’s a soulless, dead-eyed algorithm reskinned with the most generic of fantasy cliches. It killed Eurogames for years for me. Thankfully, now that I’m soloing Empires of the Void 2, I’m back in love with Eurogame mechanics again.
@@Zakalwe-01 One man's AmeriTrash is another AmeriTreasure ;-)
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As a mostly-solo gamer, I think this is a fantastic list.
Very interesting and useful, thanks.
Champions is the easiest to get into, but for me the Arkham Horror Card Game (2-handed) is the game I enjoy/appreciate the most.
Spirit Island at 3-4 (experienced) players is fantastic. The synergy between spirits you get is incredible.
Nice to see you again. It’s been a while. Great list
Thanks for the video!
Great list. My nr.1 solo is Nemesis, nr2 is This War of Mine. Both rather heavy but very rewarding.
Great picks and going to review those that I haven't really dug into prior. Most recently I picked up Dorfromantik at Gen Con and that one has been swallowing up my solo time. One of those games that notes could be played at 6 but feel like it works best at 1 (removing that possible alpha player) and at best something to play along with my kiddos.
It opens up more to the game for each iteration and grows very well.
Thanks for the list!
Listening to this makes me now want to try the ones I have on your list solo. Really didn't consider playing these solo till now. Thanks
Enjoy them :)
Nice list!
Calico and Cascadia are my solo/2 player games as well.
Rove, Food Chain Island, and Wild Rivers are currently my favorites from ButtonShy although I got more coming.
For Northwood! Is such a delight game. I often role play the conversations LOL
Mage Knigh and Marvel Champions for sure! ❤
The ones I have enjoyed solo as well are:
Maquis
Warp’s Edge
The Bloody Inn
Roll Player
Hadrians’ Wall
Nusfjord
Legacy of Yu
Dwellings of Eldervale
Architects of the West Kingdom
I like your list too!
Spirit Island at 3-4 is great if you have players who can work together, going from being completly overwhelmed to pulling off a combo that almost wipes the island clean is fantastic. But solo is also solid. That along with Mage Knight and Iron Helm are my favorites for solo play right now.
😂😂😂 when you were talking about having a problem/addiction @~11 min Calico. Too funny haha
:)
Lovin this list Alex! Though as usual I now have new stuff to buy!
Fan of Palm Island (I travel often and it fits in a pocket), Friday, Coffee Roaster and Final Girl.
Thanks for the list.
I recently got under falling skies. When I played it co-op with my husband we would take turns putting the dice on the mat but we weren't allowed to talk to each other. It was fun trying to parse out what strategy the other was trying to achieve and align with it. I find when I've played co-op games, one person becomes the one that tells everyone else what to do. So we have a rule of not talking during the other persons turn and having a time limit at the start of each round to strategize. Ever since we implemented it co-op games have become so much more fun and challenging!
For Northwood really blew me away. I think it might be impossible to be disappointed with For Northwood. Even the box it comes in is a delight!
Yes! Solo list!!
Will be watching this one!! 👍👍👍
Thanks for discovering Ancient Realms! I've been enjoying the benefits of your courageous pioneering work. 😊
I haven’t tried Spirit Island solo. It wasn’t my favorite in a group, but mostly because of keeping up with other gods and synergies and stuff so I’m excited to try it. I’m getting ready to do a 20 strong video myself having just received the pre-order with my new rig that I just got working correctly the other day.
For Northwood is SOOOO GOOOD!! Great video as always!!!
Yes it is :)
For northwood is really fantastic! my no 1 at the moment is from the Oniverse Stellarion. In general this series pulled me completely into solo gaming. I love it to try and to combine the expansions every time and it is great to have a nice puzzle experience.
Nice, thanks. Love this content.
Step 1: Mage Knight 12x12
Step 2: Rack up the fun
Step 3: Rack up the views
Step 4: Resolution of Existential Guilt
(Do a Mage Knight 12x12!!)
I see Deliverance on the shelf. I am absolutely loving it right now. Legacy of Yu is another one that blew my expectations away. I just wanted to mention those while fully endorsing Too Many Bones as #1. When it hits the table it stays there for weeks at a time.
What an amazing solo list, need to check out Tanares but I have too many campaign games to play atm...
