The Best Games from HABA 🇩🇪🏢 2025

Rhino Hero: Super Battle is a captivating 3D stacking game that sees the return of Rhino Hero, this time joined by fellow super-heroes Giraffe Boy, Big E., and Batguin. Players engage in an exciting challenge of building a wobbly skyscraper while navigating fierce battles among these charismatic characters. The game adds an extra layer of fun with the presence of mischievous spider monkeys that players must contend with during their skyscraper construction and superhero battles.

Rhino Hero is a dexterity-based card game that combines elements of building and strategy. Players take turns constructing a skyscraper with walls and roof cards, while moving a heroic rhino figurine up the building.

Karuba is a tile-laying race game that combines strategy with a touch of luck, as players navigate their explorers through a dense jungle to reach temples and collect treasures. Each player's decision-making skills are put to the test as they create paths and vie to be the first to explore the riches of Karuba.

Animal Upon Animal (original title: Tier auf Tier) is a delightful and family-friendly stacking game that challenges players to carefully balance wooden animal figures to create an ever-growing pyramid. The game is designed for all ages, showcasing both fun and skill in a simple yet engaging format.

You are finally a king! All your dreams have come true as you enjoy the view of your wonderful kingdom filled with green meadows, rolling fields, tall mountains, and clear rivers. However, you need citizens to thrive, so you must promote the merits of your kingdom throughout the land while competing against other kings to attract the best inhabitants.

Four large foldable maps feature a 3D scene with hidden objects, each showing the scene from a different perspective. Players see only one map at a time, making communication essential for piecing together information. The game includes 160 puzzle cards with various challenges, requiring intense discussion about what players see and don't see, alongside abstract thinking and clever combinations to solve each chapter's mysteries.

A classic fruit orchard designed for young children. The rules are tailored to their age, and the game pieces are specifically made for small hands. The beautiful wooden pieces are also great for free play and help develop motor skills.

A winter edition of Animal Upon Animal involves animals stacking on top of each other to create a Christmas pyramid. Players balance squirrels, snow hares, penguins, and reindeer on stars, Christmas trees, and sleds. The first player to place all their figures safely on the pyramid wins this wobbly stacking game.

Monza is a car racing game designed for children. Players roll six identical dice, moving their cars based on the colors shown on the dice. The game encourages tactical thinking and color recognition, making it suitable for children aged 5 and up, though younger kids can also join in the fun.

Players take a standing stick and place it on the nest. If both ends of the stick are the same color, they can choose to place an egg on it. If not, they continue picking sticks whose top color matches the lid color of the previous stick, up to three sticks. There are penalties for sticks touching the ground or eggs falling from the nest. The first player to place all their eggs can place the cuckoo on the nest and win the game.

Players stack animals in this exciting game for 2-4 participants aged 5 to 99. Flamingos, giraffes, panthers, bats, and iguanas embark on an adventurous journey across a shaky hanging bridge. Each player has three secret stacking tasks involving specific animals, and the first to complete these tasks skillfully wins the game.

The objective is to collect the most treasures, awarded by completing tasks. Players turn the hourglass and reveal a treasure card on each turn, completing various tasks before time runs out, such as pantomiming animals or matching cards. They can choose to flip over another card for a chance at more treasures, but if time expires, they lose all accumulated treasure cards.

Players roll dice and either place one or two animals on a stack, pass an animal to another player, or expand the base for others to build on. If animals fall during construction, players can retrieve up to two. The first player to use up all their animals wins.

During an expedition, the dragon children Mira, Feo, Luna, and Diego discover a sparkling treasure: a pillar of ice filled with glittering stones. Unable to carry it back to their cave, they decide to melt it with the help of their father, who breathes fire to melt the ice, allowing them to collect the precious stones. Players aim to gather the most sparkling stones for their cave by selecting tiles, lifting ice rings, and collecting the fallen gems.

Players represent elephants and try to collect as many logs as possible, which are placed on a tree crown. By pulling on a string, the tree spins, and players must use their trunks, represented by tooters, to pick up the logs and place them in their own enclosures. Each log is worth 1 point, unless it has a mouse on it, in which case it is worth -1 point. The game ends when the tree is empty or stops spinning, and the player with the most points wins.

