The best card games, ranked
Card games are the best value in the hobby: small box, small price, and some of the sharpest designs ever printed. A great card game does with 60 cards what some big boxes fail to do with three pounds of plastic.
This list ranks every card-driven game in the BGG Top 300 by rating. Expect trick-takers, tableau builders, dueling games, and fillers you will play five times in a row.
73 games, ranked by rating. Browse all 300
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2025 · 9,992 ratings
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2014 · 13,745 ratings
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Meadow
2021 · 13,928 ratings
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Castle Combo
2024 · 14,729 ratings
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Modern Art
1992 · 25,496 ratings
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Splendor
2014 · 90,458 ratings
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The Taverns of Tiefenthal
2019 · 17,147 ratings
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Sea Salt & Paper
2022 · 22,942 ratings
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Aeon's End: Legacy
2019 · 5,895 ratings
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Faraway
2023 · 18,430 ratings
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Star Realms: Colony Wars
2015 · 8,835 ratings
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Nations
2013 · 12,674 ratings
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Fantasy Realms
2017 · 18,457 ratings
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Codenames: Duet
2017 · 26,749 ratings
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Century: Golem Edition
2017 · 14,204 ratings
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Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game
2012 · 23,397 ratings
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Hanamikoji
2013 · 21,442 ratings
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Skull King
2013 · 15,770 ratings
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Glory to Rome
2005 · 14,907 ratings
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Anno 1800: The Board Game
2020 · 9,001 ratings