What is the best 1-player space exploration board game?

Terraforming Mars (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player space exploration board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.4/10 from 68,412 ratings. Gaia Project and On Mars round out the top three.

How many 1-player space exploration board games are there?

MeeplePick lists 43 1-player space exploration board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.

1-player games / Space Exploration

Best 1-player space exploration board games

The best 1-player space exploration board games are Terraforming Mars, Gaia Project and On Mars — the top-rated of 43 1-player space exploration board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Terraforming Mars (2016) at 8.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Terraforming Mars (2016)
1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4
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Gaia Project (2017)
1–4 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.5
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On Mars (2020)
1–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.3
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Tiny Epic Galaxies (2015)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
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Space Alert (2008)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
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Firefly The Game (2013)
1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.4
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Star Wars Outer Rim (2019)
1–4 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
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Space Empires 4X (2011)
1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.7
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Leaving Earth (2015)
1–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.8
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Merchant of Venus (Second Edition) (2012)
1–4 players · 120–240 min · ★ 7.2
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Star Trek Frontiers (2016)
1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 7.9
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SpaceCorp 2025-2300AD (2018)
1–4 players · 60–240 min · ★ 7.7
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Circadians First Light (2019)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.7
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Merchant of Venus (1988)
1–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1
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High Frontier 4 All (2020)
1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7
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High Frontier (Third Edition) (2017)
1–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.3
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The Artemis Project (2019)
1–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.3
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First Martians Adventures on the Red Planet (2017)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5
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Kepler-3042 (2016)
1–4 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
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Wild Space (2020)
1–5 players · 15–40 min · ★ 7.5
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Space Cadets Away Missions (2015)
1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
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Planetarium (2017)
1–4 players · 45 min · ★ 7.0
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X-ODUS Rise of the Corruption (2020)
1–4 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.1
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Pocket Mars (2017)
1–4 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.5
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Star Trek Expeditions (2011)
1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5
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Space Park (2018)
1–4 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.3
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Windward (2020)
1–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.5
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Rocketmen (2021)
1–4 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.1
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Space Race The Card Game (2017)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.9
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Martians A Story of Civilization (2016)
1–4 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.5
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Cosmic Run Regeneration (2018)
1–4 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.6
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Stellar Horizons (2020)
1–7 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.1
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Cosmic Colonies (2020)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
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Demeter (2020)
1–100 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
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Warpgate (2019)
1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4
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Sovereign Skies (2020)
1–4 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3
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Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora (1981)
1 players · 90 min · ★ 6.8
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Cosmic Run Rapid Fire (2017)
1–2 players · 20–30 min · ★ 6.9
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Centauri Saga v1.5 (2016)
1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.6
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Struggle for the Galactic Empire (2009)
1 players · 240 min · ★ 6.9
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Liftoff! (1989)
1–4 players · 180 min · ★ 7.0
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Darkrock Ventures (2016)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.8
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Vanished Planet (2003)
1–6 players · 60 min · ★ 5.8
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Frequently asked

What is the best 1-player space exploration board game?: Terraforming Mars (2016) is the highest-rated 1-player space exploration board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.4/10 from 68,412 ratings. Gaia Project and On Mars round out the top three.
How many 1-player space exploration board games are there?: MeeplePick lists 43 1-player space exploration board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.