- BGG rank
- BGG #19,858
- BGG rating
- 6.8
Assist
3–7 players15 min2011
Complexity 1.1/5
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.
9,158 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,859
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Adventurer: A Game of Man to Man Brawling in the Far Future
2–6 players90 min1980
Complexity 2.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,861
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Sideboards
1–6 players15 min2024
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,866
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Немного Ту-Ту (Brain Train)
2–8 players20–30 min2025
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,874
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Mimic Octopus
4–8 players30 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,876
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Republia
3–8 players30–90 min2019
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,879
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Yeti in the House
2–10 players15–45 min2018
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,883
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Death Note Investigation Card Game
4–8 players30 min2009
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,889
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Portmanteau: A Cooperative Game of Linguistic Fusion
2–6 players30 min2025
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,896
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Blindes Huhn
3–5 players30 min2007
Complexity 1.6/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,906
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Stock Ticker
2–6 players45 min1937
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,909
- BGG rating
- 6.0
About Time
2–8 players90 min2007
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,916
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Transylvania: Curses & Traitors
3–6 players45 min2015
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,921
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Kingsport Festival: The Card Game
3–5 players30 min2017
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,922
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Happy Birthday!
3–8 players20 min2014
Complexity 1.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,936
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Block Out!
2–6 players20 min2015
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,945
- BGG rating
- 6.6
iKNOW: Hit List
2–6 players30 min2016
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,947
- BGG rating
- 8.3
Chesney
4–10 players30–45 min2023
Complexity 2.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,949
- BGG rating
- 6.8
The Original Sherlock Holmes and His Baker Street Irregulars
1–5 players30–45 min2021
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,950
- BGG rating
- 6.0
18EZ
2–6 players60 min2009
Complexity 3.1/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,951
- BGG rating
- 6.3
StoryLine: Scary Tales
3–8 players15–30 min2016
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,955
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Long Live the King: A Game of Secrecy and Subterfuge
4–8 players15–45 min2020
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,963
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Mosquito
3–6 players15 min2024
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #19,964
- BGG rating
- 6.3
North Pole
2–6 players30 min2011
Complexity 1.6/5
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