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 #4,959
BGG rating: 6.8

The Golden Ticket Game

2–5 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.6/5
2021

BGG rank: BGG #4,964
BGG rating: 7.1

Rivages

1–5 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #4,966
BGG rating: 6.5

Whale to Look

2–5 players
30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #4,967
BGG rating: 6.4

Ravine

3–6 players
15–20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #4,969
BGG rating: 6.4

Penny Press

2–5 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #4,970
BGG rating: 7.4

Full Thrust

2–6 players
120 min
Complexity 2.6/5
1992

BGG rank: BGG #4,973
BGG rating: 6.2

Fist of Dragonstones

3–6 players
45–60 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2002

BGG rank: BGG #4,976
BGG rating: 7.0

Tin Goose

3–5 players
90–150 min
Complexity 3.0/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #4,979
BGG rating: 6.2

Bombay

2–5 players
30–60 min
Complexity 2.1/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #4,985
BGG rating: 6.4

Junta: Viva el Presidente!

3–5 players
45–60 min
Complexity 1.9/5
2010

BGG rank: BGG #4,987
BGG rating: 7.2

Grand Prix

2–11 players
90 min
Complexity 2.3/5
2016

BGG rank: BGG #4,989
BGG rating: 6.7

Match!

2–6 players
20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #4,990
BGG rating: 7.8

Close Action: The Age of Fighting Sail Vol. 1

2–30 players
240 min
Complexity 3.5/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #4,993
BGG rating: 7.2

Best of Neapolitan

3–5 players
15–30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #4,998
BGG rating: 6.4

Talisman (Third Edition)

2–8 players
120 min
Complexity 2.1/5
1994

BGG rank: BGG #4,999
BGG rating: 6.5

Drakon (Fourth Edition)

2–6 players
20–60 min
Complexity 1.5/5
2015

BGG rank: BGG #5,000
BGG rating: 7.2

CDSK

2–16 players
45 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2023

BGG rank: BGG #5,001
BGG rating: 6.8

Pax Britannica: The Colonial Era 1880 to the Great War

4–7 players
480–600 min
Complexity 3.9/5
1985

BGG rank: BGG #5,005
BGG rating: 7.1

Homebrewers

2–5 players
45–60 min
Complexity 2.4/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #5,006
BGG rating: 6.6

Half-Pint Heroes

2–7 players
30 min
Complexity 1.8/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #5,007
BGG rating: 7.0

One Round?

2–12 players
15 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2025

BGG rank: BGG #5,011
BGG rating: 7.4

18Ireland

3–6 players
240–300 min
Complexity 4.1/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #5,016
BGG rating: 6.5

Rory's Story Cubes: Voyages

1–12 players
20 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #5,023
BGG rating: 6.5

Hart an der Grenze

3–6 players
40 min
Complexity 1.4/5
2005

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