Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Board Games in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest board games in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 123 board games tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Fritz, Monopoly Go! and Pandemic (board game) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 112k, and the largest, Fritz, reaches around 2.1M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each board game, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are updated quarterly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated quarterly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Germany, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Fritz 2.1M 31.7 26.0% Board game
2 Monopoly Go! 1M 37.7 47.6% Casual game
3 Pandemic (board game) 853k 43.7 65.5% Board game
4 Diamant (board game) 815k 45.4 87.7% Board game
5 Pachisi 594k 32.0 27.0% Board game
6 Monopoly (game) 555k 33.4 47.8% Board game
7 Ingenious (board game) 371k 40.3 66.1% Board game
8 Scrabble 362k 37.4 51.8% Board game
9 Hive (game) 275k 31.0 28.7% Board game
10 The Settlers of Catan 253k 32.8 45.8% Board game
11 Lord of the Rings (board game) 223k 37.2 35.8% Board game
12 Inquisitor (game) 203k 34.4 0.0% Board game
13 Nine Men's Morris 202k — — Board game
14 Stone Age (board game) 154k 37.4 34.0% Board game
15 Ludo (board game) 151k 33.5 50.9% Board game
16 Necromunda 148k 37.3 40.0% Board game
17 Hordes (game) 136k 41.4 71.3% Strategy
18 Mastermind (board game) 134k 40.1 45.4% Board game
19 Carcassonne (board game) 134k 35.7 43.2% Board game
20 Jenga 131k 39.1 45.6% Board game
21 Rummikub 119k 43.9 65.7% Board game
22 Risk 119k 43.4 48.6% Strategy
23 Small World (board game) 103k 38.9 50.3% Board game
24 Yahtzee 102k 29.9 55.5% Board game
25 Ticket to Ride (board game) 95k 37.7 35.4% Board game
26 Backgammon - Lord of the Board 89k 42.8 17.1% Board game
27 A Game of Thrones (board game) 80k 42.7 44.4% Board game
28 The Game of Life 78k 35.3 54.2% Board game
29 Battleship (game) 77k 38.9 58.0% Board game
30 7 Wonders (board game) 71k 30.0 41.9% Board game
31 Footbag 67k — — Board game
32 Kings of War 63k 39.2 0.0% Board game
33 Agricola (board game) 62k 39.1 33.9% Board game
34 Talisman (board game) 55k 36.7 39.6% Board game
35 Okey 53k 37.1 53.9% Board game
36 Tables (board game) 51k 37.4 40.5% Board game
37 Dice Dreams 49k 37.7 47.6% Casual game
38 Hex (board game) 47k 39.8 66.9% Board game
39 Xiangqi 45k 38.5 56.5% Board game
40 Ludo King 45k 37.2 43.6% Board game
41 Mancala 44k 33.8 72.7% Board game
42 Spot the difference 42k 35.7 45.9% Board game
43 Dune: Imperium 42k 37.2 43.6% Board game
44 Cranium (board game) 40k 35.6 31.2% Board game
45 Okey Plus 37k 37.0 40.5% Board game
46 Çanak Okey Plus 35k 38.7 48.8% Board game
47 TEG (board game) 33k 30.2 17.6% Board game
48 Subbuteo 29k 47.5 13.3% Board game
49 Dominoes 28k 31.6 53.1% Board game
50 Connect Four 27k 29.0 70.8% Board game
51 Scattergories 27k 38.3 92.9% Board game
52 Pay Day (board game) 26k 29.7 45.3% Board game
53 Ultra Marines 26k — — Board game
54 Flames of War 25k 41.2 65.2% Board game
55 Chess with Friends 24k 27.9 21.2% Board game
56 Go (game) 24k 34.6 58.3% Board game
57 snakes and ladders 24k 37.2 43.6% Board game
58 30 Seconds (game) 22k 55.7 45.2% Board game
59 Camelot (board game) 22k 30.9 63.9% Board game
60 Dots and Boxes 21k — — Board game
61 Quiz bowl 21k 38.4 53.9% Board game
62 Sorry! (game) 20k 49.0 99.2% Board game
63 Reversi 17k 24.8 84.8% Board game
64 Surakarta 17k 45.9 100.0% Board game
65 Ludo STAR 16k 37.2 43.6% Board game
66 Chinese checkers 15k 42.3 50.1% Board game
67 Betrayal at House on the Hill 15k — — Board game
68 Mordheim 15k 35.0 0.0% Board game
69 Root Board Game 15k 37.2 43.6% Board game
70 Shogi 14k 39.9 51.3% Board game
71 Battlefleet Gothic 14k 27.3 15.0% Board game
72 Okey Extra 13k 48.1 24.3% Board game
73 Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game 12k 36.8 28.5% Board game
74 Clue (1992 video game) 12k 27.7 89.0% Board game
75 Twilight Struggle 12k — — Strategy
76 Order and Chaos 10k 31.3 42.0% Board game
77 雀魂 -じゃんたま 10k 37.2 43.6% Board game
78 Balderdash 7.2k — — Board game
79 Chessmaster 6.4k — — Board game
80 Cosmic Encounter 6.3k — — Board game
81 Royal Game of Ur 6k 37.2 43.6% Board game
82 El Grande 5.7k 29.3 42.9% Board game
83 Parcheesi 5.6k 24.0 47.5% Board game
84 Mr. Jack 4.7k 22.8 16.1% Board game
85 Dice with Buddies 4.2k 26.8 35.5% Board game
86 HeroClix 3.8k 34.7 0.0% Board game
87 Wingspan 3.5k 37.2 43.6% Board game
88 Sea of clouds 3.3k 46.4 63.7% Board game
89 Star Wars Miniatures 3.2k — — Board game
90 Oware 2.7k 30.6 47.1% Board game
91 Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game 2.6k 36.0 43.4% Board game
92 Neuroshima Hex! 2.1k — — Board game
93 The Game of Life 2 1.9k 37.2 43.6% Board game
94 Black Box (game) 1.8k 46.7 76.3% Board game
95 Senet 1.5k 37.2 43.6% Board game
96 Dark Future 1.4k 27.8 7.5% Board game
97 Yahtzee With Buddies 1.3k 35.0 75.5% Board game
98 Mad Gab 1.3k — — Board game
99 World of Warcraft: The Board Game 1.3k 25.7 23.5% Board game
100 Hadara 1.2k — — Board game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular board games compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Germany and ranks each board game by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is updated quarterly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest board game in Germany?

Fritz currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.1M people in Germany.

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