- BGG rank
- BGG #12,835
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Pirate King!
2–5 players15 min2025
Complexity 1.3/5
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.
9,151 games
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Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,837
- BGG rating
- 7.4
Una Vittoria Impossibile: Le Barricate di Parma del 1922
1–5 players30–60 min2022
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,838
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Race to Adventure: The Spirit of the Century Exploration Game
2–5 players20 min2013
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,842
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Anno Domini: Wort Schrift Buch
2–8 players30 min2007
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,847
- BGG rating
- 6.0
13 Words
2–8 players20 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,852
- BGG rating
- 6.4
How to Serve Man
2–6 players60 min2016
Complexity 2.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,853
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Nobody is Perfect 2
3–10 players60 min1995
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,862
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Taco Loco
2–5 players15 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,865
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Sitting Ducks Deluxe
3–6 players40 min2009
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,867
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Election
3–6 players120 min1972
Complexity 2.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,869
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Palace
2–6 players20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,873
- BGG rating
- 7.1
Kitsune
2–6 players25 min2022
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,874
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Mag·Blast
2–6 players60 min1998
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,879
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Hacker
2–6 players120 min1992
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,880
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Roaring River
2–6 players20 min2024
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,885
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Street Kings
2–6 players60–120 min2016
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,890
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Spiel
2–6 players20 min1980
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,891
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Osmosis
2–8 players15 min2025
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,893
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Garden Geckos
2–6 players20–45 min2024
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,898
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Academia
2–6 players60 min1989
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,903
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Myraclia
2–5 players45–55 min2020
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,909
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Hagakure
3–5 players25 min2020
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,912
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Super Fantasy: Night of the Badly Dead
1–6 players90 min2014
Complexity 2.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #12,914
- BGG rating
- 7.8
Korsun Pocket: Little Stalingrad on the Dnepr
2–6 players360–6000 min1979
Complexity 4.3/5
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