- BGG rank
- BGG #9,588
- BGG rating
- 7.0
六華 (Rikka)
- 2–5 players
- 10–20 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2023
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.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,590
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Bested Another Time
- 1–6 players
- 15–25 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,594
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Nothing Personal (Revised Edition)
- 2–5 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,600
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Password Express
- 2–10 players
- 15–20 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,601
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Ausgerechnet Buxtehude
- 2–6 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2005
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,605
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Nomads
- 2–5 players
- 25–45 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,606
- BGG rating
- 7.9
The Primary
- 1–5 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 2.0/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,610
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Hideous Abomination
- 2–6 players
- 10–30 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2021
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,612
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Raiatea
- 3–5 players
- 60–120 min
- Complexity 3.1/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,621
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Legend of the Burning Sands
- 2–6 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.7/5
- 1998
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,622
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Level 7 [Invasion]
- 3–5 players
- 120–240 min
- Complexity 3.2/5
- 2014
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,623
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Fiji
- 2–5 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2006
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,627
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Llamas Unleashed
- 2–8 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,630
- BGG rating
- 7.3
A game about WEE WHIMSICAL CREATURES and trying to identify them after someone makes noises.
- 4–10 players
- 20–50 min
- Complexity 1.0/5
- 2021
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,634
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Adigma
- 2–10 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2001
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,636
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Roar and Write!
- 1–99 players
- 15–20 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,643
- BGG rating
- 6.2
The New Dungeon!
- 1–6 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 1989
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,646
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Reif für die Insel
- 3–6 players
- 40–50 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,647
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Mermaid Rain
- 3–6 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.2/5
- 2003
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,648
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Arena Maximus
- 2–5 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 1.8/5
- 2003
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,653
- BGG rating
- 6.6
1%: A Game of Strategic Chance
- 2–6 players
- 10–30 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,654
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East
- 1–6 players
- 120–420 min
- Complexity 2.6/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,655
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Word Traveler
- 2–5 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.6/5
- 2024
- BGG rank
- BGG #9,658
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Infernal Wagon
- 2–5 players
- 7 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2022
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