The Best Board-game Games

Update : Dune: Imperium added at rank #18.
1

Ticket to Ride (2023)

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80
Review score
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Xbox One PC Windows Xbox 360

Embark on a strategic journey with Ticket to Ride, where you'll build your own railway empire across a beautifully rendered 19th-century landscape. Engage in a blend of chance and cunning tactics, outmaneuver opponents, and connect cities to become the ultimate railroad tycoon. With its elegant interface and immersive gameplay, each match is a new adventure waiting to unfold.


What we like:
  • Faithful adaptation of the beloved board game
  • Intuitive and elegant interface
  • Strategic gameplay with a mix of chance and skill
  • Online multiplayer for engaging matches
  • Additional maps and expansions available
What could be improved:
  • Complex scoring system can be daunting
  • Single map in base game, others require purchase

  • board-game
  • card
  • trains
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • multiplayer
  • tabletop

2

The Game of Life 2 (2020)

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80
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Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Android

The board game played by 50 million fans worldwide has an official award-winning sequel! The Game of Life 2 brings bright, fun, 3D animated magic to your game night. Spin the spinner and discover new choices, new crossroads and new ways to win. The decisions are all yours!


  • board-game
  • sequel
  • choices
  • party
  • tabletop
  • life
  • simulation

3

Wingspan (2020)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.


  • card
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • strategy
  • engine-building
  • relaxing
  • wholesome
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • competitive
  • card-driven

4

Scythe (2018)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!


  • board-game
  • 4x
  • mech
  • historical
  • i
  • hex
  • turn-based
  • steampunk
  • visual-novel
  • tabletop
  • alternate
  • eroge
  • strategy
  • beautiful
  • grid

5

Concordia (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Android

Build your trade empire in ancient Rome and become the greatest merchant with Concordia: Digital Edition. This turn-based strategy game lets you face 2 to 6 players in the fight for wealth and influence. The rules are easy to learn, but mastering it can take a lifetime. With additional maps and expansions, the replayability of Concordia is infinite. You can challenge your friends in multiplayer mode, play against AI or both. The authentic feel of the board game plus the intuitive UI makes it the perfect addition to your gaming collection.


What we like:
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Nice design and animations
  • Replayability for single player
  • A great starting point for complex board games
  • Solid AI with good difficulty scaling
What could be improved:
  • Needs to be played with friends
  • Some confusion even after the tutorial
  • Limited maps and requires all players to own same content
  • UI improvements needed for better gameplay experience
  • Game may be too short and lacks option for direct sabotage of competitors

  • board-game
  • rome
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • tabletop
  • asynchronous
  • deckbuilder
  • multiplayer
  • card
  • local
  • 4-player
  • resource-management
  • easy-to-learn
  • building
  • empire

6

Mario Party Superstars (2021)

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80
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Nintendo Switch

Mario Party Superstars is an exhillarating, hilarious party game for up to four players. Players compete in a digital board game, rolling dice and landing on various spaces that offer perks or disadvantages. At the end of each round, players jump into a quick minigame and whoever wins earns Coins. The overall goal is to use the Coins to purchase Stars and have the most of them by the end of a predetermined number of rounds.

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What we like:
  • 100 hilarious minigames from previous entries
  • Sticker reactions
  • Local & online play
  • Timers in online play
  • Plenty of modes / options
What could be improved:
  • Only 5 boards
  • No voice chat

  • dice
  • board-game
  • party
  • classic
  • online
  • four-player

7

Sagrada (2020)

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Android Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A game of dice drafting and window crafting.


  • board-game
  • dice-drafting
  • dice
  • tabletop
  • logic
  • match-three
  • touch-friendly
  • strategy
  • colourful
  • turn-based
  • puzzling

8

Everdell (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone Mac OS PC Windows

Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!


  • board-game
  • cartoony
  • card
  • tabletop
  • 2.5d
  • cats
  • dog
  • strategy
  • management
  • building
  • turn-based
  • fantastical
  • colourful
  • cute
  • base-building

9

Root (2021)

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early access PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Mac OS

The is a beautiful and huge RPG game that tells the story of a human being on a mission to return to the past and prevent war in order to save a world ravaged by war. However, other races try to interfere with the journey, and in the process, humans face numerous dangers and surprising truths


  • visual-novel
  • board-game
  • tabletop
  • mystery
  • touch-friendly
  • wargame
  • asynchronous
  • strategy
  • card
  • solitaire
  • war
  • detective
  • pvp
  • lore
  • cute

10

Small World (2023)

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80
Review score
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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

This is a third person strategy adventure game.


  • board-game
  • 2d
  • tabletop

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