My "all time" list is definitely different from yours. My "most recent" favorite solo game list does contain a couple that are on your list, but as we're two different people, and I don't get prototype games, that is to be expected. Good list, all the same. Thanks.
The Isofarian Guard, Merchants Cove and Legacy of Yu!
Ty for this video!!
Too Many Bones and Spirit Island are both great picks! Final Girl and Bullet are sorely missed on the list, but I know they didn't land with you too well. Possibly also Hoplomachus Victorum, but I'm hoping the new content helps reduce the grind.
I wish I lived TMB the way everyone else did. I'm not sure why it doesn't land for me. I want it to. I feel like it should. It just.... doesn't.
7th continent remains my #1... hopefully 7th citadel will make both of our top lists in a year or two!
Imperium classics/ legends and Gaia Project are probably my #2/3... I'm a sucker for asymmetry clearly!
But despite missing those, there's still some great games on your list and it's made me even more excited to receive Unsettled and 20 Strong. Hope they both arrive here soon!
I’m happy you put unsettled on the list. I have been wanting to buy this game for a long time, but didn’t since I don’t have too many people I could play it with. So now I know I finally can 😂
I'm surprised and impressed that you have time to play solo games. Nice list.
Oh my gosh, a good 20% of my plays :)
Good list! The buttonshy games caught my attention, so I may check them out.
Have you done any videos on Final Girl yet? That's one of the big solo games that caught my eye, and the modular nature of it looks interesting.
Final girl for me was only okay, but I do know it's very popular, and it was Meg's number one game of all time.
@@BoardGameCo Yep, I checked your video on it. I looks interesting, and I like the storytelling aspect. Most horror films have the deck stacked against you, so it feels appropriate.
Maybe once I play enough of the 20 Strong decks I'll give it a shot.
While I have your attention, have you given Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger a try? I played through it a couple months ago and had a good time with it, although there's not much in terms of replayability once you reach the ending. I could see some fun coming from a group of players reading the pages and discussing the options. For a single player, it's just like reading a book, but with some stat counters as well.
Alex, what did you think of the solo specific Hoplomachus (victorum or remastered) ?
Hooray for Too Many Bones! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it but have not yet played it solo.
1000000% summed up Spirit Island perfectly.. always feel like it’s impossible to win then things turn.. it’s amazing how it accomplishes this but it happens almost every time
Ultimate tanares adventures is the reason im addicted to your content
Given the button shy category just wondering, have you played Ragemore?
Mmmmm glad to see Spirit Island so high up there! Probably at least 2/3 of my games of SI have been solo and it really does hold up. It's really the only game I play solo but I should branch out and try a few of these other ones. A lot of times I don't like when multiplayer games have solo modes that warp a bunch of stuff but it seems like the games on this list avoid that largely
Getting "For Northwood!" because of this. Great list, can't argue with Marvel Champions/Spirit Island. I am going to investigate some Chip Theory Games a bit more now.
Unsettled was designed specifically as a multiplayer experience, which makes the solo choice as #2 very surprising.
Calico was on our sell/cull shelf. I’m moving it to the soli shelf after this video.
Loved this video, lighting and audio quality are a threat 🤌🏼. I'm very new to solo board games, never played any of those and would appreciate some b-roll showing the components of the game being while being played to get a better sense of what is like. This was your first video that I watched, you got a new subscriber =)
leo and coraquest have been 2 great ones, I'll need to try dodo riding i have that but haven't played it yet. For tiny turbo cars is the collector/deluxe edition worth it?
I’ve played lots of solo games and was never quite satisfied. Then I found Shadows of Brimstone. It’s brilliant.
Aeon End is still my fav and is very easy to go back to. Im currently playing Aeon Trespass solo and with a group and it has me pretty hooked.
Wait… Aeon Trespass has nothing to do with Aeon’s End at all 🤔🤔
@@cozmic0 You are correct. Both are great games that i enjoy playing solo.
Give a 6-player game of Spirit Island a try, pick a benevolent spirit, and just embrace the beautiful and glorious chaos. It's not something I'd do every game night, but it's absolutely wonderful.
One of my very favorite gaming experiences was playing as Shifting Memory of Ages, and straight up Nuking my board off the island with "Cast Down into the Briny Deep" so I could focus on helping one of the newer players on his board.
