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Best Bored Game

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  1. #1 Tabletop Simulator

    Premier physics-based sandbox for playing virtually any board game online or locally with friends, perfect for alleviating boredom.

    100% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive96% of 71,905 reviews2015
    Developer: Berserk Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 9.3hMean: 56.2h≥1hr: 90%

    Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!

  2. #2 Wingspan

    Award-winning relaxing strategy board game about building bird habitats with beautiful art and deep combos.

    99% match
    Very Positive94% of 11,446 reviews2020
    Developer: Monster Couch
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.8hMean: 14.1h≥1hr: 80%

    Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

  3. #3 Balatro

    Hypnotically addictive roguelike deckbuilder poker game with outrageous combos, ideal for endless boredom-busting play.

    99% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive98% of 185,047 reviews2024
    Developer: LocalThunkPublisher: Playstack
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 20.6hMean: 46.2h≥1hr: 95%

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

  4. #4 Gloomhaven

    Deep cooperative tactical board game with campaign, deckbuilding, and unforgiving combat for immersive sessions.

    98% match
    Very Positive82% of 15,728 reviews2021
    Developer: Flaming Fowl StudiosPublisher: Twin Sails Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 6.5hMean: 32.2h≥1hr: 85%

    Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.

  5. #5 Ticket to Ride®

    Iconic route-building board game with global multiplayer and AI for casual strategy fun.

    98% match
    Mixed68% of 980 reviews2023
    Developer: Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.4hMean: 7.1h≥1hr: 61%

    Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!

  6. #6 Inscryption

    Innovative card battler roguelike blending deckbuilding, puzzles, and psychological horror narrative.

    97% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive97% of 142,500 reviews2021
    Developer: Daniel Mullins GamesPublisher: Devolver Digital
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 10.2hMean: 16.5h≥1hr: 92%

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

  7. #7 Scythe: Digital Edition

    Highly acclaimed 4X strategy board game with mechs, factions, and alternate-history theme in faithful digital adaptation.

    97% match
    Very Positive90% of 3,737 reviews2018
    Developer: The Knights of Unity
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.2hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 75%

    Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!

  8. #8 Pummel Party

    Multiplayer party game with board mode, minigames, and item chaos for friendship-testing fun.

    96% match
    Very Positive89% of 56,437 reviews2018
    Developer: Rebuilt Games
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 7.2hMean: 15.1h≥1hr: 94%

    Pummel Party is a 4-8 player online and local-multiplayer party game. Pummel friends or AI using a wide array of absurd items in the board mode and compete to destroy friendships in the unique collection of minigames.

  9. #9 The Jackbox Party Pack 7

    Party pack with humorous board-like games using phones as controllers for group entertainment.

    96% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,854 reviews2020
    Developer: Jackbox Games, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.6hMean: 9.1h≥1hr: 87%

    Five new games: the hit threequel Quiplash 3, the collaborative chaos of The Devils and the Details, the fierce drawing game Champ’d Up, the speech game Talking Points and the guessing game Blather 'Round. Use phones or tablets as controllers and play with up to 8 players, and an audience of 10,000!

  10. #10 UNO

    Casual family-friendly card game with online multiplayer and customizable rules for quick matches.

    95% match
    Mostly Positive71% of 53,647 reviews2017
    Developer: Ubisoft Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.2hMean: 14.0h≥1hr: 85%

    UNO™ is the iconic card game reimagined with a large variety of gameplay and customization options. Play solo or with friends, personalize your experience from rules to cosmetics, and try the Happy Hour!

  11. #11 THE GAME OF LIFE

    Classic board game adaptation full of life choices, adventures, and surprises in digital form.

    95% match
    Mostly Positive72% of 2,652 reviews2015
    Developer: Marmalade Game Studio Ltd
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.5hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 79%

    THE GAME OF LIFE showcases a beautifully rendered digital game board, cards and spinner that capture the fun of the Classic game full of adventure & surprises! THE GAME OF LIFE will take players on a journey where fortunes can be won…and lost!

  12. #12 Cookie Clicker

    Classic idle clicker for mindless progression, perfect for idle boredom relief.

