Top games for 8 year olds
Have you ever wished there was a big list of all the best games for 8 year olds?
Of course you have!
Well, this is it, my friends… The day has arrived.
For each game in the list below, our score takes into account 4 things:
- Its Geek rating on the BoardGameGeek website
- Its parent percentage – that is, what percentage of parents think the game is playable at this age
- The views of our media partners about its suitability for different ages
- Any user ratings on our site
Add a bit of secret sauce and there you have it! A top 100 list primed and ready to show you the best games for your kids. And your friends’ kids. And their friends kids…
Behold, the key to the table!
Note that a game will only appear on this list if the parent percentage is greater than 0%, which is to say that at least one parent thinks it’s playable at this age.
The best games for 8 year olds
Ranked in descending order of enjoyment aged 8:
Rank
Image
Title
Our rating: age 8
Our min. age
Parent %: age 8
Our rating: adult
1494
Keyflower
0.4511202
<10
12
<10
6%
7.51867
<10
1495
Raiders of the North Sea
0.4510488
<10
11
<10
6%
7.51748
<10
1496
Ninjato
0.4497038
<10
10
<10
7%
6.42434
<10
1497
Star Wars: Unlock!
0.4491501
<10
10
<10
7%
6.41643
<10
1498
Starship Catan
0.4471964
<10
10
<10
7%
6.38852
<10
1499
Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West
0.4467156
<10
10
<10
6%
7.44526
<10
1500
Res Arcana
0.4448844
<10
12
<10
6%
7.41474
<10
1501
Magic: The Gathering
0.4440744
<10
12
<10
6%
7.40124
<10
1502
Meuterer
0.4429166
<10
11
<10
7%
6.32738
<10
1503
Xia: Legends of a Drift System
0.4425156
<10
11
<10
6%
7.37526
<10
1504
Pixel Tactics
0.4408418
<10
12
<10
7%
6.29774
<10
1505
Iwari
0.4403679
<10
10
<10
7%
6.29097
<10
1506
Tiny Epic Kingdoms
0.4399549
<10
10
<10
7%
6.28507
<10
1508
Arctic Scavengers
0.4382525
<10
11
<10
7%
6.26075
<10
1509
Captain Sonar
0.4381296
<10
12
<10
6%
7.30216
<10
1510
Under Falling Skies
0.4363878
<10
11
<10
6%
7.27313
<10
1511
Dungeons & Dragons Dice Masters: Battle for Faerûn
0.4331061
<10
12
<10
7%
6.18723
<10
1512
Ratzia
0.4315654
<10
10
<10
7%
6.16522
<10
1513
Time of Legends: Joan of Arc
0.4294535
<10
12
<10
7%
6.13505
<10
1514
Chinatown
0.426426
<10
11
<10
6%
7.1071
<10
1515
BattleLore: Second Edition
0.4248786
<10
11
<10
6%
7.08131
<10
1516
Scattergories
0.4245563
<10
11
<10
7%
6.06509
<10
1517
Middle Ages
0.4214973
<10
10
<10
7%
6.02139
<10
1518
GOSU
0.4213314
<10
10
<10
7%
6.01902
<10
1519
Thunderstone Quest
0.4189842
<10
11
<10
6%
6.98307
<10
1520
Amun-Re
0.4163166
<10
12
<10
6%
6.93861
<10
1521
Shadows over Camelot
0.4161096
<10
10
<10
6%
6.93516
<10
1522
Massive Darkness 2: Hellscape
0.415797
<10
12
<10
6%
6.92995
<10
1523
Blood Bowl (Third Edition)
0.415548
<10
12
<10
6%
6.9258
<10
1524
Descent: Journeys in the Dark
0.4155018
<10
12
<10
6%
6.92503
<10
1525
Risk Legacy
0.4154592
<10
11
<10
6%
6.92432
<10
1526
For Northwood! A Solo Trick-Taking Game
0.4149126
<10
11
<10
6%
6.91521
<10
1527
Aquatica
0.4147902
<10
11
<10
6%
6.91317
<10
1528
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork
0.4132902
<10
11
<10
6%
6.88817
<10
1529
DVONN
0.412215
<10
10
<10
6%
6.87025
<10
1530
Bullet♥︎
0.4092636
<10
12
<10
6%
6.82106
<10
1531
Zombicide: Green Horde
0.4091442
<10
12
<10
6%
6.81907
<10
1533
Vast: The Crystal Caverns
0.4009242
<10
12
<10
6%
6.68207
<10
1534
Merchants Cove
0.4006548
<10
10
<10
6%
6.67758
<10
1535
Jekyll vs. Hyde
0.3986508
<10
10
<10
6%
6.64418
<10
1536
Tiny Epic Dinosaurs
0.3972186
<10
10
<10
6%
6.62031
<10
1537
Maharaja: The Game of Palace Building in India
0.3965004
<10
12
<10
6%
6.60834
<10
1538
Lost Ruins of Arnak
0.3947665
<10
11
<10
5%
7.89533
<10
1539
Rivals for Catan
0.3947076
<10
10
<10
6%
6.57846
<10
1540
Orleans
0.3935275
<10
12
<10
5%
7.87055
<10
1541
Fields of Green
0.392751
<10
10
<10
6%
6.54585
<10
1542
Islebound
0.3926394
<10
10
<10
6%
6.54399
<10
1543
Resist!
