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.

9,138 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #4,795
BGG rating: 7.4

Power Grid: Outpost

2–6 players
90–120 min
Complexity 3.1/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #4,797
BGG rating: 6.8

Complots

2–8 players
15 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #4,801
BGG rating: 6.5

Munchkin Adventure Time

3–6 players
60–120 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #4,802
BGG rating: 6.7

Maka Bana

3–6 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.0/5
2003

BGG rank: BGG #4,803
BGG rating: 7.7

Colossal Cat in the Box

2–5 players
20–40 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #4,805
BGG rating: 7.5

18EU: Railroading in Europe From the 1830s to the 1930s

2–6 players
300 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2001

BGG rank: BGG #4,812
BGG rating: 7.1

AI Space Puzzle

2–5 players
30 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #4,813
BGG rating: 6.3

In a Grove

2–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #4,816
BGG rating: 6.6

Nuclear Escalation

2–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
1983

BGG rank: BGG #4,819
BGG rating: 6.8

How Dare You?

2–10 players
15 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #4,820
BGG rating: 8.1

1822MX

3–5 players
240–360 min
Complexity 4.2/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #4,824
BGG rating: 7.7

Nightshift

1–5 players
40–90 min
Complexity 1.7/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #4,835
BGG rating: 7.2

RA and Write

2–5 players
20 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #4,836
BGG rating: 6.6

Die Kutschfahrt zur Teufelsburg

3–10 players
30 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2006

BGG rank: BGG #4,837
BGG rating: 6.5

Mai-Star

3–6 players
30 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #4,838
BGG rating: 6.4

Il Principe

2–5 players
60 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2005

BGG rank: BGG #4,839
BGG rating: 6.8

Order of the Gilded Compass

2–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #4,840
BGG rating: 6.3

Bamboleo

2–7 players
30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
1996

BGG rank: BGG #4,851
BGG rating: 7.1

Lobotomy

1–5 players
60–180 min
Complexity 3.4/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #4,852
BGG rating: 6.3

Nottingham

3–7 players
30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2006

BGG rank: BGG #4,855
BGG rating: 7.5

Dark Domains

2–5 players
120 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #4,858
BGG rating: 7.3

Caution Signs

3–9 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #4,859
BGG rating: 6.9

Henchmania

2–5 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #4,863
BGG rating: 7.3

Warpgate

1–6 players
40–120 min
Complexity 2.8/5
2019

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