    94% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive96% of 88,411 reviews2021
    Developer: OrteilPublisher: Playsaurus
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 89.5hMean: 369.6h≥1hr: 97%

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

  13. #13 No Time to Relax

    Chaotic 4-player life simulation board game competing in career, relationships, and daily challenges.

    94% match
    Very Positive92% of 2,724 reviews2019
    Developer: Porcelain Fortress
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.7hMean: 8.1h≥1hr: 89%

    No Time to Relax is a life simulation game where up to 4 players online or locally compete against each other in the ultimate game of life.

  14. #14 Catan Universe

    Digital Settlers of Catan with multiplayer, expansions, and trading to build settlements.

    93% match
    Mixed48% of 17,415 reviews2017
    Developer: Client/Frontend: Endava / Backend: SuperNimbusPublisher: USM
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.1hMean: 13.7h≥1hr: 67%

    Trade – build – settle: Become Lord of Catan! Get to know Catan and play the starter scenario in multiplayer mode. Purchase the complete base game, expansions, card game and much more to discover the entire Universe of Catan.

  15. #15 The Most Boring Game Ever

    Clicker experiment explicitly designed to simulate and evoke feelings of boredom.

    93% match
    Very Positive90% of 218 reviews2021
    Developer: Virtual Sky Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac

    Clicker Simulator experiment to give you the feeling of being bored. Spacebar away and zone out.

  16. #16 Tsuro - The Game of The Path

    Zen board game of path creation for solo or multiplayer relaxation.

    92% match
    Very Positive93% of 158 reviews2020
    Developer: Thunderbox Entertainment
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Relax with this beautiful, Zen board game. Play with friends, AI, or simply enjoy the solo experience. It's like a holiday for your mind...

  17. #17 There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension

    Hilarious narration-driven anti-game puzzle adventure combating player boredom cleverly.

    92% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,951 reviews2020
    Developer: Draw Me A Pixel
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 5.2hMean: 6.3h≥1hr: 93%

    There is no game. So don't go messing things up by clicking everywhere. You don’t want to be kicked out of your video game world, do you? Of course not!

  18. #18 Life is Pointless

    Casual sim earning points in a pointless existence, tying into boredom motifs.

    91% match
    Very Positive86% of 94 reviews2019
    Developer: Will deManbey
    Platforms: Windows

    Earn points in an attempt to find meaning in your normally pointless existence.

  19. #19 NashBored

    Surreal RPG exploring deep dreams and consciousness with 'bored' directly in title.

    91% match
    Very Positive99% of 77 reviews2019
    Developer: Fading Club
    Platforms: Windows

    NashBored is a surreal RPG in a dark and unique world.Nash just wont wake up. The dream goes deeper and deeper.What lies beyond the veil of your conscious thought? Who are you, really? Discover the truth of your dream reality.

  20. #20 Terraforming Mars

    Epic competitive board game of resource management and terraforming Mars with expansions.

    90% match
    Mostly Positive71% of 7,074 reviews2018
    Developer: Artefacts StudioPublisher: Twin Sails Interactive
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 3.3hMean: 32.3h≥1hr: 66%

    The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.

  21. #21 Tabletopia

    Free sandbox platform with over 2400 high-quality board game setups for multiplayer play.

    90% match
    Mixed62% of 1,623 reviews2016
    Developer: Tabletopia
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 48mMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 46%

    Tabletopia is a sandbox virtual table with high-quality board games and ready setups. Already 2,400+ games and counting! Play how you want with whom you want: guests don’t need accounts to play. Or make your own games, no programming skills required.

  22. #22 Draw & Guess

    Simple yet addictive online party game for drawing and guessing with up to 16 players

    89% match
    Very Positive84% of 34,726 reviews2021
    Developer: Acureus
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 6.3hMean: 21.0h≥1hr: 92%

    An online party game of drawing and guessing for up to 16 players with a variety of modes. Bring out the best (or worst) of your drawing and guessing skills!

