1-player games / City Building

Best 1-player city building board games

The top-rated city building board games that play well with 1 player, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 77 games. Everdell leads the list (medium complexity).

Top city building board games for 1 player

AnimalsEverdell (2018)
1–4 players · 40–80 min · ★ 8.1
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City BuildingLe Havre (2008)
1–5 players · 30–150 min · ★ 7.9
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City BuildingArchitects of the West Kingdom (2018)
1–5 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.8
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City BuildingCastles of Mad King Ludwig (2014)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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Card GameUnderwater Cities (2018)
1–4 players · 80–150 min · ★ 8.1
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City BuildingSuburbia (2012)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
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AncientImperial Settlers (2014)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.4
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City BuildingOn Mars (2020)
1–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.3
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City BuildingLisboa (2017)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
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City BuildingOra et Labora (2011)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7
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City BuildingCharterstone (2017)
1–6 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.3
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Abstract StrategyTiny Towns (2019)
1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
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City BuildingGlass Road (2013)
1–4 players · 20–80 min · ★ 7.4
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Card Game51st State Master Set (2016)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
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City BuildingPraga Caput Regni (2020)
1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.2
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City BuildingBetween Two Cities (2015)
1–7 players · 25 min · ★ 7.0
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City BuildingGinkgopolis (2012)
1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5
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AncientRoll Through the Ages The Bronze Age (2008)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.9
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AncientImperial Settlers Empires of the North (2019)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.6
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Card GameSprawlopolis (2018)
1–4 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.5
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City BuildingRoads & Boats (1999)
1–4 players · 240 min · ★ 7.7
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Card GameVillagers (2019)
1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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Card GamePalm Island (2018)
1–2 players · 15 min · ★ 7.2
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BluffingViceroy (2014)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8
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City BuildingDice City (2015)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 6.8
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ArabianMerv The Heart of the Silk Road (2020)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.8
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AncientPeloponnes (2009)
1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
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City BuildingClinic Deluxe Edition (2020)
1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8
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Card GameVillages of Valeria (2017)
1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1
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City BuildingEra Medieval Age (2019)
1–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3
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City BuildingThe Castles of Burgundy The Dice Game (2017)
1–5 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.9
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Card GameHarbour (2015)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.5
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City BuildingNEOM (2018)
1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.4
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American WestColoma (2019)
1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4
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City BuildingTramways (2016)
1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.4
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City BuildingNew Bedford (2016)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1
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City BuildingFounders of Gloomhaven (2018)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.7
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AncientHadrian's Wall (2021)
1–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 8.3
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City BuildingRise to Nobility (2018)
1–6 players · 25–150 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameFlip City (2014)
1–4 players · 30–50 min · ★ 6.3
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City BuildingRagusa (2019)
1–5 players · 40–80 min · ★ 7.0
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City BuildingWelcome to New Las Vegas (2020)
1–50 players · 35 min · ★ 7.0
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Card GameLimes (2014)
1–2 players · 20 min · ★ 6.9
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City BuildingSmall City (2015)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5
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City BuildingImperial Settlers Roll & Write (2019)
1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.4
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AncientRoll Through the Ages The Iron Age (2014)
1–4 players · 40–60 min · ★ 6.6
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Card GameAgropolis (2021)
1–4 players · 15–20 min · ★ 7.8
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City BuildingSubdivision (2014)
1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 6.5
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Quick city building board games for 1 player (30 minutes or less)