# Best board games for 3 players

Plays of the last year that actually sat 3 people at the table, for games that support that count.

_50 games, 11,238 plays behind them._

| # | Game | Plays | Players |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Forest Shuffle](https://www.ludoya.com/games/forest-shuffle) | 1,031 | 66 |
| 2 | [Flip 7](https://www.ludoya.com/games/flip-7) | 834 | 168 |
| 3 | [Take Time](https://www.ludoya.com/games/take-time) | 539 | 45 |
| 4 | [Trio](https://www.ludoya.com/games/nana) | 415 | 80 |
| 5 | [Lost Ruins of Arnak](https://www.ludoya.com/games/lost-ruins-of-arnak) | 366 | 105 |
| 6 | [Azul](https://www.ludoya.com/games/azul) | 334 | 110 |
| 7 | [Wingspan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/wingspan) | 332 | 71 |
| 8 | [Castle Combo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/chateau-combo) | 328 | 129 |
| 9 | [Harmonies](https://www.ludoya.com/games/harmonies) | 318 | 102 |
| 10 | [The White Castle](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-white-castle) | 299 | 81 |
| 11 | [Faraway](https://www.ludoya.com/games/faraway-2) | 290 | 83 |
| 12 | [Ark Nova](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ark-nova) | 265 | 94 |
| 13 | [Sea Salt & Paper](https://www.ludoya.com/games/sea-salt-and-paper) | 264 | 86 |
| 14 | [Splendor](https://www.ludoya.com/games/splendor) | 264 | 73 |
| 15 | [Bomb Busters](https://www.ludoya.com/games/bomb-busters) | 244 | 39 |
| 16 | [Can't Stop](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cant-stop) | 238 | 59 |
| 17 | [Rummikub](https://www.ludoya.com/games/rummikub) | 237 | 18 |
| 18 | [Skull King](https://www.ludoya.com/games/skull-king) | 219 | 39 |
| 19 | [Terraforming Mars](https://www.ludoya.com/games/terraforming-mars) | 211 | 74 |
| 20 | [The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-trick-taking-game) | 204 | 40 |
| 21 | [Gizmos](https://www.ludoya.com/games/gizmos) | 203 | 19 |
| 22 | [Captain Flip](https://www.ludoya.com/games/captain-flip) | 194 | 60 |
| 23 | [The Castles of Burgundy](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-castles-of-burgundy) | 182 | 57 |
| 24 | [The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Trick-Taking Game](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-two-towers-trick-taking-game) | 172 | 10 |
| 25 | [Welcome To...](https://www.ludoya.com/games/welcome-to) | 171 | 32 |
| 26 | [7 Wonders: Architects](https://www.ludoya.com/games/7-wonders-architects) | 169 | 20 |
| 27 | [La Cuenta](https://www.ludoya.com/games/la-cuenta) | 154 | 53 |
| 28 | [King of Tokyo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/king-of-tokyo) | 148 | 24 |
| 29 | [Pixies](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pixies) | 144 | 41 |
| 30 | [Space Base](https://www.ludoya.com/games/space-base-2) | 143 | 21 |
| 31 | [Lucky Numbers](https://www.ludoya.com/games/lucky-numbers) | 142 | 33 |
| 32 | [CuBirds](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cubirds) | 138 | 46 |
| 33 | [Flamme Rouge](https://www.ludoya.com/games/flamme-rouge) | 137 | 5 |
| 34 | [Catan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/catan) | 136 | 42 |
| 35 | [Yokai Pagoda](https://www.ludoya.com/games/yokai-pagoda) | 133 | 45 |
| 36 | [Virus!](https://www.ludoya.com/games/virus-3) | 128 | 36 |
| 37 | [Dominoes](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dominoes) | 126 | 5 |
| 38 | [Knarr](https://www.ludoya.com/games/rising) | 124 | 36 |
| 39 | [Dewan](https://www.ludoya.com/games/dewan) | 121 | 35 |
| 40 | [Piña Coladice](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pina-coladice) | 115 | 31 |
| 41 | [It's a Wonderful World](https://www.ludoya.com/games/its-a-wonderful-world) | 112 | 40 |
| 42 | [Super Mega Lucky Box](https://www.ludoya.com/games/super-mega-lucky-box) | 110 | 14 |
| 43 | [Carcassonne](https://www.ludoya.com/games/carcassonne) | 109 | 55 |
| 44 | [Galactic Cruise](https://www.ludoya.com/games/galactic-cruise) | 106 | 49 |
| 45 | [The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game – Revised Core Set](https://www.ludoya.com/games/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-card-game-revised-core-set) | 103 | 2 |
| 46 | [Ticket to Ride: Europe](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ticket-to-ride-europe) | 101 | 35 |
| 47 | [Flip 7: With A Vengeance](https://www.ludoya.com/games/flip-7-with-a-vengeance) | 97 | 23 |
| 48 | [Marvel Champions: The Card Game](https://www.ludoya.com/games/marvel-champions-the-card-game) | 97 | 19 |
| 49 | [Jungo](https://www.ludoya.com/games/jungo-2) | 96 | 14 |
| 50 | [SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence](https://www.ludoya.com/games/seti-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligence) | 95 | 66 |

## Links

- [This list](https://www.ludoya.com/rankings/best-for-3)
- [Every Ludoya ranking](https://www.ludoya.com/rankings)

_Data from Ludoya: plays its players logged and games they rated. Not BoardGameGeek's ratings._