  23. #23 Party Panic

    Multiplayer party game combining board game elements with 30+ rapid-fire minigames

    89% match
    Mostly Positive76% of 3,437 reviews2017
    Developer: Everglow Interactive Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 1.7hMean: 5.8h≥1hr: 67%

    Party Panic is an online and local-multiplayer party game. Compete against your friends in the all new board game, play 30+ rapid fire minigames, race through the brutal Gauntlet, or complete the challenges on Trophy Island. There is even a built in drinking game! You'll laugh, you'll cry, it's stupid.

  24. #24 Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer

    Free Monopoly-style board game with online multiplayer, daily tasks, and empire-building.

    88% match
    Mixed60% of 78,997 reviews2017
    Developer: 8Floor
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 4.8hMean: 22.9h≥1hr: 82%

    Business Tour is a free-to-play multiplayer tabletop game. Build your own monopoly, play with friends, complete daily tasks, and compete against players from around the world. Easy to learn, fun to master, and perfect for quick matches.

  25. #25 The Jackbox Party Pack 9

    Great party pack with Fibbage 4 and other fun word-based games for groups

    88% match
    Very Positive83% of 783 reviews2022
    Developer: Jackbox Games, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.9hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 79%

    Save your next party! 5 new games in 1 Party Pack: the trivia bluff-off Fibbage 4, the team test Quixort, the joke auction Junktopia, the silly guessfest Nonsensory and the reality TV game Roomerang.

  26. #26 The Jackbox Party Pack

    Original party game pack that revolutionized local multiplayer gaming with phone-as-controller

    87% match
    Very Positive91% of 1,895 reviews2014
    Developer: Jackbox Games, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.1hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 70%

    The team behind YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents FIVE guffaw-inducing party games in one pack! You’re gonna need more than one party for this. Your phones or tablets are your controllers! For 1-100 players!

  27. #27 Capote

    High-rated multiplayer card board game blending luck, bluffing, and strategy in bar setting.

    87% match
    Very Positive96% of 130 reviews2025
    Developer: Luski Game StudioPublisher: CriticalLeap
    Platforms: Windows, Linux

    Capote is a multiplayer card game inspired by classic Brazilian bar games, where luck, bluffing, and strategy collide in a lively bar setting. Victory is never guaranteed—and one single card can flip the whole match. Can you deliver on your bet, or will you crash and burn?

  28. #28 Bogos Binted?

    Twisted alien-themed multiplayer tabletop board game with strategy and dark humor.

    86% match
    Very Positive92% of 1,102 reviews2026
    Developer: underbadgerPublisher: GameDev.ist
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 2.1hMean: 3.5h≥1hr: 78%

    Welcome to a sinful night with the galaxy’s wackiest aliens. Play twisted tabletop games with up to 4 players, devise brilliant strategies, bluff your way to victory, and try not to lose your head - literally.

  29. #29 Borıng.

    Souls-like adventure titled with 'boring' theme, ironically positioned as the best worst game.

    86% match
    Very Positive84% of 329 reviews2025
    Developer: Pixelatto
    Platforms: Windows

    The best worst game on Steam.

  30. #30 Hive

    Award-winning abstract strategy board game with no board needed, highly portable gameplay

    85% match
    Very Positive84% of 308 reviews2014
    Developer: BlueLine Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.6hMean: 4.8h≥1hr: 90%

    Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game! Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board.

  31. #31 Bored Wife
    85% match
    Mixed58% of 50 reviews2025
    Developer: Marlis Studio
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

    Mrs. Moore, an bored housewife, finds herself trapped in the monotony of her life. She feels the invisible chains of family duties, lost in the routine. Then, unexpectedly, a unique opportunity secretly presents itself to her, offering a chance to change her life.

  32. #32 Bouncing DVD : The Game
    84% match
    Very Positive85% of 191 reviews2019
    Developer: RoomsForRockets
    Platforms: Windows

    Hit the DVD into the corner. Can you beat the high score?

  33. #33 World of BoreCraft
    84% match
    Very Positive95% of 57 reviews2023
    Developer: Chris Antoni
    Platforms: Windows

    Retro 2004 flash-like parody that asks the question, how much will you sacrifice to become the greatest WoB player ever?

