Best 8-player board games
The top-rated games that play well with 8 players, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating across 804 games. Codenames XXL leads the list (light complexity).
Party Game (368)Card Game (309)Deduction (138)Humor (128)Bluffing (115)Fantasy (70)Word Game (68)Negotiation (65)Trivia (65)Real-time (64)Dice (63)Action / Dexterity (61)Fighting (59)Science Fiction (58)Racing (55)Wargame (54)
Top picks for 8 players
- Codenames XXL (2015)
- Eldritch Horror (2013)
- The Resistance Avalon (2012)
- Memoir '44 (2004)
- Citadels Classic (2000)
- Der Widerstand (2009)
- Arkham Horror (2005)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)
- Sushi Go Party! (2016)
- Secret Hitler (2016)
- Decrypto XL (2018)
- Captain Sonar (2016)
- Cartographers A Roll Player Tale (2019)
- Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)
- Codenames Duet XXL (2017)
- Dixit Odyssey (2011)
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)
- RoboRally (1994)
- Camel Up (2014)
- Telestrations (2009)
- Elder Sign (2011)
- BANG! The Dice Game (2013)
- Formula D (2008)
- Magic Maze (2017)
- Spyfall (2014)
- Tsuro (2004)
- PitchCar (1995)
- Incan Gold (2005)
- Citadels (2016)
- Concept (2013)
- Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
- Advanced Civilization (1991)
- Camel Up (Second Edition) (2018)
- Awkward Guests (2016)
- Monikers (2015)
- Wavelength (2019)
- Ricochet Robots (1999)
- Spot it! (2009)
- Love Letter Premium (2016)
- Steampunk Rally (2015)
- Formula De (1997)
- Time's Up! (1999)
- Flick 'em Up! (2015)
- Time's Up! Title Recall! (2008)
- Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (2001)
- Citadels The Dark City (2004)
- Poker (1810)
- Sidereal Confluence Trading and Negotiation in the Elysian Quadrant (2017)