Trending Board Games — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,267,298
Total Views (September 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
144,703
views
views
2
mahjong
game
107,354
views
views
3
Scrabble
board game with words
63,170
views
views
4
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
59,222
views
views
5
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
58,421
views
views
6
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
51,459
views
views
7
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
39,081
views
views
8
checkers
board game
35,260
views
views
9
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
28,976
views
views
10
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
26,525
views
views
11
Cluedo
1949 board game
25,932
views
views
12
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
21,664
views
views
13
Ludo
board game
20,627
views
views
14
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
19,356
views
views
15
Othello
strategy board game
19,314
views
views
16
Battleship
guessing game
17,838
views
views
17
Risk
board game
17,152
views
views
18
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
15,558
views
views
19
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
15,012
views
views
20
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
13,325
views
views
21
Mastermind
board game
13,131
views
views
22
snakes and ladders
board game
13,126
views
views
23
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
12,874
views
views
24
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
12,535
views
views
25
Parchís
board game
11,706
views
views
26
The Game of Life
board game
11,410
views
views
27
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
11,321
views
views
28
Connect Four
children's board game
10,616
views
views
29
Parcheesi
abstract strategy game
10,363
views
views
30
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
10,128
views
views
31
Trivial Pursuit
board game
10,030
views
views
32
Diplomacy
strategic board game
9,828
views
views
33
Stratego
strategy board game
9,614
views
views
34
Gomoku
board game
9,336
views
views
35
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
8,919
views
views
36
peg solitaire
board game for one player
8,633
views
views
37
The Landlord's Game
board game
8,402
views
views
38
Mangala
traditional Turkish mancala game
8,057
views
views
39
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
7,982
views
views
40
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
7,667
views
views
41
Illuminati
cards boardgame
7,195
views
views
42
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
7,191
views
views
43
Game of the Goose
board game
7,000
views
views
44
Root
2018 board game
6,859
views
views
45
HeroQuest
board game
6,783
views
views
46
Guess Who?
children's game
6,689
views
views
47
Candy Land
board game
6,190
views
views
48
Twister
game of physical skill
5,950
views
views
49
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
5,945
views
views
50
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
5,861
views
views
51
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
5,782
views
views
52
Axis & Allies
board game series
5,673
views
views
53
Sorry!
board game
5,421
views
views
54
Mexican Train
board game
5,387
views
views
55
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
5,255
views
views
56
English draughts
variant of draughts
5,206
views
views
57
Pictionary
guessing word game
4,857
views
views
58
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
4,786
views
views
59
international draughts
strategy board game
4,746
views
views
60
Hex
board game
4,743
views
views
61
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
4,684
views
views
62
Subbuteo
board game
4,664
views
views
63
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
4,618
views
views
64
Oware
abstract strategy game
4,614
views
views
65
Blood Bowl
Board game
4,490
views
views
66
Okey
board game
4,449
views
views
67
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
4,337
views
views
68
Pass the Pigs
board game
4,253
views
views
69
7 Wonders
2010 card game
4,226
views
views
70
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
4,204
views
views
71
Mouse Trap
board game
4,085
views
views
72
Space Hulk
board game
4,053
views
views
73
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
3,827
views
views
74
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
3,785
views
views
75
Russian draughts
Variant of draughts played in the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and Israel
3,756
views
views
76
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
3,725
views
views
77
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
3,718
views
views
78
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
3,652
views
views
79
Halma
game on cell board
3,614
views
views
80
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
3,420
views
views
81
Mordheim
Miniature Wargame
3,359
views
views
82
Sequence
board and card game
3,330
views
views
83
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
3,314
views
views
84
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
3,311
views
views
85
Splendor
2014 board game
3,265
views
views
86
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
3,226
views
views
87
Sevens
card game
3,190
views
views
88
bagatelle
billiards-derived indoor table game
3,176
views
views
89
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
3,175
views
views
90
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
3,103
views
views
91
Jeu des petits chevaux
French board game based on Pachisi
3,095
views
views
92
Abalone
1987 board game
3,037
views
views
93
Tric Trac
form of backgammon
3,033
views
views
94
Talisman
board game
3,026
views
views
95
Don't Wake Daddy
board game
3,020
views
views
96
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
2,903
views
views
97
Tak
2017 board game
2,880
views
views
98
Trouble
board game
2,856
views
views
99
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
2,841
views
views
100
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
2,838
views
views