The Best Deduction Games

Update : Stealth Syndicate added at rank #23.
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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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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
  • online

3

Town of Salem 2 (2023)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows Android

Town of Salem 2 brings new roles, new features, and new life to the world of Salem and the social deduction genre. Murder, Mystery, Magic, and more!


  • deduction
  • social
  • strategy
  • werewolves
  • rpg
  • conversation
  • pvp
  • cartoony

4

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

5

Eville (2022)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Betray your friends- and lie your way to victory. Inspired by popular multiplayer social-deduction party games such as Werewolves and Among Us, this is a new take on the concept with realtime gameplay and interaction.


  • deduction
  • social
  • werewolves
  • investigation
  • diplomacy
  • conversation
  • cooperative
  • pvp
  • party
  • assassin
  • cartoony
  • colourful

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Suspects: Mystery Mansion (2021)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

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  • deduction
  • social
  • conversation
  • detective
  • cooperative
  • assassin
  • character
  • pvp
  • mystery
  • psychological
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • action-adventure
  • customization
  • 2d

7

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

8

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

9

The Matriarch (2022)

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PC Windows

A deadly hide & seek party game where everyone is an imposter.

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  • deduction
  • social
  • werewolves
  • comedy
  • party
  • conspiracy
  • cooperative
  • dark
  • funny
  • team
  • stylized
  • cartoony

10

LOCKDOWN Protocol (2024)

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early access PC Windows

A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, 3 to 8 players. While most players will do their best to complete objectives and ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try to stop them at all costs, without getting caught.

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  • deduction
  • social
  • conversation
  • investigation
  • space
  • first-person
  • perma-death
  • pvp
  • sci-fi
  • team

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