The Best Deduction Games

Update : Crowd Diver added at rank #40.
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Direwolf (2018)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Is your friend a bloodthirsty werewolf? Is your neighbor a demon from the eternal abyss? Band together in the small town and unmask the evil characters before everything is lost.

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  • deduction
  • investigation
  • social
  • card
  • mythology
  • werewolves
  • board-game
  • rpg
  • medieval
  • pvp
  • strategy

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Siren's Call (2022)

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PC Windows

Siren’s Call is the first "friendship simulator" where your friends can actually fight back. Make these last moments you have with them count. Say the right things...because they won't accept anything less than your absolute best. Will you reach escape velocity?

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  • psychological
  • philosophical
  • emotional
  • deduction
  • social
  • visual-novel
  • thriller
  • time-management
  • surreal
  • drama
  • anime
  • dark
  • horror
  • story
  • cute

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Gnosia (2019)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 vita PC Windows

In the gripping game GNOSIA, you're aboard a drifting spaceship, facing a lethal threat. Engage in discussions with unique characters, use information to vote out suspects, and uncover mysteries to survive. Experience a rich, complex story with well-designed characters and an addictive gameplay loop. Can you outwit the enemy and make it to the end?


What we like:
  • Fun and addictive gameplay
  • Rich and engaging storyline
  • Unique and well-designed characters
  • Distinct character personalities and stats
  • Clever and humorous writing
What could be improved:
  • Limited replayability
  • Understanding the discussion system can be challenging initially

  • visual-novel
  • deduction
  • social
  • sci-fi
  • rpg
  • psychological
  • narrative
  • lgbtq

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MINDNIGHT (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Inspired by the party games Werewolf and The Resistance, MINDNIGHT is a cyberpunk online social deduction game of deceit, accusations and unpredictability. It challenges your ability to lie and detect others that are trying to be deceptive.

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  • deduction
  • social
  • atmospheric
  • mafia
  • strategy
  • hacking
  • pixel
  • party
  • cyberpunk
  • werewolves
  • tabletop
  • mystery
  • rpg
  • board-game

5

Among Us! (2018)

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Android Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone

An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players...in space!


  • deduction
  • social
  • party

6

First Class Trouble (2021)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

First Class Trouble is a party game where players must work together and against each other to survive a disaster. The goal is to shut down a deadly A.I. Some players are impostors, secretly playing as human-looking killer robots intent on betraying the other players.


  • deduction
  • social
  • party
  • humor
  • minigame
  • cooperative
  • dark
  • conspiracy
  • pvp
  • space
  • third-person
  • 3d
  • survival
  • robots
  • funny

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Feign (2021)

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early access Android PC Windows

Feign is a role-playing game with maximum 12 players that takes place in a small town where innocents, imposters and neutrals together. You use your role at night to win and send a person from the village in the morning.


  • multiplayer
  • rpg
  • mmo
  • deduction
  • social
  • cooperative
  • investigation
  • cartoony
  • adventure-friendly
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • mystery

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Town of Salem (2014)

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PC Windows Android IOS iPhone web browser Mac OS

Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.


  • deduction
  • social
  • multiplayer
  • strategy
  • werewolves
  • mafia
  • mystery

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Agrou (2020)

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PC Windows

Your new favorite Werewolf game! Seat around the fire with friends, play a villager, a werewolf or another type of character and use strategy to win!


  • deduction
  • social
  • werewolves
  • cooperative
  • casual
  • strategy
  • board-game
  • online
  • dragon

10

Perfect Heist 2 (2021)

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Linux IOS iPhone PC Windows

Perfect Heist 2 is a round-based online game, where robbers try to hide in plain sight while robbing a bank without being noticed by the cop team!


  • deduction
  • heist
  • social
  • outbreak
  • class
  • cartoony
  • editor
  • level
  • first-person
  • stealth
  • shooter
  • fps
  • 3d
  • pve
  • stylized

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