Best Abstract Strategy Games for 2 Players
Yōkaï no Mori
2013
6.89
2 players
15 min
2.27/5
Pyramid Arcade
2016
7.81
1-10 players
5-180 min
2.31/5
Hive Pocket
2010
7.69
2 players
20 min
2.21/5
Ingenious Challenges
2010
5.87
2-4 players
30 min
1.38/5
Tempête sur l'Échiquier
1989
6.81
2 players
120 min
1.62/5
Azul
2017
7.72
2-4 players
30-45 min
1.78/5
Patchwork
2014
7.58
2 players
15-30 min
1.60/5
YINSH
2003
7.71
2 players
30-60 min
2.63/5
Santorini
2016
7.33
2-4 players
20 min
1.72/5
Hive
2001
7.32
2 players
20 min
2.31/5
Onitama
2014
7.34
2 players
10-30 min
1.66/5
Ingenious
2004
7.10
1-4 players
45 min
1.91/5
TZAAR
2007
7.67
2 players
30-60 min
2.48/5
DVONN
2001
7.45
2 players
30 min
2.65/5
Tash-Kalar: Arena of Legends
2013
7.15
2-4 players
30-60 min
2.84/5
The Duke
2013
7.30
2 players
30 min
2.47/5
ZÈRTZ
1999
7.26
2 players
30-60 min
2.73/5
Tak
2016
7.57
2 players
20-60 min
2.44/5
Quarto
1991
6.90
2 players
20 min
1.87/5
Blokus Duo
2005
6.83
2 players
15 min
1.68/5
GIPF
1997
7.08
2 players
30-60 min
2.75/5
Kahuna
1998
6.61
2 players
30-40 min
2.05/5
Quoridor
1997
6.65
2-4 players
15 min
1.83/5
Kingdoms
1994
6.70
2-4 players
45 min
1.85/5
The Rose King
1997
6.82
2 players
30 min
1.94/5
Kamisado
2008
6.96
2 players
20 min
2.36/5
Ingenious: Travel Edition
2006
7.09
2 players
30 min
1.85/5
Clans
2002
6.58
2-4 players
30 min
2.03/5
Fjords
2005
6.77
2 players
30 min
1.71/5
Abalone
1987
6.49
2 players
30 min
2.15/5
Take it Easy!
1983
6.61
1-8 players
20 min
1.48/5
Pente
1977
6.65
2 players
30 min
2.08/5
Cathedral
1978
6.55
2 players
20 min
1.79/5
Confusion: Espionage and Deception in the Cold War
1992
7.05
2 players
45 min
2.41/5
Ta Yü
1999
6.95
2-4 players
30-45 min
2.07/5
PÜNCT
2005
6.79
2 players
30 min
2.74/5
Twixt
1964
6.60
2-4 players
30 min
2.48/5
Khet: The Laser Game
2005
6.49
2 players
20 min
2.52/5
Pentago
2005
6.38
2 players
5 min
1.83/5
Niya
2012
6.55
2 players
10 min
1.22/5
Gobblet
2000
6.62
2 players
20 min
1.83/5
Android: Mainframe
2016
6.55
2-4 players
15-30 min
1.84/5
TAMSK
1998
6.76
2 players
20 min
2.29/5
Völuspá
2012
6.61
2-5 players
45 min
1.95/5
Homeworlds
2001
7.50
2-6 players
15-60 min
3.36/5
Longhorn
2013
6.53
2 players
15 min
1.77/5
Terra Nova
2006
6.45
2-4 players
45 min
2.27/5
Qwirkle Cubes
2009
6.58
2-4 players
45 min
1.58/5
Kulami
2011
7.03
2 players
30 min
1.70/5
The Blood of an Englishman
2016
6.52
2 players
20-30 min
1.83/5
Tantrix
1991
6.36
1-4 players
30 min
2.22/5
Ekö
2015
6.75
2-4 players
30-60 min
2.61/5
Haru Ichiban
2014
6.61
2 players
20 min
1.77/5
Pylos
1994
6.30
2 players
10 min
1.92/5
Arimaa
2002
7.23
2 players
60 min
3.20/5
Bullfrogs
2015
6.71
2-4 players
20-40 min
1.89/5
Polarity
1986
6.34
2-4 players
20 min
1.68/5
Ponte del Diavolo
2007
6.47
2 players
25 min
2.32/5
Apotheca
2016
6.59
1-4 players
1.97/5
Beowulf: The Movie Board Game
2007
6.32
2-4 players
30 min
2.14/5
Lines of Action
1969
7.13
2 players
20 min
2.69/5
Mijnlieff
2010
6.99
2 players
10 min
1.68/5
Micropul
2004
6.75
1-2 players
30 min
1.91/5
Navia Dratp
2004
7.14
2 players
30 min
2.89/5
Khet 2.0
2011
6.63
2 players
30 min
2.71/5
Armadöra
2003
6.35
2-4 players
30 min
1.96/5
IOTA
2012
6.15
2-4 players
30 min
1.91/5
Let's Catch the Lion!
