5-player games / Space Exploration
Best 5-player space exploration board games
The best 5-player space exploration board games are Terraforming Mars, Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine — the top-rated of 64 5-player space exploration board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Terraforming Mars (2016) at 8.4/10 on BoardGameGeek.
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Terraforming Mars (2016)
1–5 players · 120 min · ★ 8.4
Complexity
Battlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)
3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine (2019)
2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Roll for the Galaxy (2014)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.7
Complexity
Cosmic Encounter (2008)
3–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Twilight Imperium Third Edition (2005)
3–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Eclipse Second Dawn for the Galaxy (2020)
2–6 players · 60–200 min · ★ 8.8
Complexity
Tiny Epic Galaxies (2015)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Space Alert (2008)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Xia Legends of a Drift System (2014)
3–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.9
Complexity
Space Base (2018)
2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
StarCraft The Board Game (2007)
2–6 players · 180–240 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Leaving Earth (2015)
1–5 players · 60–180 min · ★ 7.8
Complexity
Core Worlds (2011)
2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
New Frontiers (2018)
2–5 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Mission Red Planet (2005)
3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
Empires of the Void II (2018)
2–5 players · 90–180 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Merchant of Venus (1988)
1–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
High Frontier 4 All (2020)
1–5 players · 30–240 min · ★ 8.7
Complexity
Ad Astra (2009)
3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
Space Cadets Dice Duel (2013)
4–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
High Frontier (2010)
2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
High Frontier (Third Edition) (2017)
1–5 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.3
Complexity
Space Cadets (2012)
3–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
The Artemis Project (2019)
1–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 7.3
Complexity
Exodus Proxima Centauri (2012)
2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Impulse (2013)
2–6 players · 30–60 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
Alien Artifacts (2017)
2–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.7
Complexity
Wild Space (2020)
1–5 players · 15–40 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Onward to Venus (2014)
2–5 players · 90–120 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
Space Cadets Away Missions (2015)
1–6 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Spaceteam (2015)
3–6 players · 5 min · ★ 6.7
Complexity
Galactic Emperor (2008)
3–6 players · 90 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Star Trek Deck Building Game The Next Generation (2011)
2–5 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5
Complexity
Andromeda (1999)
3–5 players · 60 min · ★ 6.4
Complexity
Cosmic Encounter 42nd Anniversary Edition (2018)
3–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 8.3
Complexity
Windward (2020)
1–5 players · 30–90 min · ★ 7.5
Complexity
Asteroyds (2010)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3
Complexity
Battlestations Second Edition (2017)
2–9 players · 60–180 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Horizons (2018)
2–5 players · 60–75 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
Twilight Imperium (1997)
2–6 players · 240 min · ★ 6.6
Complexity
Twilight Imperium Second Edition (2000)
2–6 players · 240 min · ★ 6.9
Complexity
Stellar Horizons (2020)
1–7 players · 120–240 min · ★ 8.1
Complexity
Cosmic Colonies (2020)
1–5 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Hegemonic (2013)
2–6 players · 180 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
Demeter (2020)
1–100 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Undermining (2011)
2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 6.4
Complexity
2038 Tycoons of the Asteroid Belt (1995)
3–6 players · 360 min · ★ 7.1
Complexity
Quick space exploration board games for 5 players (30 minutes or less)
The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine (2019)
2–5 players · 20 min · ★ 8.0
Complexity
Space Alert (2008)
1–5 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
Complexity
Space Cadets Dice Duel (2013)
4–8 players · 30 min · ★ 6.8
Complexity
Spaceteam (2015)
3–6 players · 5 min · ★ 6.7
Complexity
Asteroyds (2010)
2–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.3
Complexity
Demeter (2020)
1–100 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6
Complexity
Kaosmos (2018)
2–6 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.0
Complexity
Solar Draft (2019)
2–5 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.2
Complexity
Fruit Spy (2005)
3–5 players · 15–20 min · ★ 5.8
Complexity
Moons (2017)
3–6 players · 20 min · ★ 5.9
Complexity
GPS (2020)
2–5 players · 10 min · ★ 5.5
Complexity
Frequently asked
- What is the best 5-player space exploration board game?
- Terraforming Mars (2016) is the highest-rated 5-player space exploration board game on BoardGameGeek, at 8.4/10 from 68,412 ratings. Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and The Crew The Quest for Planet Nine round out the top three.
- How many 5-player space exploration board games are there?
- MeeplePick lists 64 5-player space exploration board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.
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