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 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
774,444
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
chess
strategy board game
109,068
views
views
2
mahjong
game
69,918
views
views
3
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
41,061
views
views
4
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
31,491
views
views
5
The Campaign for North Africa
military simulation game
23,334
views
views
6
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
21,268
views
views
7
checkers
board game
20,676
views
views
8
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
18,934
views
views
9
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
16,312
views
views
10
Scrabble
board game with words
15,542
views
views
11
Cluedo
1949 board game
14,908
views
views
12
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
14,815
views
views
13
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
13,796
views
views
14
Ludo
board game
13,183
views
views
15
Othello
strategy board game
12,464
views
views
16
Stratego
strategy board game
12,089
views
views
17
Trench Crusade
Miniature wargame and horror setting
10,938
views
views
18
Risk
board game
10,793
views
views
19
Battleship
guessing game
10,330
views
views
20
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
9,184
views
views
21
The Game of Life
board game
8,801
views
views
22
snakes and ladders
board game
8,482
views
views
23
Mastermind
board game
8,026
views
views
24
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
7,642
views
views
25
The Landlord's Game
board game
7,241
views
views
26
Chinese checkers
abstract strategy board game
7,220
views
views
27
Trivial Pursuit
board game
7,091
views
views
28
Parchís
board game
6,944
views
views
29
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
6,783
views
views
30
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
6,068
views
views
31
Mensch ärgere dich nicht
German board dice-and-pieces game, based on Pachisi (Indian origin)
6,002
views
views
32
tafl games
group of asymmetric boardgames
5,827
views
views
33
fantasy football
fantasy sport version of gridiron football
5,725
views
views
34
Diplomacy
strategic board game
5,621
views
views
35
Connect Four
children's board game
5,583
views
views
36
HeroQuest
board game
5,398
views
views
37
Gomoku
board game
5,299
views
views
38
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
4,746
views
views
39
Root
2018 board game
4,656
views
views
40
peg solitaire
board game for one player
4,634
views
views
41
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
4,458
views
views
42
Game of the Goose
board game
4,313
views
views
43
Pachisi
abstract strategy game
4,097
views
views
44
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
4,036
views
views
45
Scythe
2016 strategy boardgame
3,980
views
views
46
Candy Land
board game
3,941
views
views
47
Guess Who?
children's game
3,760
views
views
48
Sorry!
board game
3,503
views
views
49
Illuminati
cards boardgame
3,471
views
views
50
Axis & Allies
board game series
3,401
views
views
51
crokinole
table top disk-flicking game
3,323
views
views
52
English draughts
variant of draughts
3,293
views
views
53
Subbuteo
board game
3,288
views
views
54
Operation
battery-operated game of physical skill
3,257
views
views
55
Blood Bowl
Board game
3,210
views
views
56
Pictionary
guessing word game
3,183
views
views
57
Mexican Train
board game
3,114
views
views
58
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
2,993
views
views
59
18XX
board games based on 19th century railroads
2,983
views
views
60
Taboo
1989 word guessing party game
2,848
views
views
61
Twister
game of physical skill
2,811
views
views
62
Dream11
Dream11 is a fantasy sports platform based in India that allows users to play fantasy cricket, football, kabaddi and basketball games.
2,656
views
views
63
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
2,645
views
views
64
Hex
board game
2,641
views
views
65
Twilight Imperium
Science-fiction themed board game
2,641
views
views
66
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
2,610
views
views
67
7 Wonders
2010 card game
2,578
views
views
68
Betrayal at House on the Hill
boardgame
2,565
views
views
69
international draughts
strategy board game
2,556
views
views
70
Okey
board game
2,491
views
views
71
Russian draughts
Variant of draughts played in the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and Israel
2,487
views
views
72
Halma
game on cell board
2,478
views
views
73
Gloomhaven
2017 board game
2,388
views
views
74
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
2,285
views
views
75
Hungry Hungry Hippos
Children's tabletop game
2,281
views
views
76
Oware
abstract strategy game
2,273
views
views
77
Kalah
Board game in the mancala family
2,194
views
views
78
Jeu des petits chevaux
French board game based on Pachisi
2,139
views
views
79
Space Hulk
board game
2,106
views
views
80
Mouse Trap
board game
2,075
views
views
81
Scattergories
creative-thinking category-based party game
2,074
views
views
82
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
2,044
views
views
83
Pass the Pigs
board game
2,037
views
views
84
Splendor
2014 board game
1,981
views
views
85
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
1,962
views
views
86
Sequence
board and card game
1,935
views
views
87
Talisman
board game
1,897
views
views
88
Tric Trac
form of backgammon
1,890
views
views
89
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
1,881
views
views
90
Sevens
card game
1,871
views
views
91
Arkham Horror (1st Edition)
cooperative adventure board game
1,831
views
views
92
Balderdash
board game created by Laura Robinson and Paul Toyne
1,816
views
views
93
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
1,811
views
views
94
Blokus
2000 board game
1,802
views
views
95
Labyrinth
board game
1,767
views
views
96
Ludus latrunculorum
two-player strategy board game played throughout the Roman Empire
1,754
views
views
97
Anti-Monopoly
board game
1,721
views
views
98
correspondence chess
slow chess played via paper postal system (one game taking weeks then) or e-mail
1,716
views
views
99
The Resistance
2009 social role-playing game
1,706
views
views
100
Twilight Struggle
2005 board game
1,703
views
views