2008
6.56
2 players
15 min
1.71/5
Fealty
2011
6.66
2-4 players
30 min
2.44/5
Siam
2005
6.56
2 players
15 min
2.07/5
Tatsu
2016
6.68
2 players
30-45 min
1.69/5
Focus
1963
6.48
2-4 players
45 min
2.38/5
Rondo
2012
6.57
2-4 players
25 min
1.36/5
Flowerpower
2001
6.58
1-2 players
30 min
1.46/5
Black Box
1977
6.39
1-2 players
20 min
2.06/5
Rat Hot
2005
6.29
2 players
30 min
1.47/5
Gobblet Gobblers
2003
6.32
2 players
5 min
1.30/5
Day & Night
2008
6.59
2 players
45 min
2.46/5
Santorini
2004
7.19
2-3 players
20 min
2.35/5
Pick & Pack
2007
6.46
2 players
20 min
1.88/5
Latice
2015
6.61
2-4 players
10-30 min
1.64/5
Quixo
1995
6.26
2-4 players
15 min
1.62/5
Jarl: The Vikings Tile-Laying Game
2015
6.86
2 players
15-25 min
2.67/5
Phoenix
2003
6.39
2 players
20 min
1.68/5
Feudal
1967
6.13
2-6 players
90 min
2.30/5
Amazons
1992
7.21
2 players
30 min
2.82/5
Ebbe & Flut
2000
6.49
1-2 players
30-45 min
1.91/5
Volcano
2000
6.84
1-6 players
30 min
2.35/5
Coin Age
2013
5.98
2 players
15 min
1.35/5
Pyramix
2014
6.41
2-4 players
15 min
1.29/5
Trax
1980
6.48
2 players
10 min
2.11/5
ConHex
2002
6.87
2 players
30 min
2.80/5
Six Making
2013
7.51
2 players
25 min
1.79/5
Gyges
1985
6.63
2 players
15 min
2.44/5
RRR
2010
6.69
2 players
15 min
1.85/5
Xe Queo!
1998
6.62
2 players
20 min
1.48/5
The Very Clever Pipe Game
1996
6.22
2-4 players
20 min
1.59/5
Stratego (Revised Edition)
2008
6.21
2 players
30 min
1.95/5
Six
2003
6.29
2-4 players
20 min
1.64/5
Martian Chess
1995
6.56
2-4 players
20 min
2.42/5
Yavalath
2007
7.10
2-3 players
10 min
2.17/5
Agamemnon
2016
6.67
2 players
20-30 min
2.18/5
Terrace
1992
6.40
2-4 players
20 min
2.51/5
Hack Trick
2015
6.35
2-4 players
15-25 min
1.43/5
Chase
1986
6.85
2 players
45 min
2.66/5
Ninja Versus Ninja
2008
6.04
2 players
15 min
1.28/5
One Zero One
2013
6.43
2 players
10-15 min
1.84/5
Mouse Guard: Swords & Strongholds
2015
6.99
2 players
15-30 min
1.38/5
Codinca
2012
6.13
2-4 players
30 min
1.40/5
Chess 960
1996
7.67
2 players
180 min
3.30/5
Kamon
2007
6.46
2 players
15 min
1.80/5
Barragoon
2014
7.19
2 players
20-120 min
2.67/5
Carnac
2011
6.92
2 players
20 min
2.25/5
Octi
1999
6.68
2-4 players
10-30 min
2.96/5
Swish
2011
6.11
2-6 players
10 min
1.27/5
On the Dot
2006
6.16
2-4 players
5 min
1.65/5
Axiom
1988
6.95
2 players
15 min
2.88/5
Kings Cribbage
1997
6.74
2-4 players
30 min
1.87/5
Linja
2003
6.55
2 players
15 min
1.86/5
Epigo
2011
6.75
2-4 players
15 min
2.45/5
Havannah
1981
7.16
2 players
30 min
3.25/5
Thud
2002
6.28
2 players
60 min
2.59/5
Neue Spiele im alten Rom
1994
6.86
2-7 players
2.31/5
Robotory
2006
6.26
2 players
15 min
1.72/5
Conquest
1974
6.41
2-4 players
120 min
2.47/5
KUMO Hogosha
2015
6.53
2-4 players
25-30 min
2.33/5
Avignon: A Clash of Popes
2016
6.14
2 players
10-20 min
1.46/5
Catchup
2010
7.56
2 players
13 min
2.10/5
Maze Racers
2015
6.44
2-4 players
20 min
1.57/5
Lakota
2004
6.15
2-6 players
30 min
1.31/5
Kamisado Max
2014
7.34
2 players
20 min
1.67/5
Ominoes
2016
6.46
2-4 players
15 min
1.42/5
Stratego: The Lord of the Rings
2004
6.28
2 players
2.05/5
Octiles
1984
6.47
2-4 players
60 min
