- BGG rank
- BGG #5,921
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Pony Express
3–5 players45 min2009
Complexity 1.6/5
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.
18,983 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,923
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Control
2–4 players5–10 min2016
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,926
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Holotype: Mesozoic North America
2–5 players60–120 min2023
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,927
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Museum Suspects
2–4 players20–25 min2022
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,928
- BGG rating
- 8.4
Brazen Chariots: Battles for Tobruk, 1941
1–4 players2019
Complexity 3.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,929
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Unlock!: Mystery Adventures – The Nautilus' Traps
1–6 players60 min2017
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,931
- BGG rating
- 7.8
A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins
1–4 players45–60 min2025
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,932
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Spot it! 1,2,3
2–6 players15 min2012
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,933
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Russian Rails
2–6 players180–240 min2004
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,934
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Magic Rabbit
1–4 players3 min2020
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,935
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Ex Libris: Revised Edition
1–4 players45 min2023
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,936
- BGG rating
- 7.7
Greylune
2–4 players45–90 min2026
Complexity 3.0/5
- Ask about the rules
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,936
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Tonga Bonga
3–4 players45 min1998
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,937
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Four Humours
1–6 players45–60 min2022
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,938
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Cover Your Kingdom
2–8 players25–40 min2019
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,939
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Origins: How We Became Human
2–5 players180 min2007
Complexity 3.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,940
- BGG rating
- 6.3
It's Alive!
2–5 players15–30 min2007
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,941
- BGG rating
- 6.3
6: Siege – The Board Game
2–4 players60 min2024
Complexity 3.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,944
- BGG rating
- 6.8
1853
3–6 players180 min1989
Complexity 4.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,946
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Veggies
2–4 players10–20 min2019
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,947
- BGG rating
- 7.3
King of Tokyo: Origins
2–4 players30 min2024
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,948
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Magic Maze Kids
2–4 players15–25 min2018
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,950
- BGG rating
- 8.5
Gudnak
2–4 players15–25 min2024
Complexity 2.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,951
- BGG rating
- 6.6
25 Words or Less
4–99 players20–35 min1996
Complexity 1.5/5
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