Trending Board Games — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,009,043
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
204,740
views
views
2
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
170,153
views
views
3
mahjong
game
168,617
views
views
4
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
93,155
views
views
5
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
75,744
views
views
6
Scrabble
board game with words
75,206
views
views
7
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
62,648
views
views
8
checkers
board game
49,579
views
views
9
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
46,141
views
views
10
Cluedo
1949 board game
44,300
views
views
11
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
40,666
views
views
12
Ludo
board game
35,388
views
views
13
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
34,404
views
views
14
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
29,686
views
views
15
Othello
strategy board game
27,086
views
views
16
Risk
board game
26,805
views
views
17
Battleship
guessing game
25,599
views
views
18
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
24,965
views
views
19
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
21,064
views
views
20
snakes and ladders
board game
20,565
views
views
21
Mastermind
board game
20,263
views
views
22
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
19,993
views
views
23
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
19,178
views
views
24
Parcheesi
abstract strategy game
18,136
views
views
25
Parchís
board game
18,109
views
views
26
The Game of Life
board game
17,827
views
views
27
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
17,670
views
views
28
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
17,198
views
views
29
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
17,102
views
views
30
Connect Four
children's board game
17,047
views
views
31
Diplomacy
strategic board game
16,637
views
views
32
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
16,374
views
views
33
Trivial Pursuit
board game
15,228
views
views
34
Stratego
strategy board game
14,331
views
views
35
Gomoku
board game
14,161
views
views
36
The Landlord's Game
board game
14,035
views
views
37
peg solitaire
board game for one player
13,531
views
views
38
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
12,577
views
views
39
Root
2018 board game
11,623
views
views
40
Illuminati
cards boardgame
11,088
views
views
41
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
10,980
views
views
42
Guess Who?
children's game
10,611
views
views
43
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
10,487
views
views
44
HeroQuest
board game
10,302
views
views
45
Candy Land
board game
9,951
views
views
46
Sorry!
board game
9,944
views
views
47
Mexican Train
board game
9,747
views
views
48
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
9,729
views
views
49
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
9,665
views
views
50
Twister
game of physical skill
9,627
views
views
51
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
9,356
views
views
52
Axis & Allies
board game series
9,345
views
views
53
Mangala
traditional Turkish mancala game
9,026
views
views
54
Game of the Goose
board game
8,903
views
views
55
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
8,366
views
views
56
English draughts
variant of draughts
8,288
views
views
57
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
8,158
views
views
58
Pictionary
guessing word game
8,019
views
views
59
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
7,728
views
views
60
international draughts
strategy board game
7,562
views
views
61
Blood Bowl
Board game
7,293
views
views
62
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
7,143
views
views
63
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
7,130
views
views
64
Pass the Pigs
board game
7,120
views
views
65
Subbuteo
board game
7,081
views
views
66
Hex
board game
7,067
views
views
67
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
6,909
views
views
68
Okey
board game
6,723
views
views
69
Mouse Trap
board game
6,632
views
views
70
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
6,631
views
views
71
Space Hulk
board game
6,617
views
views
72
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
6,256
views
views
73
Oware
abstract strategy game
6,240
views
views
74
7 Wonders
2010 card game
6,232
views
views
75
Halma
game on cell board
5,930
views
views
76
Sequence
board and card game
5,910
views
views
77
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
5,895
views
views
78
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
5,860
views
views
79
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
5,801
views
views
80
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
5,557
views
views
81
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
5,323
views
views
82
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
5,309
views
views
83
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
5,255
views
views
84
Splendor
2014 board game
4,949
views
views
85
Trouble
board game
4,938
views
views
86
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
4,921
views
views
87
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
4,899
views
views
88
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
4,897
views
views
89
Tak
2017 board game
4,855
views
views
90
Russian draughts
Variant of draughts played in the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and Israel
4,744
views
views
91
Talisman
board game
4,679
views
views
92
Apples to Apples
card game
4,614
views
views
93
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
4,612
views
views
94
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
4,583
views
views
95
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
4,575
views
views
96
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
4,490
views
views
97
Sevens
card game
4,311
views
views
98
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
4,290
views
views
99
Abalone
1987 board game
4,227
views
views
100
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
4,132
views
views