1.90/5
Fire and Ice
2002
6.76
1-2 players
30 min
2.95/5
Push Fight
2008
7.34
2 players
5-15 min
2.56/5
Hyle
1979
6.87
2 players
45 min
2.87/5
Easter Island
2006
6.32
2 players
20 min
2.31/5
Stratego Waterloo
2015
7.29
2 players
45-120 min
2.47/5
Hounded
2016
6.58
2 players
15-25 min
1.75/5
Slither
2010
7.96
2 players
40 min
2.93/5
For Crown & Kingdom
2016
6.65
2-4 players
30-60 min
2.00/5
Equinox
2012
6.53
2 players
25 min
1.92/5
COGZ
2015
6.99
2-6 players
30 min
2.00/5
RESISTOR_
2015
6.40
2 players
20 min
2.13/5
Isis & Osiris
2001
5.84
2-4 players
10-20 min
1.35/5
Bauhaus
2013
6.72
2-4 players
30 min
2.00/5
Ploy
1970
6.30
2-4 players
60 min
2.38/5
Score Four
1967
5.99
2-4 players
30 min
1.78/5
Avalam
1996
6.44
2 players
30 min
1.95/5
Pocket Invaders
2016
6.58
2-4 players
10-20 min
2.11/5
Zatre
1990
6.33
2-6 players
45 min
2.04/5
Murus Gallicus
2009
6.98
2 players
20 min
2.85/5
Siesta
1999
6.34
2-4 players
60 min
2.52/5
Entrapment
1999
7.97
2 players
30 min
3.11/5
Epaminondas
1975
7.12
2 players
60 min
2.86/5
Quoridor Kid
2004
6.31
2-4 players
10 min
1.40/5
Oshi
2006
6.13
2 players
20 min
2.14/5
Abalone Quattro
2003
6.82
2-4 players
40 min
2.36/5
Columba
2012
6.93
2-4 players
30 min
2.25/5
Proteus
2001
6.59
2 players
30 min
3.21/5
Mastermind
1971
5.68
2 players
20 min
1.79/5
Ordo
2009
7.38
2 players
45 min
2.88/5
Volo
2010
7.54
2 players
45 min
2.71/5
Totemo
2010
6.61
2-4 players
30 min
1.58/5
Cityscape
2002
6.20
2-4 players
10 min
1.67/5
Cannon
2003
6.95
2 players
20 min
2.67/5
Stratego: Star Wars
2002
6.10
2 players
30 min
1.69/5
King's Court
1986
6.67
2 players
20 min
1.71/5
7 Steps
2014
6.15
2-4 players
30 min
1.76/5
Microworld
2016
6.31
2 players
15-20 min
2.00/5
The Game of Y
1960
7.19
2 players
20 min
3.06/5
Art of War: the card game
2015
6.60
2 players
2.31/5
Connect6
2003
6.36
2 players
30 min
2.46/5
Batik
1997
5.93
2 players
10 min
1.11/5
Pelican Bay
2013
6.27
2-4 players
40-50 min
2.18/5
Mana
1987
6.77
2 players
30 min
2.00/5
Bison
1975
6.08
2 players
30 min
1.55/5
Meridian
2001
6.02
2-4 players
30 min
2.51/5
Pathfinder
1974
6.23
2 players
20 min
1.16/5
Gnostica
2001
7.08
2-6 players
60 min
3.30/5
Offboard
2011
6.54
2 players
20 min
2.25/5
Atlanteon
1992
5.85
2 players
30 min
2.03/5
Take it Higher!
2009
6.80
1-6 players
25 min
2.15/5
24/7: The Game
2006
6.14
2-4 players
20 min
1.86/5
Project Kells: Sacred Hill, High Kings of Tara & Poisoned Chalice
2004
6.20
2 players
30 min
2.07/5
The Generals
1980
6.82
2 players
10 min
1.84/5
Quinamid
2007
6.85
2 players
10 min
2.20/5
Tortuga
2007
6.16
2 players
10 min
1.88/5
Adaptoid
2009
6.87
2 players
20 min
2.12/5
Telepathy
2008
6.59
2-4 players
20 min
2.00/5
No Stress Chess
2004
6.27
2 players
60 min
2.29/5
Less: Like Chess but Less!
2015
6.76
2-4 players
2-30 min
1.17/5
Triovision
2008
6.34
1-6 players
20 min
1.32/5
Quads
1996
6.19
2 players
10 min
1.87/5
Inside
2007
6.47
2 players
10 min
2.00/5
Grand Conquest
2006
7.56
2-4 players
60 min
3.17/5
Alien City
2002
7.12
2 players
40 min
3.18/5
Space Walk
1999
5.98
2-5 players
45 min
1.52/5
Exxit
2006
6.85
2 players
40 min
2.50/5