The best board games for exactly 5 players 2024
Looking for a game that you can play with five players? The games on this list are either designed purely for four players or can be played especially well by five. Included are cooperative board games for 5, classic games for 5 (e.g. Doppelkopf, role-playing games for four, board games for 5 adults, card games for 5 and many more games that can be played very well by five.
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List of the best games 2024 that can (also) be played by five players
Enclosed now is our list of the best board games for exactly 5 people that you can buy 2024:
Telestrations
Telestrations is a light-hearted and entertaining party game that blends drawing and word-guessing in a hilarious and often unpredictable way. The game is based on the classic concept of "telephone" but adds a visual twist.
Nominated for 9 awards and won 7.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2013
More details for Telestrations- 4 - 8 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
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Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
More details for Deception: Murder in Hong KongDeception: Murder in Hong Kong offers a riveting game of deduction and deception designed for 4-12 players, providing an immersive experience in approximately 20 minutes.
- 4 - 12 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
A Fake Artist Goes to New York
More details for A Fake Artist Goes to New YorkA Fake Artist Goes to New York is a creative and social party game that combines elements of drawing, deduction, and bluffing. It's designed for 5-10 players and offers a unique gameplay experience full of laughter and intrigue.
- 5 - 10 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Detective Club
Detective Club is a social deduction and party game that involves both cooperation and deception. Players are drawn into rounds of intrigue, where one player secretly passes clues to their accomplice to reveal a secret word, while others, acting as detectives, try to unveil the conspiracy. Creativity and persuasion play crucial roles as players discuss and defend their choices to avoid suspicion.
Nominated for 6 awards and won 3.
More details for Detective Club- 4 - 8 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Detective Club
The Resistance: Avalon
The Resistance: Avalon is a standalone game set in the legendary world of King Arthur, combining the mechanics of secret identities and deduction found in The Resistance with a thematic backdrop of Arthurian legend and the struggle between good and evil.
Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.
More details for The Resistance: Avalon- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
The Resistance
The Resistance is a dynamic party game focused on social deduction, set against the backdrop of a dystopian empire. It's designed for five to ten players and offers a thrilling experience of intrigue and deception.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for The Resistance- 5 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Easy to learn
BANG! The Dice Game
BANG! The Dice Game transports players to the U.S. wild west, where the classic confrontation between the law and outlaws unfolds with an added threat of Indian attacks. This dice game adaptation retains the essence of the original Bang! card game while introducing new dynamics and challenges.
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for BANG! The Dice Game- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Top Ten 18+
- 4 - 9 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Immediately playable
Spyfall 2
Spyfall 2 elevates the intriguing and humorous party game Spyfall to new heights. This game is all about deception, quick thinking, and trying to pinpoint the spy among your friends. Each round, players find themselves at a secret location, except for the spy (or spies, in this version), who has no idea where they are. Through clever questioning, players must figure out who the spy is while the spy tries to blend in and guess the location to win points.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Spyfall 2- 3 - 12 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Spyfall 2
Herd Mentality
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Herd Mentality- 4 - 20 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Fuji Flush
Fuji Flush is an energetic and engaging card game that combines simple rules with strategic depth, making it perfect for both casual gamers and those looking for a quick, entertaining play session. The game's objective is straightforward: be the first to get rid of all your cards. However, achieving this goal requires savvy hand management, timely collaboration with others, and knowing when to strike out on your own.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Fuji Flush- 3 - 8 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 7+ years old
- Immediately playable
Video reviews for Fuji Flush
Sounds Fishy
- 4 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Cheese Thief
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Cheese Thief- 4 - 8 Players
- 10 - 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Saboteur
Saboteur is a card game that combines elements of strategy, bluffing, and hidden roles, set in a mining theme where players are either helping or hindering the search for gold.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Saboteur- 3 - 10 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
The Great Dalmuti
The Great Dalmuti is a light and engaging card game that revolves around players striving to improve their social status by being the first to discard all their cards. The game is a commercial adaptation of the traditional card game President, and it offers a fun, fast-paced experience.
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
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More details for The Great Dalmuti- 4 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
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- 4 - 8 Players
- 20 - 50 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
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Photo Party
- 6 - 15 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Hellapagos
Hellapagos is a game of survival and treachery, aptly termed a "co-opetition," where players must cooperate to some extent but ultimately look out for themselves. Stranded on a desert island with limited resources, up to twelve players must negotiate and strategize to gather supplies, build a raft, and escape before a looming hurricane destroys everything. However, not all players may make it off the island due to the scarce availability of food and water.
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Hellapagos- 3 - 12 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
WINK
- 3 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dracula's Feast: New Blood
- 4 - 8 Players
- 10 - 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Linq
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Linq- 4 - 8 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Shadow Hunters
Shadow Hunters is an intriguing survival board game set in a mysterious forest filled with devils and supernatural beings. Players find themselves as members of one of three factions: Shadows, supernatural creatures of the night; Hunters, humans intent on destroying these beings; and Neutrals, civilians inadvertently caught in this age-old conflict. The game revolves around identity concealment, strategic alliances, and survival.
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Shadow Hunters- 4 - 8 Players
- 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
Panic on Wall Street!
- 3 - 11 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
Trial by Trolley: Derailed Edition
- 3 - 13 Players
- 30 - 90 Minutes
- 18+ years old
- Immediately playable
Dracula's Feast
- 4 - 8 Players
- 10 - 15 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
Cranium Scribblish
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Cranium Scribblish- 4 - 6 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
Good Cop Bad Cop (Third Edition)
- 4 - 8 Players
- 20 - 45 Minutes
- 13+ years old
- Immediately playable
Mr Lister's Quiz Shootout
- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
Snakesss
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Snakesss- 4 - 8 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Immediately playable
BANG!
BANG! is a fast-paced card game that simulates a Wild West shootout, where players take on hidden roles with different objectives and engage in strategic gunplay.
Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.
More details for BANG!- 4 - 7 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
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