  34. #34 Crap Game, Don’t Play
    83% match
    Very Positive83% of 156 reviews2025
    Developer: Odd Games
    Platforms: Windows

    This is a true piece of junk. Every second you spend opening this game is a waste of your precious time. Your time is valuable—open your eyes and stay away from trash games.

  35. #35 THE WORST GAME
    83% match
    Mixed65% of 55 reviews2022
    Developer: kelvin
    Platforms: Windows

    Click BIG Button. Unlock achievements and waste your time. Rank amongst the top players and stand proud on top of the leaderboard.

  36. #36 White Middle Class Guy Simulator
    82% match
    Very Positive80% of 167 reviews2023
    Developer: Bazookafriend
    Platforms: Windows

    The most boring game ever made.

  37. #37 Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat
    82% match
    Very Positive88% of 5,455 reviews2015
    Developer: Spasman Games
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 48mMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 46%

    Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

  38. #38 Life Tastes Like Cardboard
    81% match
    Very Positive95% of 319 reviews2019
    Developer: Demensa
    Platforms: Windows

    A game about boredom and self-pity. It's about myself mostly. You walk around and press the 'interact' button. Sorry for making this.

  39. #39 Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble!™
    81% match
    Mixed60% of 207 reviews2009
    Developer: Mousechief
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 24mMean: 2.8h≥1hr: 31%

    "Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich This is the game where good girls get better by being bad! In the 1920s, young women had a chance to change society--by misbehaving. Gather a gang of girls. Explore. Battle petty townsfolk with quick, naughty games: Fib, Flirt, Taunt...

  40. #40 am i the baddie?
    80% match
    Very Positive87% of 52 reviews2021
    Developer: Distant Pixel, LLC
    Platforms: Windows

    Fetch some friends for fun, fast online multiplayer. One of you is the baddie! Everybody else is trying to find the baddie. The baddie is invisible. At least, most of the time...

  41. #41 死寂(Deathly Stillness)
    79% match
    Overwhelmingly Positive96% of 21,988 reviews2021
    Developer: 谌嘉诚
    Platforms: Windows

    This is a boring zombie game with no plot, not an officially released game, please don't have high expectations.

  42. #43 Kemono Mahjong
    78% match
    Very Positive90% of 146 reviews2021
    Developer: Cyberdog Software
    Platforms: Windows, Linux

    Riichi Mahjong - A fun, strategic variant of the classic multiplayer game!

  43. #45 Be Funny Now!
    77% match
    Mixed61% of 1,412 reviews2022
    Developer: Galvanic GamesPublisher: Jack Douglass
    Platforms: Windows

    Be Funny Now is a competitive party game that pits you against the world! Write and draw your funniest answers to an ever-growing list of hundreds of questions - and then judge your peers’ work! Play with friends in private lobbies, or get started immediately in a public lobby for 2-8 player action.

  44. #47 Where are my Internets?
    76% match
    Mixed70% of 90 reviews2016
    Developer: Lokator StudioPublisher: DNVA
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.6hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 97%

    "Where are my Internets? " It is a board game set in a strange fictional world that resembles our present-day world, but with elements of humour and surreal events. You play as a typical city person who arrives in a desolate countryside with no trace of the internet. Your aim is to survive in these tough conditions.

  45. #48 Quatro!
    76% match
    Very Positive87% of 269 reviews2024
    Developer: CyberDoesStuff
    Platforms: Windows

    Make regrets and lose the rest of your friends in this terrifying card game

  46. #49 Ultimate Sudoku Collection
    75% match
    Mostly Positive76% of 193 reviews2018
    Developer: Stanley Lam
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 2.1hMean: 15.2h≥1hr: 63%

    The best Sudoku game on Steam.

  47. #50 DashBored
    75% match
    Very Positive80% of 333 reviews2016
    Developer: Fading Club
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 4.5hMean: 5.9h≥1hr: 70%

    Enter a bizarre and idiosyncratic world! Adventure into the unknown, and defeat horrid monsters! A story of Love, Loss, and the end of the Multiverse.

