- BGG rank
- BGG #8,173
- BGG rating
- 6.5
The Color Monster
- 2–5 players
- 25 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2018
Best board games for 5 players
Find standalone games recommended for 5 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.
9,144 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,176
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Trophies
- 2–30 players
- 5–15 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,179
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Vroom
- 3–6 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2026
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,183
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Gem Rush
- 1–6 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,185
- BGG rating
- 7.6
Sheepshead
- 3–7 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 1830
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,186
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Pool Party
- 2–6 players
- 10 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 1999
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,190
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Camp Pinetop
- 1–5 players
- 60–75 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,191
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Gangster
- 2–5 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2007
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,192
- BGG rating
- 7.9
Check Your 6!
- 2–12 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 2007
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,195
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Black Hole Buccaneers
- 3–6 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,198
- BGG rating
- 7.0
The New Easy to Master Dungeons & Dragons
- 2–8 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 2.5/5
- 1991
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,204
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Donner Dinner Party
- 4–10 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,206
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Give Me the Brain!
- 3–8 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 1996
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,207
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Pies
- 3–5 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,213
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Judge Dredd
- 2–6 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 1.9/5
- 1982
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,230
- BGG rating
- 6.9
18 Holes
- 1–5 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2020
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,238
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Unstable Unicorns: Control
- 2–8 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,245
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Over the Reich: WWII Air Combat Over Europe 1943-1945
- 2–10 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 3.9/5
- 1993
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,246
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Rory's Story Cubes: Enchanted
- 1–12 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,249
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Number Drop
- 1–6 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2021
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,253
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Hobbit Tales from the Green Dragon Inn
- 2–5 players
- 20–60 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,256
- BGG rating
- 6.5
61 Feuilles d'automne
- 1–10 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,261
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Monster Fluxx
- 2–6 players
- 5–20 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #8,264
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Of Dreams & Shadows
- 2–6 players
- 120–180 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 2016
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