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.

9,145 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #8,622
BGG rating: 7.6

Shadow Moon Syndicates

2–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #8,630
BGG rating: 6.9

Crazy Race

2–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #8,632
BGG rating: 7.3

É Top!?: Variedades

2–10 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #8,636
BGG rating: 6.6

Kachina

2–5 players
45 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #8,637
BGG rating: 6.6

Knapp Daneben!

1–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #8,641
BGG rating: 6.4

Hitster: Schlager Party

2–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #8,643
BGG rating: 6.3

Banjooli Xeet

2–5 players
30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #8,647
BGG rating: 6.0

Bucket Brigade

3–5 players
30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1998

BGG rank: BGG #8,649
BGG rating: 6.6

Quickity Pickity

2–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,658
BGG rating: 7.2

Highway to the Reich: Operation Market-Garden 17-26 September 1944

1–5 players
360–720 min
Complexity 4.3/5
1977

BGG rank: BGG #8,659
BGG rating: 6.3

Rise to Power

2–6 players
30–45 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #8,660
BGG rating: 6.2

Cowboys: The Way of the Gun

2–10 players
60 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2007

BGG rank: BGG #8,665
BGG rating: 7.1

Free Radicals

2–5 players
45–90 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #8,667
BGG rating: 7.3

Roll n Cook

1–99 players
15–45 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,672
BGG rating: 8.6

Vampire: The Eternal Struggle Fifth Edition

2–5 players
60–120 min
Complexity 4.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #8,674
BGG rating: 6.4

Metropolis

2–5 players
90 min
Complexity 2.2/5
1984

BGG rank: BGG #8,675
BGG rating: 6.7

Pappy Winchester

3–5 players
40 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #8,676
BGG rating: 6.7

Bordeaux

1–75 players
30 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #8,681
BGG rating: 6.4

...und tschüss!

4–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.3/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #8,682
BGG rating: 7.2

Der wahre Walter

4–10 players
60 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1989

BGG rank: BGG #8,683
BGG rating: 6.3

Tally Up

2–10 players
10–30 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #8,689
BGG rating: 6.5

tummple!

2–10 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #8,690
BGG rating: 7.4

Trick to the Future

2–5 players
40 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2026

BGG rank: BGG #8,692
BGG rating: 6.2

Taverna

2–5 players
60–90 min
Complexity 2.7/5
2015

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