Top 8 Most Entertaining Solo-Player Card Games

Traditionally, you’d need a group of friends to play any of the card games. But, what if you just want to enjoy some alone time? Most likely, you’ll find yourself wishing there were a card game you could play by yourself. And good news, there are a few amazing ones, actually! Besides explaining to you how you could play CAH in the single-player version, we gathered a list of the most entertaining card games that work great for playing on your own. 

1. Cards Against Humanity: Solo-Player Version 

Ages 17+ | 600 cards.

We’ve explained how to play CAH with two or three players, and now it’s time for the solo variant! Although there are a few ways to do it, we have two favorites. The first one is playing a black card from the draw deck, and then a white card from your hand. If you laugh, you get one point; if not, you lose one. The second way includes you playing against 2 to 4 random white cards, and you get points only if your card is the funniest. 

2. For Northwood

Ages 12+ | 65 cards.

For Northwood! is one of the most recommended card games for single players. For each round, you’ll choose a fief, use an ally’s abilities, play & win tricks, and finally end the round. There’s a standard and expert mode of playing, and you choose one depending on the preferred difficulty. You win in the standard mode if all three starred fiefs are among the total visited fiefs. In the expert mode, you must win over all eight rulers to win the whole game!

3. Friday

Ages 14+ | 72 cards.

Yep. Friday is a solo-adventure and has a story of its own. The general game objective is to help Robinson overcome island hazards while surviving the phases of danger and defeating the pirates. The game consists of three phases: green, yellow, and red, each increasing in difficulty. Each turn revolves around drawing hazards, combating, revolving combat, and deck management. Once the red phase is completed, you’ll have to confront the two pirates of the game. If you defeat both pirates, you win. If Robinson runs out of life points, you lose. 

4. Regicide

Ages 10+ | 54 cards.

Regicide has a special deck of cards, but you can so easily play it with a standard set of cards, too. The idea of the game is to defeat all 12 Royal Enemies (Jacks, Queens, and Kings) by strategically playing cards. Each round consists of 4 rounds: playing a card or yielding, activating suit power, dealing the damage, and suffering the damage. Aces and Jesters (or Jokers) are special cards. In the solo mode, you only need 2 of the Jokers. You claim victory if you defeat all the enemies, and claim a defeat if you cannot discard enough cards for the specific action. 

5. Marvel Champions

Ages 14+ | 343 cards.

Marvel Champions is a more complicated card game, an LCG one, and will keep you playing for an hour or more. One round in MC consists of two main phases, which are the player phase and the villain phase. During the setup, you must choose one of the hero decks, which includes hero-specific cards, and you choose the villain as well. The goal of the game is to defeat all stages of the villain and to reduce their health to zero before the villain defeats your hero. Worth checking out our Cards Against Marvel game.

6. Palm Island

Ages 12+ | 62 cards.

Palm Island, besides being great to play at home and have some enjoyable alone time, it’s also super fun to take when traveling! Each round in this game requires you to perform actions on the top 2 cards: storing, rotating, flipping, or discarding. The game is made for 8 rounds of play, and after these are finished, you tally up your victory points. To check how well you did in the game, you must simply compare your points to the game’s scoring chart – and we have no doubt you’ll do great!  

7. Aeon’s End

Ages 14+ | 318 cards.

Aeon’s End, often considered a board game, has an amazing fantasy storytelling element. The objective of the game is to defeat the Nemesis before it destroys the city, or even worse, it defeats you. To begin with, you will choose a Mage character that has special abilities, and select the Nemesis too. A game turn includes the Player’s turn and the Nemesis’s turn. On the player’s turn, you can gain gems, cast spells, use abilities, buy cards, and discard them. If the Nemesis is defeated, you win. Otherwise, you lose!

8. Rove

Ages 8+ | 18 cards.

ROVE is fun for the whole family. Yes, it’s an extremely entertaining card game for kids, too! This one’s a solo spatial puzzle game, where your goal is to complete 7 mission cards by arranging the module cards in specific patterns. The gameplay consists of playing movement cards, moving the modules, and then using the module abilities. If you complete 7 mission cards successfully, you win. But if you cannot complete a mission or run out of cards/movement points, the game ends, and you lose. 

Final Thoughts

With the list we’ve compiled, we have proved that card games don’t require a large group of people to have fun – they’re good for one person as well! They help you appreciate alone time and increase self-love. From the solo version of our beloved Cards Against Humanity to the several missions of ROVE, this list contains something for every type of person: whether you prefer brain-teasing challenges, fantasy battles, or just a quick laugh.