0.3926064
<10
11
<10
6%
6.54344
<10
1544
Legacy of Dragonholt
0.3894252
<10
11
<10
6%
6.49042
<10
1545
Tiny Epic Zombies
0.3886842
<10
11
<10
6%
6.47807
<10
1546
Escape from the Aliens in Outer Space
0.388599
<10
13
<10
6%
6.47665
<10
1547
Battles of Westeros
0.3882336
<10
14
<10
6%
6.47056
<10
1548
Warhammer Quest
0.3882078
<10
12
<10
6%
6.47013
<10
1549
Plague Inc.: The Board Game
0.3877206
<10
12
<10
6%
6.46201
<10
1550
Tribes of the Wind
0.3873996
<10
11
<10
6%
6.45666
<10
1551
Manoeuvre
0.386793
<10
11
<10
6%
6.44655
<10
1552
Viceroy
0.385287
<10
11
<10
6%
6.42145
<10
1553
Ulm
0.3850272
<10
10
<10
6%
6.41712
<10
1554
Rialto
0.3848574
<10
11
<10
6%
6.41429
<10
1555
Guildhall
0.384558
<10
11
<10
6%
6.4093
<10
1556
The Isofarian Guard
0.3829938
<10
11
<10
6%
6.38323
<10
1557
The Rich and the Good
0.3827208
<10
10
<10
6%
6.37868
<10
1558
Mykerinos
0.3825102
<10
10
<10
6%
6.37517
<10
1559
Doom: The Boardgame
0.3824922
<10
12
<10
6%
6.37487
<10
1560
Villages of Valeria
0.3824154
<10
10
<10
6%
6.37359
<10
1561
XenoShyft: Onslaught
0.3818154
<10
12
<10
6%
6.36359
<10
1562
Aton
0.3810312
<10
12
<10
6%
6.35052
<10
1563
Aeon’s End
0.3801945
<10
12
<10
5%
7.60389
<10
1564
Traders of Osaka
0.37884
<10
10
<10
6%
6.314
<10
1565
Factory Fun
0.3787992
<10
11
<10
6%
6.31332
<10
1566
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island
0.3783285
<10
12
<10
5%
7.56657
<10
1567
The Bottle Imp
0.3781704
<10
11
<10
6%
6.30284
<10
1568
The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth
0.3751595
<10
11
<10
5%
7.50319
<10
1569
The 7th Continent
0.374368
<10
12
<10
5%
7.48736
<10
1570
Hansa Teutonica
0.3733485
<10
12
<10
5%
7.46697
<10
1571
Big City
0.3732144
<10
10
<10
6%
6.22024
<10
1572
A Castle for All Seasons
0.3726894
<10
11
<10
6%
6.21149
<10
1573
Axis & Allies: 1942
0.3718548
<10
13
<10
6%
6.19758
<10
1574
Aliens: Another Glorious Day in the Corps
0.3717318
<10
13
<10
6%
6.19553
<10
1575
Roll for the Galaxy
0.371563
<10
11
<10
5%
7.43126
<10
1576
Rajas of the Ganges
0.3711075
<10
12
<10
5%
7.42215
<10
1577
Watergate
0.3705225
<10
12
<10
5%
7.41045
<10
1578
Deckscape: Test Time
0.3662256
<10
10
<10
6%
6.10376
<10
1579
Red November
0.3661032
<10
11
<10
6%
6.10172
<10
1580
Tichu
0.364351
<10
12
<10
5%
7.28702
<10
1581
Near and Far
0.3635865
<10
11
<10
5%
7.27173
<10
1582
Star Wars Miniatures
0.3621
<10
11
<10
6%
6.035
<10
1583
Unusual Suspects
0.3601944
<10
11
<10
6%
6.00324
<10
1584
Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game.â€
0.3595735
<10
12
<10
5%
7.19147
<10
1585
Imperial Settlers
0.356431
<10
11
<10
5%
7.12862
<10
1586
Mission: Red Planet (Second/Third Edition)
0.3544495
<10
11
<10
5%
7.08899
<10
1587
The Resistance
0.353304
<10
12
<10
5%
7.06608
<10
1588
The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire
0.352017
<10
13
<10
5%
7.04034
<10
1589
Evolution: Climate
0.350581
<10
11
<10
5%
7.01162
<10
1590
Pipeline
0.3482695
<10
14
<10
5%
6.96539
<10
1591
Shadows of Brimstone: City of the Ancients
0.345945
<10
12
<10
5%
6.9189
<10
1592
The Grizzled
0.3445645
<10
10
<10
5%
6.89129
<10
1593
Wabash Cannonball
0.344435
<10
12
<10
5%
6.8887
<10
1594
In the Hall of the Mountain King
0.343592
<10
12
<10
5%
6.87184
<10
1595
Tales of the Arabian Nights
0.343497
<10
12
<10
5%
6.86994
<10
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