- BGG rank
- BGG #23,360
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Neon Knights: 2086
2–6 players20–120 min2018
Complexity 2.5/5
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.
9,159 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,361
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Five Fingered Severance
2–6 players90 min2011
Complexity 1.9/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,365
- BGG rating
- 6.2
Alien Contact: Extraterrestrial Empires in Conflict
2–6 players240 min1983
Complexity 2.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,376
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Ajo y Agua
4–6 players20 min2013
Complexity 1.4/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,377
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Da Yunhe: Der Grosse Kaiserkanal
2–5 players30–90 min2016
Complexity 2.8/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,378
- BGG rating
- 5.6
Trivial Pursuit: Family Edition
2–36 players90 min1993
Complexity 1.7/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,384
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Plucky Penguins
2–8 players30–45 min2018
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,389
- BGG rating
- 6.7
No Good Gremlins
2–5 players45 min2013
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,392
- BGG rating
- 5.9
Take Your Daughter to the Slaughter
2–10 players30 min1998
Complexity 1.2/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,399
- BGG rating
- 5.9
The Walking Dead: Something to Fear
2–6 players20–40 min2019
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,406
- BGG rating
- 6.4
Jumpship
5–10 players25–30 min2021
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,407
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Black Stories Stadt-Land-Tod
2–10 players5 min2010
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,413
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Pax Viking Junior
2–6 players30 min2024
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,414
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Block Happy
2–5 players15–50 min2020
Complexity 1.5/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,420
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Tip Tap
3–6 players45 min1999
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,423
- BGG rating
- 5.8
Clearing Coffins
2–6 players15 min2015
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,424
- BGG rating
- 6.0
Gremlins: Holiday Havoc
3–5 players15 min2020
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,428
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Speak Easy!
3–5 players20–30 min2022
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,430
- BGG rating
- 6.2
NasconDino
2–6 players15–20 min2014
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,437
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Martians!!!
2–6 players60 min2009
Complexity 2.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,438
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Sabacc
2–8 players5–15 min2019
Complexity 1.3/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,440
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Pacific Northwest Rails
2–6 players180 min1998
Complexity 3.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,444
- BGG rating
- 6.1
Make 'n' Break: Junior
2–5 players15–20 min2010
Complexity 1.0/5
- BGG rank
- BGG #23,453
- BGG rating
- 5.7
Africa 1880
3–6 players120 min1997
Complexity 2.6/5
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