  48. #51 Pic-Me!
    74% match
    Very Positive83% of 416 reviews2024
    Developer: GoofGames
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 1.9hMean: 2.9h≥1hr: 75%

    Pic-Me! is a card game about deception, where players use wonderous images to spark creativity and imagination. Each round becomes an intricate mindgame against the other players at the table. Will you be able to outsmart your friends or will you be tricked by them? 4-8 players only.

  49. #52 Door Game Deluxe
    74% match
    Very Positive95% of 147 reviews2025
    Developer: Rusty Hinge
    Platforms: Windows

    Door Game Deluxe is a (very) short, satirical RPG. An expansion of the original and the pinnacle of human artistic expression, this version offers original art and music on top of new endings.

  50. #53 akabos
    73% match
    Very Positive91% of 282 reviews2024
    Developer: EbananasPublisher: ebanapury
    Platforms: Windows

    Do you hate squares? Then this game is for you! After all, the dog also hates squares. Help the dog to destroy all the squares!

  51. #54 Ludo Supremo
    73% match
    Mixed56% of 145 reviews2016
    Developer: EnsenaSoft
    Platforms: Windows
    Median: 3.1hMean: 5.0h≥1hr: 97%

    Ludo Supremo is the classic board game of Ludo reinvented in beautiful 3D for the next generation of casual players seeking a fun gameplay experience with friends. You can play alone or compete against 3 opponents in a challenging game of tokens and chance.

  52. #55 BOOR
    72% match
    Very Positive83% of 231 reviews2017
    Developer: DazlogStudioPublisher: BadLand Publishing
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 3.3hMean: 3.3h≥1hr: 84%

    BOOR is a 2D puzzle-platformer game, where you play as a girl with the ability to multiply herself, stranded on Eden, a beautiful but strange world, full of challenging puzzles with platforming elements and a refreshing gameplay.

  53. #56 Chess for idiots
    72% match
    Very Positive94% of 1,532 reviews2024
    Developer: Polish Hacker
    Platforms: Windows

    The first intellectually non-discriminatory chess variant. Instead of thinking, just move your pieces in one of the many absurd ways!

  54. #57 football girl
    71% match
    Mostly Positive71% of 52 reviews2020
    Developer: bluesky
    Platforms: Windows

    The beautiful girlis are waiting for you to conquer.

  55. #58 Khet 2.0
    71% match
    Very Positive87% of 165 reviews2014
    Developer: BlueLine Games
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 4.7hMean: 4.9h≥1hr: 92%

    Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...

  56. #59 Sad :')
    70% match
    Very Positive88% of 56 reviews2019
    Developer: Simone Del Signore
    Platforms: Windows

    A simple game about a complicated matter. Be happy to earn points. Stay with other people to be happy.

  57. #60 The Jackbox Party Pack 11
    70% match
    Very Positive94% of 426 reviews2025
    Developer: Jackbox Games, Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
    Median: 2.8hMean: 3.9h≥1hr: 86%

    The pack is back! The Jackbox Party Pack 11 transports your game night with 5 new games! Destroy wholesome jokes in Doominate, record your voice in Hear Say, create kookiness in Cookie Haus, sleuth through social clues in Suspectives, and collaborate with your crew in Legends of Trivia!

  58. #61 Full Bore
    69% match
    Very Positive85% of 243 reviews2014
    Developer: Whole Hog GamesPublisher: Nkidu Games Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Linux
    Median: 2.4hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 91%

    Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open world of crumbling mines, arcane ruins, and technological wonders with only curiosity to lead the way.

  59. #62 Forbidden Terror: Board Game
    69% match
    Very Positive93% of 145 reviews2025
    Developer: Elite Lords Studios
    Platforms: Windows

    A psychological horror game where you take the role of Jonah, an 18 year old trying out a new board game, The Ouija Board, with his friend Emily. Little did they know, it was far from a simple board game.

  60. #63 Snooker-online multiplayer snooker game!
    68% match
    Mixed42% of 151 reviews2016
    Developer: TTCX Inc.
    Platforms: Windows, Mac
    Median: 1.6hMean: 16.3h≥1hr: 56%

    World best online multiplayer snooker game!

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