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5+ man group games

Hi everyone, I have a group of friends (we are 5 in total) and we're looking for some new games.

We got tired of LOL, OW, Csgo, Rocket league (we played private match), skribble

Any type of game goes, we are pretty open on that.

We are going to try minecraft and tabletop simulator this weekend. Do you have some other suggestions?

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    • Barotrauma. Game can be challenging and serious, but also ridiculously hilarious and off the walls, often in the same playthrough.
    • Valheim.
    • Project Zomboid. You might want to consider upping some of the difficulty with more players, though. More zombies, for example.
    • Minecraft.
    • Planetside 2. Squad/platoon up and just roll around together. The learning curve, however, can be surprisingly high.
    • Battlebit Remastered.

    • The learning curve, however, can be surprisingly high.

      I've been playing for something like a decade at this point... I still don't know what the fuck I'm doing... Except that I can drive a mag rider... and surprising can fly a galaxy pretty well...

      • Same tbh. Been playing for over a decade. I'm an Infil main, so I got that down in its various forms (as VS). I'm alright with Engi and Medic. And that's about it. I'm bad at LA and I definitely can't play Heavy. Weird, I know.

        Busses I'm fine with, Gals and Harasser I'm OK. Skyguard lightning I'm pretty decent at though.

  • If you want a Mario Party like, Pummel Party is very fun imo

    • Pummel party is so much fun and if you go in the workshop there are tons of minigames and maps

  • @azezeB Some suggestions

    1. Dead By Daylight. 5 people with one being the Killer so you can rotate that if desired.
    2. Halo Infinite multiplayer can do 12 person parties for the “Big” map modes.
    3. I believe Lego Fortnite also lets you have up to 8. It’s more Minecraft and not a Battle Royale at all.
    4. Lethal company modded can support more than 4. That could be lots of fun.
    5. Retro FPS like Quake from various years. Just as a small distraction

  • There are still MMOs. They can be a blast with a group of friends who consistently play together. Or Ark? Or Rust?

  • If you want to avoid the hassle that it takes to set up a Microsoft account you may try Minetest instead of Minecraft.
    It's an free and Open Source reimplementation that needs no Java, and the game mode "Mineclone" is very close to the original.

    Regardings RTS I can recommend Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

    I you want to try out a business simulation you may look at OpenTTD which is free (and free of ads) over Steam.

    And don't forget Among Us.

    • Another Sup Com fan.

      Sup Com had a steep learning curve and a significant time commitment but it's a LOT of fun.

  • World of Warcraft. If your focus is primarily in PvP, then you specifically want to look at Battlegrounds and Arenas in WoW.

  • Muck can be a pretty hilarious time with a bunch of friends. Practically any Halo game has some kind of game mode that a bunch of friends can enjoy.

  • Barotrauma should be able to take up to 16 players and if you as a group can get into this game then you will have a good laugh for a good amount of time.

    Golf With Your Friends - up to 12 p. Simple game but getting hit by your friends ball right before scoring the hole kinda never gets old.

    Any grand strategy will be able to host many players Civ, HoI, HoMaM, AoE, RoN, Stellaris, ...

    Ps. Check out DEFCON/ICBM

    • No Civilization on your strategy game list? Civ V and VI are both great picks.

      Also, Factorio is a ton of fun and will literally let you play with hundreds of players in the same game if you so choose. The cap is 255.

      And I just started diving into loot games with Titan Quest. Allegedly that game supports up to 6 players.

  • Space Engineers.

    Satisfactory.

    Factorio (actually not sure what the MP limit is without mods; but I know there's a mod that makes it infinite due to seeing the Spiffing Brit playing with like 300 people at once).

    EVE Online (the bigger your group the stronger you'd be. Get 100 of 'em; start your own corporation)

    Actually while thinking about what supports more than 4 it's mostly creative games and MMORPGs (that know of). Damn near everything centers on groups of just 3-4 with the exception of the 5v5 competitive shooters.

  • MMORPGs like World of Warcraft or Guild Wars 2 are a great way to play together. With 5 players you can exactly fill a party in both games.

    RTS games like Starcraft 2 (which is free now) or Age of Empires could also be fun, but 5 players is a bit awkward because it's too many for a single team and uneven so you can't play like a 3v3. But at least in SC2 there's a 2v2 and a 3v3 ladder so you could always split into two teams or play a free for all. There are also a bunch of cool custom games in the arcade like Ice Baneling Escape or Zealot Hockey you could try.

    Very different, but Trackmania is also fun with friends. Not the right choice if you enjoy ramming your friends off the road, but there are probably other games for that too. To set up and play in a club/server you'd need club access which costs like $20 a year, but you can try the game for free first to see if you like it. You can compete for records on a map, play an RPG together (a map style where the focus is on finding the right way instead of just racing) or build tracks for each other.

    You could try an ARPG, unfortunately most of them (Diablo, Grim Dawn, Last Epoch) seem to limit parties to 4 players, but Path of Exile allows up to six. And if you're not serious about the end game you'll never need to spend any money (if you are it's like $40 for stash tabs one time and you're set forever).

  • For some slightly less common games: Golf with your friends is a great mini game to play, effectively really crazy golf online

    From the Depths build ships/planes/tanks with entirely custom guns, engines etc. then play on the campaign map with fleets of these ships. you can make some really complicated vehicles if that's your thing. Unlimited player count as far as I'm aware.

    A less deep version of that is Avorion - Mine resources to build custom ships (less complicated) then even small fleets and do quests, make allies/enemies as you venture to the centre of the galaxy. Supports unlimited players as far as I'm aware. It also allows you to form an alliance to share resources with other players. Resource gathering (mining/salvaging) can be automated by your fleets if that's not your thing.

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