1997 in games

This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1997. For video games, see 1997 in video gaming.

Games released or invented in 1997
• Aliens vs. Predator Collectible Card Game

• American Megafauna

• Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game

• Bohnanza

• Checkpoint

• Close Action

• Colossal Arena

• Dark Eden

• Delta Green (role-playing game supplement)

• Dune Collectible Card Game

• Dzikie Pola (role-playing game)

• Fluxx

• Imajica

• In Nomine (role-playing game)

• LionHeart (Strategy, Wargame)

• Monster Collection

• Multiverser (role-playing game)

• Primordial Soup

• Rat-a-Tat Cat

• Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game

• Spaceopoly

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Trinity (role-playing game)

• Warlords

• Werewolf: The Wild West (role-playing game)

Game awards given in 1997

 * Spiel des Jahres: Mississippi Queen - Werner Hodel, Goldsieber
 * Games: Quoridor

Significant games-related events in 1997

 * Eden Studios, Inc. founded by George Vasilakos and M. Alexander Jurkat.
 * TSR, Inc., the owner of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game, was acquired by Wizards of the Coast.