I'd love to play Spirit Island with six players, in the mythical universe where I have five friends who want to spend the time, and all of us have nothing else to do, except spend our days sitting around playing board games.
@@chuckm1961 a 6 game will certainly run long lol
Great review! Any plans to do a solo play through?
Which game?
@BoardGameCo Sorry, wrong video.
Wow.. I'm shocked Isofarian Guard isn't on this list. The way you talked about it in your 5 campaign game comparison made it sound like it was outstanding and made for single player.
It's excellent, but I actually prefer that one two player for sure.
I don't have as much of a collection as you, so I'll mention my top 5 at the moment.
5. The Witcher: Old World (With Expansions)
4. ISS Vanguard
3. Marvel United
2. Cthulhu DMD
1. Robinson Crusoe
I prefer Marvel United and CDMD with others, but I have so much fun playing them solo that they deserve a spot on my list.
Thanks for sharing your list! I'm really excited to get my copy of 20 Strong. Maybe that will move up the ranks for me soon.
What’s your thoughts on something like Iron Helm?
How is skytear horde treating you currently?
What do you think of Robinson Crusoe for solo play?
Spirit Island takes number 1 for me, not just as best solo game, but also as a best game overall
I played Spirit island two handed solo for my first (and so far only) game. I have never felt more exhausted mentally after playing a boardgame in all my life, and i've played ASL solo!
Its a great game but almost has that mage knight quality for me where i might only play it once or twice a year lol
I was hoping to see final girl on here.
My favorite solo game is etherfields. I really can't get enough etherfields. For me that game is a masterpiece
Luckily he kept it real
I'm alternating between Hoplomachus Victorum & Mage Knight for the number 1 spot. 3rd would be Robinson Crusoe followed closely behind by Space Empires 4x Solo Scenarios. Then Legendary Encounters Alien (2 handed), Clash of Cultures Civilizations (GamezMadeEZ Solo Variant) & Spirit Island.
Awesome list! Spirit Island is the one game I’m afraid to try with two spirits solo. even TMB and Gloomhaven I’m fine with, but SI just feels like so much! Love all these. Need to try For Northwood now.
I was afraid of 2 handed Spirit Island for a while and then I realized that, when I taught new players, I was thinking as if I was playing 2 or 3 handed anyway lol (don't worry, I didn't alpha game... much) so I tried it out and it wasn't so bad. I still prefer true solo but 2 handed is a nice mix up and a chance to see synergies even if no one will play with you haha
@@noahduncan4095 Nice maybe I will have to give it a shot when my brain is feeling well-rested. I do find the true solo SI puzzle very satisfying as is, whereas I find TMB significantly more enjoyable with 2+ gearlocs, for example. So that's probably part of the reason I never ventured into two-spirit land.
Maybe play with one spirit first, and then next game use that same spirit and add another. That way you're already at least familiar with one.
Sodoes Unsettled work solo out of the box or are one of the expansions needed? I've only heard of it being a CoOp game.
Have you tried ‘Dawn of the Zeds’? Been following your channel for a few years and don’t think I have ever heard you mention it?
Also, Oathsworn is great solo, although I appreciate that it may not be the way you play it 👍
glad i"m not the only one lukewarm on Final Girl 😆
Need to try the solo mode for Deliverance(played two handed, but not with intercessor), but my current number is Marvel Champions, because I can enjoy it in "true solo". I like Death May die, Journeys in Middle Earth, and need to table the new Descent, but these are usually required to play more than one character. I don't mind it, but the loss of focus can happen easily. Great list BTW
Given you put 20 strong on the list, how excited are you for the 20 Strong Tanglewood trilogy? Manny Trembley's art is incredible and I'm looking forward to getting into 20 strong after stupidly deciding to pass on it.
I'm really surprised Legacy of Yu and Halls of Hegra didn't make the list. Did you play those? I'm getting them this month.
I have too many bones and Tanaras. I am getting the latest unsettled KS.
I put my number 1 as marvel/x-men United.
My number 2 is the shadows of brimstone collection. Since I spent months organizing, assembling and painting. When I finally got down to the campaign. I’m having a blast. Just find it really hard. But that’s ok, I have a lot of characters, so I don’t mind the character death and replacing them.
