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.

9,147 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #9,510
BGG rating: 6.8

Rummikub Six Player

2–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #9,514
BGG rating: 6.4

Animix

2–6 players
10 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #9,515
BGG rating: 6.9

Figment

1–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,521
BGG rating: 6.6

Stop the Train!

4–6 players
20–30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #9,524
BGG rating: 6.3

Cranium Scribblish

4–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #9,525
BGG rating: 7.4

Harpoon 4: Modern Tactical Naval Warfare

2–8 players
150 min
Complexity 4.4/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #9,530
BGG rating: 7.2

Bank Heist

5–8 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #9,533
BGG rating: 6.3

Blind Business

2–5 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #9,537
BGG rating: 6.5

Junta: Las Cartas

3–6 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #9,542
BGG rating: 7.1

Trick and Trade

3–5 players
20–40 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2022

BGG rank: BGG #9,545
BGG rating: 7.3

OUTFOX the FOX

3–10 players
20–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,546
BGG rating: 7.0

Risk: Metal Gear Solid

3–5 players
120 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #9,551
BGG rating: 7.4

1837: Rail Building in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

3–7 players
360 min
Complexity 4.2/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #9,558
BGG rating: 6.7

Anno Domini: Lifestyle

2–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.5/5
1998

BGG rank: BGG #9,564
BGG rating: 6.6

Wooolf!!

4–8 players
30 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #9,565
BGG rating: 6.2

RisiKo!

3–6 players
60 min
Complexity 1.7/5
1968

BGG rank: BGG #9,571
BGG rating: 6.5

Most Wanted

2–8 players
15–35 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #9,573
BGG rating: 6.9

Pulitzer

1–5 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #9,574
BGG rating: 6.6

Risk: Édition Napoléon

2–5 players
120 min
Complexity 2.3/5
1999

BGG rank: BGG #9,575
BGG rating: 6.9

Munchkin Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

3–6 players
60–120 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #9,577
BGG rating: 5.9

Munchkin Impossible

3–6 players
60–120 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2006

BGG rank: BGG #9,582
BGG rating: 6.7

Continental Divide

3–6 players
120 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #9,583
BGG rating: 6.7

Tinco

3–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #9,584
BGG rating: 6.8

Iberian Railways

3–5 players
60 min
Complexity 2.6/5
2017

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