The 47 Best Family Games in 2025 (Reviewed by Parents)

Sarah Calamita said:  We love Sorry! It's good for age 5+. Teaches counting and strategy (I love when a game can be fun and educational all at once!) My daughter loves yelling "Sorry!" as she puts someone's piece back to Start.

Jaclyn Keifer said:  This version of the modern classic, Carcassonne, has been adapted to allow players of all ages to play together. No need to count points! Each turn, you place a tile to build Carcassonne. When you close a street with one or more kids of your color, you get to put your pawns on the board. Be the first to place all of your pawns to win the game.

Tenzi is a fun family game for kids of all ages. Each player receives 10 dice, and the first player to roll all ten dice the same number shouts "tenzi" and wins the game. There are several different ways to play this game as well so you can be as creative with it as you want.

Juan L. said:  Although it's modeled off of stock market trading, Pit is a simple enough game that no one needs to be a Wall Street banker to play. Each player is dealt a hand of cards and must trade them with one another to try to be the first player to create a full set. Once you have a full set you can ring the bell. Be ready though, the way you trade is by yelling out numbers, so it can get very loud very fast (kids love this part!).

Katie G. said:  This is a fun and funny card game of strategy where players use action cards to try and make their opponents "explode" by drawing an exploding kitten card. Once a player explodes they can either play a diffuse card or they are out of the game. Last player in is the winner.

Jennie Utsinger said:  Use strategy and a little bit of luck to beat a variety of menacing creatures! Players use their hand of cards and a roll of the die to try to capture giggling goblins, fire-breathing dragons, spooky spiders, and more. The die and playing cards are all richly illustrated and the game is easy to learn. We have been playing constantly with my 9yo since Christmas.

Kelly R said:  Players navigate obstacles and shifting walls as they move through a maze in a race for treasure. The mechanics of the game are easy, but it is great for teaching kids to strategize and think ahead.

Erin P. said:  This is one of the best family board games because players work together instead of against one another. The goal of this matching game is to create a delicious soup.

This is a fun family game where each player receives a handful of honey comb shaped cards with varying colors and patterns. Each color indicates a matching rule as they are laid down one at a time (sort of like Uno but with more strategy and luck). The first player to empty their hand wins.

Earn points by collecting matching sets of cards, and steal from your opponents by hitting them with squishy burritos.

Katie G. said:  A combination of Go Fish and dodge ball. Some of the cards have fun challenges where players have to grab one of the two foam burritos and hit their opponents. The game can get pretty intense (and dangerous) as you chase your opponents around the house trying to avoid the flying burrito.

Lisa R said:  Clack! is a matching/racing game that is really easy to adapt for different ages. My daughter liked just playing with the magnetic pieces and matching shapes/colors when she was very young. It is really fun to play as the game is designed and race other players for the pieces, but you can also let everyone, or just younger players, have their own turn to even the playing field.

Vanessa M. said:  Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza is an easy but challenging card game that will have players in constant fits of giggles. My kids played this with their cousins over Christmas, and we found it was easy enough for the younger cousins to join in, yet engaging enough for the teenagers and parents as well.

Kate Wille Murray said:  Quick games and color coded for all ages to play.

Jaclyn Keifer said:  What color comes to your mind when we say “apple” or “Kermit”? Hues and Cues is a vibrant game of colorful communication with colored squares all over, where players must make connections to a specific color with word clues. With only one and two-word cues, everyone must try and get others to guess one specific hue from the 480 colored squares on the board using markers. In this party game, the closer the guesses are to the target, the more points you earn. The one with the most points after several rounds wins. And since everyone understands and imagines colors differently, this party game tends to get super interesting as the players are challenged at every move. So don't miss out on all the fun during game night with this family board game.

Family word game where players build words on a grid by placing letter tiles, and can also stack tiles on existing letters to form new words, earning points for each letter played.

marisa_anne said:  Like Scrabble, but with a twist! Each player starts with 7 letter tiles. Play words across or down to make new words or stack on top of tiles to change a word! Earn points for every tile put down. The higher you stack, the higher you score!