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Best 5-player city building board games

The best 5-player city building board games are Puerto Rico, 7 Wonders and Carcassonne — the top-rated of 136 5-player city building board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Puerto Rico (2002) at 8.0/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top city building board games for 5 players

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Time
Complexity
  • Puerto Rico (2002)

    3–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 8.0

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  • 7 Wonders (2010)

    2–7 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Carcassonne (2000)

    2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Lords of Waterdeep (2012)

    2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Le Havre (2008)

    1–5 players · 30–150 min · ★ 7.9

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  • Caylus Premium Limited Edition (2005)

    2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Keyflower (2012)

    2–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Architects of the West Kingdom (2018)

    1–5 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.8

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  • Citadels Classic (2000)

    2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Carcassonne The Expansion (2002)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Cyclades (2009)

    2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Carcassonne Traders & Builders (2003)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6

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  • The Princes of Florence (2000)

    2–5 players · 75–100 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Glory to Rome (2005)

    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Kingsburg (2007)

    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Charterstone (2017)

    1–6 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Tiny Towns (2019)

    1–6 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Chinatown (1999)

    3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Glen More (2010)

    2–5 players · 45–70 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Citadels (2016)

    2–8 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Carcassonne The River (2001)

    2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Between Two Cities (2015)

    1–7 players · 25 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Ginkgopolis (2012)

    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Carson City (2009)

    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Belfort (2011)

    2–5 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Hadara (2019)

    2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Villagers (2019)

    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Citadels The Dark City (2004)

    2–8 players · 60 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Carcassonne The Princess & the Dragon (2005)

    2–6 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8

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  • Spyrium (2013)

    2–5 players · 75 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Unfair (2017)

    2–5 players · 50–125 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Maharaja The Game of Palace Building in India (2004)

    2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Saint Petersburg (Second Edition) (2014)

    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • The Estates (2018)

    2–5 players · 40–60 min · ★ 7.5

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  • 7 Wonders (Second Edition) (2020)

    3–7 players · 30 min · ★ 8.2

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  • Kingsburg (Second Edition) (2017)

    2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Hamburgum (2007)

    2–5 players · 75 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Peloponnes (2009)

    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Keythedral (2002)

    2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.0

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  • Villages of Valeria (2017)

    1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Strasbourg (2011)

    3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2

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  • Caylus 1303 (2019)

    2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.6

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  • Carcassonne Winter Edition (2012)

    2–5 players · 40 min · ★ 7.5

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  • The Castles of Burgundy The Dice Game (2017)

    1–5 players · 15–30 min · ★ 6.9

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  • Carcassonne King & Scout (2003)

    2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 6.6

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  • NEOM (2018)

    1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.4

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  • Coloma (2019)

    1–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.4

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  • The New Era (2011)

    2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.5

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Quick city building board games for 5 players (30 minutes or less)

Frequently asked

What is the best 5-player city building board game?
Puerto Rico (2002) is the highest-rated 5-player city building board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.0/10 from 64,023 ratings. 7 Wonders and Carcassonne round out the top three.
How many 5-player city building board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 136 5-player city building board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.

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