We did it with a 13, 9, 7, 5 and 3yr old. We got 3 controllers for the oldest 3 and they LOVED it. Because we all stayed together and were doing the same mission you could kind of hear/see when one of them got the clue before the others...but they still enjoyed it. Our 5 yr old would have participated more if we could have had another contollerr but, they only give out a max of 3 per mission/family. We did ask if we could be in Norway or China since that was the area we wanted to visit and they were able to accomodate us with China. Our kids have said they want to do more missions next time we go!