The Best Deduction Games for Nintendo Switch

Update : Illang added at rank #4.
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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?

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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!

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  • deduction
  • social
  • party

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Project Winter (2019)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

The perfect game to back-stab your friends. Project Winter is an 8 person multiplayer game focusing on social deception and survival. Communication and teamwork is essential to the survivors’ ultimate goal of escape.

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  • survival
  • deduction
  • social
  • proximity
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • team
  • online

4

Illang (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

iLLANG is a free-to-play multiplayer social deduction game where players help the villagers of Koji Village find the sneaky Illang who has been wreaking havoc!


  • deduction
  • social
  • cats
  • class
  • emotional
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • character
  • pvp
  • customization
  • cartoony
  • mmo
  • third-person
  • team

5

DETECTIVE - Stella Porta case (2023)

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Playstation 5 l Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 j Nintendo Switch

DETECTIVE: Stella Porta Case, puts you in the shoes of a detective who investigates three strange disappearances. In all cases there is a contract signed by the disappeared, that contract is from an organization called "Stella Porta".


  • deduction
  • social
  • investigation
  • detective
  • crime
  • immersive
  • fiction
  • conspiracy
  • cinematic
  • assassin
  • drama
  • interactive
  • mystery
  • realistic
  • controller-support

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The Walking Dead: Betrayal (2023)

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early access Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Betray your friends in this 5-8 person game of cooperation and social deception set in the universe of The Walking Dead. Work together to survive, but trust no one! Traitors have so many ways to sabotage the team, the walkers are the most predictable threat.

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  • deduction
  • social
  • lore
  • time-management
  • pve
  • pvp
  • post-apocalyptic
  • sandbox
  • zombies
  • character
  • customization
  • survival
  • crafting
  • horror
  • action-adventure

7

Project Planet - Earth vs Humanity (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Destroy Humanity with virus outbreaks, asteroid impacts and more as Planet Earth! Or team up with up to five friends as the World Leaders, Industry, Media, Scientists and Public, and try to survive. Impossible dilemmas and branching narratives create countless paths in this strategic party game!

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  • deduction
  • social
  • political
  • asynchronous
  • party
  • multiplayer
  • humor
  • dystopian
  • cinematic
  • psychological
  • board-game
  • choices
  • pvp
  • cooperative
  • dark

8

Jin Conception (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Key Features: Strategic turn based combat involving balance. Battles happen on the same field as movement, no switching screens when combat starts. Jin Conception has monsters that can one shot, difficult bosses and no hand holding.

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  • japanese
  • deduction
  • social
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • jrpg
  • strategy
  • thriller
  • pixel
  • top-down
  • fantasy

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