The best board games for exactly 5 players 2023

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 2023 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 2023:

This list was last updated on June 1, 2023. We compared 343 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Telestrations

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    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

    Video reviews for Telestrations

    • YouTube Review for the game "Telestrations" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  2. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

    All details for the board game Deception: Murder in Hong Kong and similar games
    • 4 - 12 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  3. A Fake Artist Goes to New York

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    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  4. The Resistance: Avalon

    All details for the board game The Resistance: Avalon and similar games

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.

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    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  5. Detective Club

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    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

    • YouTube Review for the game "Detective Club" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  6. The Resistance

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    Nominated for 3 awards.

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    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  7. BANG! The Dice Game

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    • 3 - 8 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 1 - 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe

    • YouTube Review for the game "Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  9. Spyfall 2

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    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Spyfall 2
    • 3 - 12 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Spyfall 2

    • YouTube Review for the game "Spyfall 2" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
    • YouTube Review for the game "Spyfall 2" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  10. Good Cop Bad Cop (Third Edition)

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 20 - 45 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  11. Herd Mentality

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    • 4 - 10 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  12. Saboteur

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!8€ atAmazon.de
  13. The Great Dalmuti

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    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    🔥 Great price!7€ atAmazon.de
  14. Tiefe Taschen

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 20 - 50 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Tiefe Taschen

    • YouTube Review for the game "Tiefe Taschen" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  15. Scribble Time

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  16. Trial by Trolley: Derailed Edition

    All details for the board game Trial by Trolley: Derailed Edition and similar games
    • 3 - 13 Players
    • 30 - 90 Minutes
    • 18+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  17. Hellapagos

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    • 3 - 12 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  18. Fool!

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Fool!

    • YouTube Review for the game "Fool!" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  19. Photo Party

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    • 6 - 15 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  20. WINK

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    • 3 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  21. Panic on Wall Street!

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    • 3 - 11 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  22. Shadow Hunters

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    Nominated for 2 awards.

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  23. Dracula's Feast

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 5 - 15 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  24. Dracula's Feast: New Blood

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 10 - 15 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Mr Lister's Quiz Shootout

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    • 3 - 8 Players
    • 15 - 30 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  26. Cranium Scribblish

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    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

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    • 4 - 6 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  27. Burke's Gambit

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    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Burke's Gambit

    • YouTube Review for the game "Burke's Gambit" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  28. BANG!

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    Nominated for 8 awards and won 2.

    More details for BANG!
    • 4 - 7 Players
    • 20 - 40 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!18€ atAmazon.de
  29. Nosferatu

    All details for the board game Nosferatu and similar games
    • 5 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  30. Snakesss

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    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Snakesss
    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Immediately playable

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