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.

18,964 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #2,848
BGG rating: 6.6

Pandemic: Rapid Response

2–4 players
20 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #2,850
BGG rating: 6.9

Atlantic Star

2–6 players
60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2001

BGG rank: BGG #2,851
BGG rating: 7.2

Tipperary

2–5 players
45 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #2,852
BGG rating: 6.9

Mythical Dice

3–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #2,853
BGG rating: 7.4

Village Attacks

1–5 players
30–180 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #2,855
BGG rating: 6.5

Mountains of Madness

3–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #2,857
BGG rating: 7.2

Shadowrift

1–6 players
45–120 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #2,858
BGG rating: 7.3

Joyride: Survival of the Fastest

2–4 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #2,859
BGG rating: 6.9

First Contact

2–7 players
15–40 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #2,862
BGG rating: 7.2

Fresh Fish

2–5 players
45 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #2,864
BGG rating: 7.6

Last Night on Earth: Timber Peak

2–6 players
90 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2012

BGG rank: BGG #2,865
BGG rating: 7.3

Transmissions

1–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #2,866
BGG rating: 7.9

Gandhi: The Decolonization of British India, 1917 – 1947

1–4 players
90–240 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #2,867
BGG rating: 8.1

High Frontier (Third Edition)

1–5 players
120–240 min
Complexity 4.7/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #2,869
BGG rating: 6.8

El Gaucho

2–4 players
60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #2,870
BGG rating: 7.9

Revenant

1–4 players
90–120 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #2,871
BGG rating: 7.0

Mesos

2–5 players
20–50 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #2,872
BGG rating: 7.1

Tulip Bubble

3–5 players
50–70 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #2,873
BGG rating: 6.9

Victorian Masterminds

2–4 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #2,874
BGG rating: 6.8

Mythotopia

2–4 players
60 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #2,875
BGG rating: 7.0

Ceylon

2–4 players
60 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #2,876
BGG rating: 7.0

Ta Yü

2–4 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.1/5
1999

BGG rank: BGG #2,877
BGG rating: 6.6

Lost Legacy: The Starship

2–4 players
10 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #2,878
BGG rating: 6.8

Via Magica

2–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2020

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