- BGG rank
- BGG #5,358
- BGG rating
- 8.2
Fest Season
- 1–5 players
- 50–125 min
- Complexity 3.4/5
- 2025
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.
9,142 games
Ranked games appear first, followed by games without a BGG rank.
Games
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,359
- BGG rating
- 7.1
なつめも (Natsumemo)
- 3–6 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.3/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,360
- BGG rating
- 7.3
Pax Hispanica
- 1–5 players
- 60–150 min
- Complexity 4.3/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,362
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Anno Domini: Erfindungen
- 2–8 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 1999
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,364
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Vabanque
- 3–6 players
- 30–45 min
- Complexity 1.7/5
- 2001
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,366
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Aeroplanes: Aviation Ascendant
- 3–5 players
- 120 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2012
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,368
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Lying Pirates: The Race for the Pirate Throne
- 2–6 players
- 30–90 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,369
- BGG rating
- 6.5
Sakura
- 2–6 players
- 20–40 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2018
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,372
- BGG rating
- 8.6
The Greatest Day: Sword, Juno, and Gold Beaches
- 2–8 players
- 60–6000 min
- Complexity 4.0/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,375
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Gambit 7
- 3–21 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2008
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,380
- BGG rating
- 6.8
The Magnates: A Game of Power
- 2–5 players
- 90 min
- Complexity 2.3/5
- 2014
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,381
- BGG rating
- 6.2
The Agents
- 2–5 players
- 20–40 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2013
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,382
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Master Thieves
- 2–8 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2004
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,383
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Skyrockets: Festivals of Fire
- 2–5 players
- 10–15 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2023
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,385
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Heul doch! Mau Mau
- 3–6 players
- 15–25 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2019
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,387
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Legacies
- 1–6 players
- 90–180 min
- Complexity 4.1/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,388
- BGG rating
- 6.7
HerStory
- 2–5 players
- 30–60 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2022
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,390
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Fool's Gold
- 3–5 players
- 60–90 min
- Complexity 2.1/5
- 2015
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,391
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Lost Valley: The Yukon Goldrush 1896
- 2–6 players
- 45–60 min
- Complexity 2.9/5
- 2014
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,394
- BGG rating
- 6.6
Déjà Vu
- 2–6 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2017
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,395
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Attribute
- 3–8 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2002
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,396
- BGG rating
- 7.2
Farm Hand
- 1–5 players
- 15–20 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2025
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,397
- BGG rating
- 6.3
Rory's Story Cubes: Actions
- 1–12 players
- 20 min
- Complexity 1.2/5
- 2007
- BGG rank
- BGG #5,398
- BGG rating
- 6.9
Spotlight
- 1–5 players
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.1/5
- 2024
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