Trending Board Games — all time
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,064,839
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
chess
strategy board game
141,402
views
views
2
mahjong
game
98,754
views
views
3
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
52,384
views
views
4
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
43,537
views
views
5
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
32,859
views
views
6
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
29,375
views
views
7
checkers
board game
29,182
views
views
8
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
25,622
views
views
9
Scrabble
board game with words
25,558
views
views
10
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
22,568
views
views
11
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
20,790
views
views
12
Cluedo
1949 board game
20,276
views
views
13
Othello
strategy board game
18,967
views
views
14
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
17,979
views
views
15
Ludo
board game
16,915
views
views
16
Battleship
guessing game
14,966
views
views
17
Risk
board game
13,930
views
views
18
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
13,734
views
views
19
Stratego
strategy board game
13,727
views
views
20
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
11,691
views
views
21
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
11,429
views
views
22
The Game of Life
board game
11,415
views
views
23
Mastermind
board game
11,357
views
views
24
snakes and ladders
board game
11,302
views
views
25
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
9,928
views
views
26
Parchís
board game
9,398
views
views
27
The Landlord's Game
board game
9,300
views
views
28
Trivial Pursuit
board game
9,232
views
views
29
Connect Four
children's board game
9,213
views
views
30
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
9,063
views
views
31
Diplomacy
strategic board game
8,690
views
views
32
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
8,346
views
views
33
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
8,278
views
views
34
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
8,248
views
views
35
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
7,471
views
views
36
HeroQuest
board game
7,437
views
views
37
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
7,272
views
views
38
Gomoku
board game
7,257
views
views
39
peg solitaire
board game for one player
7,187
views
views
40
Pachisi
abstract strategy game
6,474
views
views
41
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
6,424
views
views
42
Game of the Goose
board game
5,941
views
views
43
Illuminati
cards boardgame
5,803
views
views
44
Root
2018 board game
5,731
views
views
45
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
5,510
views
views
46
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
5,183
views
views
47
Dobble
2009 card game
5,148
views
views
48
Guess Who?
children's game
4,960
views
views
49
Candy Land
board game
4,915
views
views
50
Twister
game of physical skill
4,692
views
views
51
Subbuteo
board game
4,663
views
views
52
Axis & Allies
board game series
4,640
views
views
53
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
4,578
views
views
54
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
4,537
views
views
55
Sorry!
board game
4,398
views
views
56
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
4,382
views
views
57
English draughts
variant of draughts
4,355
views
views
58
Mexican Train
board game
4,132
views
views
59
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
4,081
views
views
60
Okey
board game
4,078
views
views
61
Blood Bowl
Board game
4,048
views
views
62
Verquere
Historical European tables game
4,044
views
views
63
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
4,038
views
views
64
Pictionary
guessing word game
3,955
views
views
65
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
3,946
views
views
66
Oware
abstract strategy game
3,928
views
views
67
Hex
board game
3,741
views
views
68
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
3,625
views
views
69
7 Wonders
2010 card game
3,608
views
views
70
international draughts
strategy board game
3,475
views
views
71
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
3,474
views
views
72
Halma
game on cell board
3,472
views
views
73
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
3,397
views
views
74
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
3,292
views
views
75
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
3,279
views
views
76
Jeu des petits chevaux
French board game based on Pachisi
3,277
views
views
77
Russian draughts
Variant of draughts played in the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and Israel
3,253
views
views
78
Pass the Pigs
board game
3,234
views
views
79
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
3,173
views
views
80
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
2,982
views
views
81
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
2,947
views
views
82
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
2,922
views
views
83
Abalone
1987 board game
2,886
views
views
84
Mouse Trap
board game
2,838
views
views
85
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
2,816
views
views
86
Splendor
2014 board game
2,782
views
views
87
Spirit Island (board game)
2017 board game
2,780
views
views
88
Space Hulk
board game
2,735
views
views
89
Exit: The Game
escape game series
2,718
views
views
90
Talisman
board game
2,633
views
views
91
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
2,610
views
views
92
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
2,610
views
views
93
Nightmare
1991 horror video board game
2,572
views
views
94
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
2,522
views
views
95
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
2,488
views
views
96
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
2,443
views
views
97
Labyrinth
board game
2,435
views
views
98
Sevens
card game
2,412
views
views
99
Sequence
board and card game
2,402
views
views
100
Blokus
2000 board game
2,383
views
views