Through 3 missions. My sorceress, Samarai and jargano native all died.
Only my cowboy has survived through all the missions. Likely because it stays back using his lasso and guns.
Tenares. I bought it on Alex's advice. I've still not played it, as the painting of every piece is going to take me until beyond Christmas. I don't know if I EVER want to play it. I just want to continue painting it.
Stay on point!
In what sense?
I was surprised to not see Bullet on here. Your review was quite positive. Did it fall off for you or just not quite make the cut?
Great list!❤
Hey, I also like Calico solo a little more than Cascadia... a lot of others are the other way around. I feel the puzzles of the scenarios for Calico are tougher than Cascadia's scenarios.
Exactly!
LCG actually stands for Living Card Game, but I get the confusion especially for a coop one. I think LCG was a more meaningful branding for the competitive games.
Just what I wanted!!!!! 100% with Too Many Bones 👌🏼
What is that Marvel Champions box and where did you get it?
One sharp Joe
TMB is my favorite game as well. I have a solo Lab Rays variant which is really fun. If you’re up to try it sometime let me know.
I honestly loved Marvel Champions, it was my number 1 solo-game for a full year. But I eventually realized I only enjoyed playing new content, so I sold it. Instead TMB is my absolute number one solo-game. I can replay every character against every Tyrant and still enjoy the game. So while the MC-system is extremely fun, TMB is more suitable to me personally.
Surprised Final Girl didn't make the list.
Must not have watched his review of Final Girl then.
It's "HIS" choices, even though he's wrong about FG lol
Sadly Final Girl wasn't for me. I enjoy it but definitely not a top 10 for me.
Meh. Final girl doesn’t hold interest imo
Cascading failure isn’t for Alex. I’m not high on it either. Was kind of a let down for me.
You just HAD to bring up Unsettled. Came out at a time when I had already backed a bunch of games and couldn't justify the expense. My #1 regretted missed Gamefound campaign.
Do you think Victorum is better than TMB solo only?
A few solo games I love not on your list: empires of the north, final girls, Arkham lcg and Robinson cursoe.
I like Summit at one player, playing two handed with different climbers. Playing one handed is possible but very difficult at higher difficulty levels.
7th Continent or Citadel is an amazing Solo Game, too. Dune Imperium or Tainted Grail. All good Solo Games
Seven continent is amazing 🙂
No Final Girl???? Our crossovers from when I did my Top 10 Solo Games video are Under Falling Skies, Calico, and Spirit Island.
Sadly Final Girl wasn't for me. I enjoy it but definitely not a top 10 for me.
Big fan of the way Alex says “Button”. Not sure why, don’t ask me 😂
I could not figure out what be was saying, THANK YOU
Personally, For Northwood offers the best value to volume ratio XD Palm island being second best!
Hadrian’s Wall for me.😊
amazing content...Alex for Secretary of Defense
So. Despite the 2 conditions. If you had to put in Tanares adventures, where would it be. Number 1?
Man I've been folowing you a long time, but I always wanted more pictures of the games on your videos. I know it is a lot more edition, but I think that it would be awesome
Cinder is sick 🔥⚔️🔥
Mage Knight is the #1 game that I really want to like, and don't. Every time I pull it out, I think it looks so good, spend (at least) 30 minutes getting it set up, and then don't like playing it.
Someone created a campaign for Mageknight that is outstanding (on BGG). This may tip the scale for you to keep it out and play multiple games in a row.
Interesting....I should check that out for sure.
Do you have any link or guide how to find it?
@@szymonsmoka1580search for Mage Knight The Betrayal campaign. You can download a PDF.
I need this in my life. Recently learned the game and I really want to teach it to others but it is a big commitment of time.
sword & sorcery is def in my top 3
I love spirit island but my only concern is that victories can be very anticlimatic.
You can be getting destroyed and battling then at one point you just say oh I won.
“I make mistakes, make no mistake“ 😂
Exactly 🙂
Mage Knight is besides Uprising and Spirit Island the best Solo Game. You should play it more often :))
+1 for Uprising
Resist! Is the best solo game I’ve played in a long time.
Most of the games you listed are either my top solo games or very high on my to-try list. Best solo list I've seen.