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.

9,154 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #15,248
BGG rating: 6.4

Disney Eye Found It!: Hidden Picture Card Game

2–10 players10–20 min2015

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,251
BGG rating: 6.8

TransAmerica & Japan

2–6 players30–45 min2019

Complexity 1.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,253
BGG rating: 6.5

Creepy Falls

2–5 players90 min2017

Complexity 2.8/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,256
BGG rating: 6.7

Squeaky

2–5 players15 min2024

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,262
BGG rating: 6.3

Slap .45

3–7 players20 min2015

Complexity 1.3/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,269
BGG rating: 6.4

Slaughterville

1–6 players60–120 min2015

Complexity 2.6/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,271
BGG rating: 6.5

How Do You Doodle?

3–7 players20–30 min2018

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,273
BGG rating: 6.7

Shiki

2–5 players15 min2020

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,274
BGG rating: 6.8

London & Northwestern

3–5 players60–90 min2018

BGG rank: BGG #15,278
BGG rating: 6.6

Bilder

2–12 players15–60 min2018

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,279
BGG rating: 6.8

Der Wanderzirkus

1–6 players30 min2026

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,281
BGG rating: 7.2

Treasure of the Dwarves

3–8 players45–60 min2025

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,282
BGG rating: 7.1

18PA: The Dawn of Rail – Empire Building from the Seaboard to the Ohio

3–5 players180 min2011

Complexity 3.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,285
BGG rating: 7.7

Nice to Know! Animals

1–6 players20–60 min2025

Complexity 2.4/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,286
BGG rating: 6.1

Catch a Falling Star

1–5 players15 min2011

Complexity 1.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,288
BGG rating: 6.6

The Quick and the Undead

1–6 players45–60 min2020

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,289
BGG rating: 7.9

Dirty Fridge

3–6 players5–15 min2019

Complexity 1.5/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,293
BGG rating: 7.8

44 BCE

2–5 players60–150 min2024

Complexity 3.2/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,303
BGG rating: 7.4

KUR-NU-GI

1–5 players90–150 min2022

Complexity 3.7/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,305
BGG rating: 6.0

FlipOut

2–5 players15 min2009

Complexity 1.1/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,306
BGG rating: 6.8

M.O.R.P.H.O.

3–9 players20–30 min2023

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,310
BGG rating: 5.7

The Walking Dead: The Board Game

1–6 players30–60 min2011

Complexity 2.0/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,313
BGG rating: 6.0

String Safari

3–5 players30 min2013

Complexity 1.4/5

BGG rank: BGG #15,316
BGG rating: 6.3

Yogi Guru

3–10 players10–20 min2019

Complexity 1.0/5

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