Best worker placement board games
The best worker placement board games are Viticulture Essential Edition, Caverna The Cave Farmers and Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar — the top-rated of 402 worker placement board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Viticulture Essential Edition (2015) at 8.1/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Viticulture Essential Edition (2015)
1–6 players · 45–90 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Caverna The Cave Farmers (2013)
1–7 players · 30–210 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar (2012)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Caylus Premium Limited Edition (2005)
2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Architects of the West Kingdom (2018)
1–5 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Raiders of the North Sea (2015)
2–4 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Russian Railroads (2013)
2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Village (2011)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
The Gallerist (2015)
1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Champions of Midgard (2015)
2–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Agricola Revised Edition (2016)
1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Paladins of the West Kingdom (2019)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Targi (2012)
2 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Fields of Arle (2014)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Dinosaur Island (2017)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Lorenzo il Magnifico (2016)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Ora et Labora (2011)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
The Pillars of the Earth (2006)
2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Rajas of the Ganges (2017)
2–4 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Dungeon Petz (2011)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Viticulture (2013)
2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Dungeon Lords (2009)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Agricola All Creatures Big and Small (2012)
2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Age of Empires III The Age of Discovery (2007)
2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Vinhos Deluxe Edition (2016)
1–4 players · 60–135 min · ★ 8.2
Complexity
Bora Bora (2013)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Kanban Driver's Edition (2014)
2–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Imhotep (2016)
2–4 players · 40 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
The Manhattan Project (2012)
2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Marco Polo II In the Service of the Khan (2019)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Euphoria Build a Better Dystopia (2013)
2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
The Manhattan Project Energy Empire (2016)
1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
51st State Master Set (2016)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Last Will (2011)
2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Kanban EV (2020)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.8
Complexity
Lancaster (2011)
2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Dwellings of Eldervale (2020)
1–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.4
Complexity
Bruxelles 1893 (2013)
2–5 players · 50–125 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Nusfjord (2017)
1–5 players · 20–100 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Carson City (2009)
2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Imperial Settlers Empires of the North (2019)
1–4 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Egizia (2009)
2–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Madeira (2013)
2–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Vinhos (2010)
2–4 players · 60–135 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Beyond the Sun (2020)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Belfort (2011)
2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Francis Drake (2013)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
The Colonists (2016)
1–4 players · 30–360 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Snowdonia (2012)
1–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Myrmes (2012)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Argent The Consortium (2015)
2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Luna In the Domain of the Moon Priestess (2010)
1–4 players · 60–100 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Caverna Cave vs Cave (2017)
1–2 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Spyrium (2013)
2–5 players · 75 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Tribune Primus Inter Pares (2007)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Vasco da Gama (2009)
2–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Outlive (2017)
2–4 players · 40–110 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
The Pursuit of Happiness (2015)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Yedo (2012)
2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Century A new world (2019)
2–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Frequently asked
- What is the best worker placement board game?
- Viticulture Essential Edition (2015) is the highest-rated worker placement board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.1/10 from 31,378 ratings. Caverna The Cave Farmers and Tzolk'in The Mayan Calendar round out the top three.
- How many worker placement board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 402 worker placement board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.
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