It's time for the hammer! Players work to collect shiny gemstones in the mine by tapping them out of the box. They must gather the correct number and color of gemstones to complete their tasks, but be careful—too hard a tap will wake Dragomir the dragon and result in losing your treasures. The first player to fill all four of their carts wins the game.

A giant fun awaits! Players engage in a splish-splash water battle with their catapults. The agile ones can score extra points by hitting the rabbits with water balloons. This lively water balloon slingshot game is suitable for 2-5 players, ages 5 to 99, and includes a cool wooden catapult!

Players have a shopping list of four items they want to buy. They must figure out where to buy bread and cheese, how much socks cost, and if strawberries are still available. The dice determines their next shopping stop, and kids can creatively engage with the game materials to explore various role-playing scenarios related to shopping.

Players control mice racing along a track while avoiding falling into holes. If a player falls into a hole, they temporarily become a cat, disrupting the other players until the round ends. The winner is the mouse that collects the most cheese by completing laps on the track.

Max Mouse is on the hunt for cheese. But watch out! When the cat Camilla comes around, all the cheese will disappear. This is a cat-and-mouse game for 2 to 4 cheese collectors.

The game is delivered in a real egg carton and includes nine yellow plastic eggs and one yellow wooden egg, which is worth 2 points, while the others are worth 1 point. Players roll the red die to determine actions, such as grabbing an egg from the box or trying to catch one after dropping it on the table. The game ends when someone drops an egg, and the player with the most points wins.

Create an elegant, graceful, and refined Japanese garden. Careful planning and attentive observation are essential for maintenance. Skillfully place stones, shrubs, trees, ponds, and pagodas on multiple levels to become the best garden designer of the season. Test your skills with one of the five included expansions!

"Tier auf Tier" is a stacking game designed for toddlers. Players roll the die and stack the designated animal on the corresponding game piece along with any animals that are already there. The game features three different versions for little ones to explore.

Wild animal sounds echo from the jungle, but treasure hunters must navigate through it to find mythical Maya treasures. Suddenly, an ancient and forgotten Maya temple appears before them, guarded by two stone sentinels that glare down at the adventurers. Only those who are brave, quick, and skillful will be able to uncover the jungle's treasures.

Honest sailors sail from one treasure island to the next, but they are pursued by Salvador Sea Devil, who tries to plunder their treasures. Players must hoist their sails quickly as a strong gust of wind propels their boats across the sea. The game board features islands marked with colored flags, and players use a bellows to create wind that helps them advance their ships while avoiding the pirate.

Obstgarten is a cooperative game for two or more players aged 3 and up. Players must quickly harvest the trees filled with crunchy cherries, juicy apples, sweet pears, and wonderful plums to prevent the greedy raven from stealing the fruit. Everyone collaborates to gather the harvest.

Players take on the role of knights working together to build three towers before King Duncan returns to his castle. Their only tool is a bizarre device made of satin cord, wooden balls, and something resembling an elastic ponytail holder. The towers to be built are dictated by goal cards, and players must complete the structures before time runs out to collect these cards and win.

In a slippery snail race in Mrs. Meyer's vegetable garden, Sebastian Snail, Gloria Slime, and their friends move at a snail's pace. Despite their slow speed, they can crawl over and slide past each other. Lucky dice rolls and clever moves help you get your snails to the winner's podium for points and victory!

Raiders once looted the tomb of Pharaoh Anopheles, stealing all the valuable scarab beetles. Since then, his restless mummy haunts the pyramids, driving away anyone who dares to enter. Brave heroes can only break the mummy's curse by crawling through dark tunnels, collecting precious scarabs, and avoiding the fearsome mummy.

Bring your camels to the oasis. Movement is determined by cards, and players must strategically choose which card to play for an optimal move. Sandstorms can disrupt everyone’s plans, causing all cards to be shuffled. The first six camels to reach the oasis earn points, and the player with the most points wins.