What is the best 1-player horror board game?

Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player horror board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.2/10 from 30,213 ratings. Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Eldritch Horror round out the top three.

How many 1-player horror board games are there?

MeeplePick lists 100 1-player horror board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.

1-player games / Horror

Best 1-player horror board games

The best 1-player horror board games are Arkham Horror The Card Game, Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Eldritch Horror — the top-rated of 100 1-player horror board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016) at 8.2/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top horror board games for 1 player

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Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016)
1–2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.2
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Mansions of Madness Second Edition (2016)
1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 8.1
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Eldritch Horror (2013)
1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.8
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Nemesis (2018)
1–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.4
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Kingdom Death Monster (2015)
1–4 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.6
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Arkham Horror (2005)
1–8 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.3
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Zombicide Black Plague (2015)
1–6 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.7
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Legendary Encounters An Alien Deck Building Game (2014)
1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.8
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Ghost Stories (2008)
1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3
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Elder Sign (2011)
1–8 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0
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Horrified (2019)
1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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Zombicide (2012)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
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Cthulhu Death May Die (2019)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2
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Arkham Horror (Third Edition) (2018)
1–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.8
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Shadows of Brimstone City of the Ancients (2014)
1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.0
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Dungeons & Dragons Castle Ravenloft Board Game (2010)
1–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0
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Zombicide Green Horde (2018)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.8
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Shadows of Brimstone Swamps of Death (2014)
1–4 players · 90–180 min · ★ 8.0
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Zombicide Season 2 Prison Outbreak (2013)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
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The Bloody Inn (2015)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0
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Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition) (2016)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 8.2
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AuZtralia (2018)
1–4 players · 30–120 min · ★ 7.4
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Sub Terra (2017)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.4
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Zombicide Season 3 Rue Morgue (2015)
1–12 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5
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Escape the Dark Castle (2017)
1–4 players · 20–45 min · ★ 7.6
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Room 25 (2013)
1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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Deep Madness (2018)
1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.0
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Tiny Epic Zombies (2018)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
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Bloodborne The Board Game (2021)
1–4 players · 45–75 min · ★ 8.1
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Folklore The Affliction (2017)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8
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XenoShyft Onslaught (2015)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.0
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Mythos Tales (2016)
1–10 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
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Escape Tales The Awakening (2018)
1–4 players · 180–360 min · ★ 7.2
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Fireteam Zero (2015)
1–4 players · 90 min · ★ 7.5
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Shadows of Brimstone Forbidden Fortress (2018)
1–4 players · 120 min · ★ 8.6
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Village Attacks (2018)
1–5 players · 30–180 min · ★ 7.6
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The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
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Zombicide 2nd Edition (2021)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2
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Run (2014)
1–4 players · 40 min · ★ 6.9
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XenoShyft Dreadmire (2017)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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After The Virus (2017)
1–3 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.2
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Conquest of Planet Earth The Space Alien Game (2010)
1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 6.9
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Dawn of the Zeds (Second edition) (2013)
1 players · 45–90 min · ★ 7.9
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Escape the Dark Sector (2020)
1–4 players · 20–60 min · ★ 8.1
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Fate of the Elder Gods (2017)
1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.3
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Planet Apocalypse (2020)
1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 8.2
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Resident Evil Deck Building Game (2010)
1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
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Darkest Night (2012)
1–4 players · 150 min · ★ 7.1
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Quick horror board games for 1 player (30 minutes or less)

Room 25 (2013)
1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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The Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (2017)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
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Resident Evil Deck Building Game (2010)
1–4 players · 30 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
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Zombie in My Pocket (2007)
1 players · 5 min · ★ 6.3
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Unbroken (2018)
1 players · 15–30 min · ★ 5.9
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Killing Parentless Children (2017)
1–4 players · 10–30 min · ★ 6.4
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Lucidity Six-Sided Nightmares (2018)
1–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.4
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Shardhunters (2019)
1–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6
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Intruder (1980)
1–2 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
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Zombie in My Pocket (2010)
1–8 players · 30 min · ★ 5.8
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Escape of the Dead Minigame (2010)
1 players · 15 min · ★ 6.3
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Frequently asked

What is the best 1-player horror board game?: Arkham Horror The Card Game (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player horror board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.2/10 from 30,213 ratings. Mansions of Madness Second Edition and Eldritch Horror round out the top three.
How many 1-player horror board games are there?: MeeplePick lists 100 1-player horror board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.