Recommended games and activities for five people
We’re introducing games and activities you can play with five people!
Whether it’s the number of close friends you hang out with or the size of a group you’re assigned on a field trip, we’ve gathered recommended games for those times when you’ve got a team of five and aren’t sure what to play.
There are options that use items like cards, smartphones, or game consoles, as well as ones you can enjoy with no equipment at all.
They’re perfect not only when you get together with friends, but also for filling small pockets of free time.
Use the games and activities we introduce as a reference, and have fun playing together as a group of five!
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Recommended games and activities for 5 people (41–50)
Monopoly
Born as a board game, Monopoly is a strategy-based intellectual game where you use your wits to plan your moves.
Players buy, sell, and build on land and properties to grow their assets.
In the end, the goal is to bankrupt your rivals—a game that would be scary if it existed in real life.
Besides the board game, Monopoly can also be played as a card game.
The card game uses three types of cards: Bank cards, Title Deed cards, and Money cards.
The objective here is also to drive your opponents into bankruptcy.
Since the card game reaches a conclusion faster than the board game, it seems perfect for playing when you only have a little time.
Lateral thinking quiz game: Umigame no Soup
A lateral thinking quiz game where you brainstorm freely from the quiz prompt to arrive at the answer.
In ordinary quizzes, you often derive answers based on common sense, preconceptions, or established notions.
In a lateral thinking quiz game, the solver asks questions about the presented problem.
The quizmaster responds using only three options: “Yes,” “No,” or “Irrelevant.” Using the questions and these three types of replies, you deduce the answer.
The solver must think carefully about what to ask.
Another characteristic is that the answers are often things you can’t infer directly from the problem statement.
Come up with various ideas and solutions to figure out the answer.
Rhythm 4
This is a game that tests your ability to listen to instructions and make decisions by calling out your own name in time with a 4-beat rhythm.
You advance through the four counts using actions like tapping the desk or clapping, so the overlap of sound and movement adds to the fun.
You need to listen carefully to which person the previous player called and on which number, then decide and act accordingly.
By adding variations—such as changing the actions for each number or introducing instructions that aren’t just names and numbers—you can enjoy the game at a higher difficulty level, which is recommended for those who’ve gotten the hang of it.
Super Smash Bros.
When it comes to games you can enjoy with a large group, the Super Smash Bros.
series is a prime example.
You battle using characters that appear in Nintendo titles.
While many people picture four-player matches, Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate for Nintendo Switch supports up to eight players at once, so no one gets left out even when five people are gathered.
Since you can set a variety of rules, it’s important to adjust them so everyone present can have fun together.
Cops and Robbers
It’s a tag game developed into teams of cops and robbers.
The name varies by region, so some people may know it by a different name.
The cops catch robbers by tagging them, and captured robbers are confined in a designated jail area.
Robbers try to avoid being caught while heading to the jail to free their teammates.
The game ends when the robbers evade capture until the time limit or when the cops catch all the robbers.
You can enjoy it in various ways by adjusting the number of cops and robbers or by adding detailed rules.
Fastest-finger quiz with everyone
A buzzer-quiz game from a runaway-hit app.
With questions spanning a wide range of genres, everyone from teens to adults can enjoy it together.
The best part is how simple the rules are.
Choose your favorite mode from a variety of options—random match or free match, group battle or one-on-one, quiz difficulty—and the game starts right away.
When you know the answer, hit the buzzer with a ding! and respond—just like being a contestant on a TV show, which really amps up the excitement!
BlindSquare
A game where everyone wears blindfolds, forms a group, and—communicating only by voice—tries to make a perfect square using a single rope.
All you need are a rope and blindfolds.
It looks very simple, but it’s surprisingly challenging and fun.
Because you have to communicate only by voice—saying things like, “I’m making a corner!”—it builds closeness and improves teamwork.
With larger groups, you can split into several teams and compete on speed and accuracy to make it even more exciting!
Trust Game
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Here’s a trust game you can play by cooperating and relying on one another.
Form a circle with a few people and hold hands.
To the rhythm of the music, keep your posture and remain still until the next signal.
You’ll gradually move from standing to a sitting posture, but maintaining the same posture while holding hands will require a lot of endurance.
Try encouraging each other as you take on the challenge.
If someone’s posture collapses, the whole circle might fall apart at once.
Trust your teammates and do your best all the way to the end.
In conclusion
We’ve introduced a variety of games and activities for five people—how did you like them? There were options for lively group fun, ones that make you think a bit, and full-on battle-style games. Try using them in different situations where a group of five can play—whether as a go-to pastime or to strengthen the bonds of a team you’re part of!