Best board games for 4 players

Find standalone games recommended for 4 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.

18,976 games

Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.

BGG rank: BGG #3,922
BGG rating: 6.7

Medieval Merchant

2–6 players
60–90 min
Complexity 3.1/5
1998

BGG rank: BGG #3,925
BGG rating: 6.9

Assault on Doomrock

1–4 players
150 min
Complexity 3.2/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #3,926
BGG rating: 7.6

Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition

1–4 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #3,927
BGG rating: 6.4

Pendulum

1–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #3,928
BGG rating: 7.2

Lightning Train

1–4 players
60–120 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #3,929
BGG rating: 7.0

Duos

3–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #3,930
BGG rating: 7.2

Fall of the Mountain King

1–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #3,931
BGG rating: 6.9

Valparaíso

2–5 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #3,932
BGG rating: 6.9

Bear Raid

3–6 players
60 min
Complexity 2.9/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #3,933
BGG rating: 6.9

Santorini: New York

2–5 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #3,934
BGG rating: 6.7

Pyramids

2–5 players
30 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #3,935
BGG rating: 6.4

Thief's Market

3–5 players
30–50 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #3,937
BGG rating: 6.2

Martian Dice

2–99 players
10 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #3,938
BGG rating: 6.6

Qwirkle Cubes

2–4 players
45 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #3,939
BGG rating: 6.9

For the King (and Me)

2–5 players
30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #3,940
BGG rating: 7.3

Enchanted Plumes

2–6 players
20–40 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #3,942
BGG rating: 6.8

Billabong

2–4 players
30 min
Complexity 1.9/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #3,943
BGG rating: 6.8

Fresh Fish

2–5 players
60 min
Complexity 3.0/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #3,945
BGG rating: 6.5

Spinderella

2–4 players
20 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #3,946
BGG rating: 6.5

Senji

3–6 players
90 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2008

BGG rank: BGG #3,947
BGG rating: 6.8

Coyote

3–6 players
15–25 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #3,949
BGG rating: 6.6

Garden Dice

2–4 players
60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #3,950
BGG rating: 7.6

Railways of Nippon

2–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #3,951
BGG rating: 7.7

Baghdad: The City of Peace

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 3.3/5
2025

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