Best 5-player civilization board games

The top-rated civilization board games that play well with 5 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 97 games. 7 Wonders leads the list (medium-light complexity).

Top civilization board games for 5 players

7 Wonders (2010)
2–7 players · 30 min · ★ 7.8
Terra Mystica (2012)
2–5 players · 60–150 min · ★ 8.1
Twilight Imperium Fourth Edition (2017)
3–6 players · 240–480 min · ★ 8.7
Roll for the Galaxy (2014)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Twilight Imperium Third Edition (2005)
3–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.8
Cyclades (2009)
2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.5
Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8
Nations (2013)
1–5 players · 40–200 min · ★ 7.6
Tapestry (2019)
1–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5
It's a Wonderful World (2019)
1–5 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.9
Age of Empires III The Age of Discovery (2007)
2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5
Civilization (1980)
2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.5
The Manhattan Project Energy Empire (2016)
1–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
Archipelago (2012)
2–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 7.3
StarCraft The Board Game (2007)
2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.3
Advanced Civilization (1991)
2–8 players · 360–480 min · ★ 8.0
The Great Zimbabwe (2012)
2–5 players · 90–150 min · ★ 7.8
Hadara (2019)
2–5 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.5
Struggle of Empires Deluxe Edition (2004)
2–7 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.5
Mare Nostrum Empires (2016)
3–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.6
Hyperborea (2014)
2–6 players · 50–150 min · ★ 7.2
Britannia (1986)
3–5 players · 180–300 min · ★ 7.2
History of the World (1991)
3–6 players · 135–270 min · ★ 7.1
Antike (2005)
2–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.1
Empires Age of Discovery (2015)
2–6 players · 50–150 min · ★ 7.9
Core Worlds (2011)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
Vinci (1999)
3–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.1
Tiny Epic Kingdoms (2014)
2–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 6.6
Atlantis Rising (Second Edition) (2019)
1–7 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.8
The Seafarers of Catan 5-6 Player Expansion (1999)
5–6 players · 120 min · ★ 7.0
7 Wonders (Second Edition) (2020)
3–7 players · 30 min · ★ 8.2
Empires of the Void II (2018)
2–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.5
Mega Civilization (2015)
5–18 players · 360–720 min · ★ 8.2
Peloponnes (2009)
1–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.1
High Frontier 4 All (2020)
1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7
Ad Astra (2009)
3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9
Age of Renaissance (1996)
3–6 players · 120–300 min · ★ 7.1
Olympos (2011)
2–5 players · 45–90 min · ★ 6.9
Mare Nostrum (2003)
3–5 players · 120 min · ★ 6.7
Antike II (2014)
3–6 players · 90–120 min · ★ 7.5
High Frontier (Third Edition) (2017)
1–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.3
Rise of Empires (2009)
2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.0
Historia (2014)
1–6 players · 120 min · ★ 6.9
Exodus Proxima Centauri (2012)
2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
Civilization West Extension Map (1986)
2–7 players · 360 min · ★ 7.8
The Flow of History Deluxified (2016)
2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.8
Neta-Tanka Deluxe Edition (2019)
1–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.3
Die Prinzen von Machu Picchu (2008)
2–5 players · 90 min · ★ 7.0