Trending Board Games in Japan — the 7 days to 25 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed board games on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 25 October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: chess. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
20,458
Total Views (the 7 days to 25 October 2026)
1
chess
strategy board game
2,346
views
views
2
mahjong
game
2,249
views
views
3
xiangqi
chess variant native to China
1,554
views
views
4
Othello
strategy board game
1,447
views
views
5
backgammon
one of the oldest board games for two players
726
views
views
6
Monopoly
economics-themed board game
608
views
views
7
chaturanga
ancient Indian strategy game
596
views
views
8
The Game of Life
board game
537
views
views
9
Gomoku
board game
537
views
views
10
Taikyoku shogi
36×36 grid variant of Japanese chess
512
views
views
11
tic-tac-toe
game for two players played on a 3x3 board or a sheet of paper
484
views
views
12
Chu shogi
12×12 grid variant of Japanese chess
403
views
views
13
Gunjin Shōgi
Japanese board game
397
views
views
14
Dōbutsu shōgi
3×4 shogi variant
361
views
views
15
Illuminati
cards boardgame
350
views
views
16
Dai shogi
15x15 grid variant of Japanese chess
318
views
views
17
The Settlers of Catan
board game (1995)
307
views
views
18
checkers
board game
280
views
views
19
Renju
traditional board game
276
views
views
20
Royal Game of Ur
ancient Mesopotamian board game
248
views
views
21
Yonin shogi
four-player variant of Japanese chess
223
views
views
22
mawari shogi
shogi variant
205
views
views
23
Ludo
board game
197
views
views
24
Elmo囲い
196
views
views
25
Sho shogi
shogi variant; direct ancestor of modern shogi
183
views
views
26
Maka dai dai shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
168
views
views
27
Battleship
guessing game
166
views
views
28
Rummikub
tile-based game for two to four players
149
views
views
29
Tai shogi
25x25 grid variant of Japanese chess
121
views
views
30
Senet
ancient Egyptian board game
119
views
views
31
Scrabble
board game with words
119
views
views
32
nine men's morris
strategy board game for two players
116
views
views
33
Heian shogi
predecessor of modern shogi
114
views
views
34
Mastermind
board game
111
views
views
35
Battle Dome
pinball board game
108
views
views
36
Dai dai shogi
17x17 variant of Japanese chess
105
views
views
37
Sevens
card game
104
views
views
38
Blokus
2000 board game
100
views
views
39
左美濃
100
views
views
40
three-dimensional chess
any of various chess variants that use multiple boards at different levels
98
views
views
41
Diplomacy
strategic board game
93
views
views
42
Tenjiku shogi
16x16 variant of Japanese chess
92
views
views
43
Space shogi
9×9×9 variant of Japanese chess
89
views
views
44
Twister
game of physical skill
87
views
views
45
Wa shogi
11x11 grid variant of Japanese chess
83
views
views
46
Goita
board game
83
views
views
47
Heian dai shogi
13x13 variant of Japanese chess
83
views
views
48
Minishōgi
5×5 shogi variant
81
views
views
49
Nakahara castle
75
views
views
50
Ko shogi
19x19 grid variant of Japanese chess
74
views
views
51
Tsuitate shogi
shogi variant
72
views
views
52
Quoridor
abstract strategy game
71
views
views
53
Invincible Castle
70
views
views
54
Hare games
board game
67
views
views
55
Codenames
2015 spy-themed word-affiliation board game
67
views
views
56
capture go
variant of the game "go"; abstract strategy game
65
views
views
57
Hex
board game
64
views
views
58
Yut
traditional board game played in Korea
64
views
views
59
Tori shogi
63
views
views
60
Scotland Yard
1983 board game
62
views
views
61
十六むさし
board game
62
views
views
62
八月のタイムマシン
60
views
views
63
Hasami shogi
57
views
views
64
Pandemic
2008 cooperative board game
56
views
views
65
Ticket to Ride
2004 board game
54
views
views
66
将棋崩し
53
views
views
67
舟囲い
51
views
views
68
Luzhanqi
1927 board game
50
views
views
69
peg solitaire
board game for one player
50
views
views
70
Agricola
2007 board game
48
views
views
71
snakes and ladders
board game
47
views
views
72
Liar's Dice
dice game by Richard Borg
47
views
views
73
Okey
board game
47
views
views
74
Sunjang baduk
44
views
views
75
Feudal Lord
board game
43
views
views
76
金無双
42
views
views
77
矢倉早囲い
41
views
views
78
Terraforming Mars
2016 board game
41
views
views
79
Ghosts
board game
40
views
views
80
Machi Koro
2012 board game
39
views
views
81
Sannin shogi
three-player variant of Japanese chess
38
views
views
82
Wingspan
2019 board game by Elizabeth Hargrave
38
views
views
83
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine
2019 cooperative Science Fiction card game by Thomas Sing
36
views
views
84
Kyoto shogi
modern shogi variant, invented by Tamiya Katsuya in 1976, played with a reduced number of pieces on a 5×5 board; the pieces alternately promote and demote with every move, and the promotion values are entirely different from standard shogi
36
views
views
85
shatar
chess variants played in Mongolia
35
views
views
86
Chupu
board game
34
views
views
87
Pachisi
board game that originated in medieval India
34
views
views
88
Risk
board game
34
views
views
89
多伝囲い
33
views
views
90
Fox games
category of board games for two players, where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep
33
views
views
91
Quarto
1991 board game
32
views
views
92
Game of the Goose
board game
31
views
views
93
7 Wonders
2010 card game
30
views
views
94
Alkkagi
board game
30
views
views
95
Splendor
2014 board game
30
views
views
96
Lishogi
30
views
views
97
Abalone
1987 board game
28
views
views
98
whale shogi
shogi variant invented by R. Wayne Schmittberger in 1981; the pieces are named after types of whale
27
views
views
99
目隠し将棋
27
views
views
100
Ubongo
board game
27
views
views