Trending Board Games in USA — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
159,015
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
22,417
views
views
2
mahjong
game
13,557
views
views
3
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
8,296
views
views
4
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
5,468
views
views
5
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
5,260
views
views
6
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
5,010
views
views
7
Othello
strategy board game
4,092
views
views
8
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
3,341
views
views
9
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
3,292
views
views
10
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
3,177
views
views
11
checkers
board game
3,140
views
views
12
Scrabble
board game with words
3,072
views
views
13
Ludo
board game
2,988
views
views
14
Cluedo
1949 board game
2,931
views
views
15
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
2,878
views
views
16
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
2,648
views
views
17
snakes and ladders
board game
2,101
views
views
18
Risk
board game
2,001
views
views
19
The Game of Life
board game
1,705
views
views
20
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
1,650
views
views
21
Mastermind
board game
1,621
views
views
22
Battleship
guessing game
1,537
views
views
23
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
1,515
views
views
24
Parchís
board game
1,431
views
views
25
The Landlord's Game
board game
1,425
views
views
26
Diplomacy
strategic board game
1,404
views
views
27
Connect Four
children's board game
1,392
views
views
28
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
1,375
views
views
29
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
1,328
views
views
30
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
1,323
views
views
31
Parcheesi
abstract strategy game
1,245
views
views
32
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
1,187
views
views
33
Candy Land
board game
1,172
views
views
34
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
1,164
views
views
35
Gomoku
board game
1,164
views
views
36
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
1,159
views
views
37
Stratego
strategy board game
1,133
views
views
38
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
1,119
views
views
39
Root
2018 board game
1,113
views
views
40
HeroQuest
board game
1,037
views
views
41
Trivial Pursuit
board game
1,030
views
views
42
Sorry!
board game
979
views
views
43
Axis & Allies
board game series
955
views
views
44
Mexican Train
board game
941
views
views
45
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
893
views
views
46
peg solitaire
board game for one player
875
views
views
47
Guess Who?
children's game
875
views
views
48
Illuminati
cards boardgame
834
views
views
49
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
799
views
views
50
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
771
views
views
51
English draughts
variant of draughts
759
views
views
52
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
712
views
views
53
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
707
views
views
54
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
698
views
views
55
international draughts
strategy board game
657
views
views
56
Mouse Trap
board game
656
views
views
57
Blood Bowl
Board game
656
views
views
58
Pictionary
guessing word game
652
views
views
59
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
643
views
views
60
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
639
views
views
61
Twister
game of physical skill
603
views
views
62
Atmosfear
video board game series
599
views
views
63
Pass the Pigs
board game
599
views
views
64
Hex
board game
592
views
views
65
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
584
views
views
66
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
577
views
views
67
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
568
views
views
68
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
540
views
views
69
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
533
views
views
70
Space Hulk
board game
532
views
views
71
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
528
views
views
72
Balderdash
board game created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne
508
views
views
73
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
505
views
views
74
Nightmare
1991 horror video board game
501
views
views
75
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
489
views
views
76
Sequence
board and card game
474
views
views
77
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
470
views
views
78
Okey
board game
451
views
views
79
Splendor
2014 board game
444
views
views
80
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
442
views
views
81
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
426
views
views
82
Coup
card game involving deception and murder
422
views
views
83
Trouble
board game
419
views
views
84
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
417
views
views
85
Dungeon!
boardgame
410
views
views
86
Subbuteo
board game
409
views
views
87
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
407
views
views
88
Tak
2017 board game
405
views
views
89
Talisman
board game
399
views
views
90
Apples to Apples
card game
393
views
views
91
Halma
game on cell board
391
views
views
92
Android: Netrunner
2012 expandable Card Game
388
views
views
93
7 Wonders
2010 card game
387
views
views
94
Game of the Goose
board game
387
views
views
95
Spirit Island (board game)
2017 board game
385
views
views
96
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
374
views
views
97
Wavelength
party game published in 2019
372
views
views
98
three-player chess
family of chess variants specially designed for three players
363
views
views
99
Dune: Imperium
2020 board game
362
views
views
100
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
361
views
views