Best board games for 8 players

Find standalone games recommended for 8 players, with rules assistance and available scenario narration. Selection follows the BoardGameGeek community player-count poll; order follows overall BoardGameGeek rank.

1,732 games

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

BGG rank: BGG #30,773
BGG rating: 4.8

Amazed: The Game

2–99 players
20–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2018

BGG rank: BGG #30,781
BGG rating: 5.2

Shitty Friends

3–22 players
20–40 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2019

BGG rank: BGG #30,787
BGG rating: 5.4

The Voting Game

5–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #30,788
BGG rating: 4.9

Red Scare

4–10 players
20–30 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2017

BGG rank: BGG #30,808
BGG rating: 5.5

Personally Incorrect

5–10 players
20–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #30,825
BGG rating: 4.8

The Newlywed Game

4–8 players
30 min
Complexity 1.4/5
1967

BGG rank: BGG #30,842
BGG rating: 4.7

OK Boomer!

2–8 players
30–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2020

BGG rank: BGG #30,889
BGG rating: 3.7

Survivor: The Australian Outback Card Game

4–8 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2000

BGG rank: BGG #30,891
BGG rating: 4.7

Bet Your Brain

2–99 players
60 min
Complexity 2.2/5
2008

BGG rank: BGG #30,897
BGG rating: 5.2

Triopoly

2–8 players
240 min
Complexity 1.9/5
1997

BGG rank: BGG #30,900
BGG rating: 5.5

Pass the Pigs

2–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.1/5
1977

BGG rank: BGG #30,969
BGG rating: 5.0

UNO Dare!

2–10 players
10–30 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #30,985
BGG rating: 4.9

FURT

3–8 players
60 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2011

BGG rank: BGG #31,010
BGG rating: 3.9

Baccarat

2–12 players
Complexity 1.3/5
1890

BGG rank: BGG #31,014
BGG rating: 4.2

Friends

4–10 players
30 min
Complexity 1.7/5
1999

BGG rank: BGG #31,037
BGG rating: 4.1

Stinky Pig Game

2–99 players
10 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #31,039
BGG rating: 4.3

Questions de Merde

2–24 players
20 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2009

BGG rank: BGG #31,050
BGG rating: 5.3

Cranium Cadoo

2–99 players
45 min
Complexity 1.2/5
2001

BGG rank: BGG #31,083
BGG rating: 5.2

Horrible Therapist

3–8 players
15–60 min
Complexity 1.0/5
2024

BGG rank: BGG #31,086
BGG rating: 3.8

Fairytale Games: The Battle Royale

1–10 players
30 min
Complexity 3.5/5
2014

BGG rank: BGG #31,091
BGG rating: 4.2

Bureaucracy

2–8 players
90 min
Complexity 2.3/5
1981

BGG rank: BGG #31,110
BGG rating: 4.9

Jenga: Tetris

1–99 players
20 min
Complexity 1.3/5
2013

BGG rank: BGG #31,125
BGG rating: 5.4

Cranium Zigity

2–99 players
10 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2004

BGG rank: BGG #31,126
BGG rating: 5.1

What's Yours Like?

4–20 players
45 min
Complexity 1.1/5
2007

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