Social deduction video games grow in popularity, but which are the best?
The investigative nature of multiplayer social deduction titles makes them so addictive. Depending on the group of players playing, each playthrough looks different. In a game like this, available tools and visuals are just one of the features defining the entire experience – the people themselves are a much more influential factor. So let’s see which genre representatives best cater to their fans’ needs!
| Game | Release | Genre | Developer | |
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 | First Class Trouble | 2021-04-08 | Indie | Invisible Walls |
 | Deceive Inc | 2023-03-21 | Social Deduction | Sweet Bandits Studios |
 | The Jackbox Party Pack 6 | 2019-10-17 | Casual | Jackbox Games |
 | Project Winter | 2019-02-07 | Adventure | Other Ocean Interactive |
 | Town Of Salem | 2014-12-15 | Indie | BlankMediaGames |
 | Deceit 2 | 2023-09-14 | Cooperation | World Makers |
 | Among Us | 2018-11-16 | Cooperation | Innersloth |
 | Lockdown Protocol | 2024-07-22 | Cooperation | Mirage Creative Lab |
Among Us
| Release date: | 2018-11-16 |
| Genre: | Cooperation |
| Developer: | Innersloth |
This genre classic lets 4 to 15 players play as Crewmates preparing their spaceship for departure. However, there are Impostors ready to sabotage the plan!
Cooperate with others or execute your evil plan to achieve the goal. Whether you play as a Crewmate or Impostor, everything in the game depends on communication and detecting liars. It’s a classic – a must-play for anyone considering making their debut in the genre!
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LOCKDOWN Protocol
| Release date: | 2024-07-22 |
| Genre: | Cooperation |
| Developer: | Mirage Creative Lab |
This year’s LOCKDOWN Protocol takes everything the genre offers to improve it with a 3D environment and much more intense gameplay.
Play in a group of 3 to 8 players to complete hilarious tasks and identify potential dissidents. In this game, anyone can kill anyone, and every move or action directly affects the gameplay outcome.
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Goose Goose Duck
| Release date: | 2021-03-10 |
| Genre: | Indie |
| Developer: | Gaggle Studios, Inc. |
Enter the cartoonish world of birds to experience the most chaotic gameplay in the genre!
Pick from multiple game modes to have fun as a goose or an evil duck. Your job is to complete tasks and uncover the traitor or sabotage everything. Players determine who’s saboteur by exchanging information in meetings, and proximity chat makes everything even more tense.
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Deceit 2
| Release date: | 2023-09-14 |
| Genre: | Cooperation |
| Developer: | World Makers |
Fancy a multiplayer shooter with horror features? Play this game!
You are one of six individuals waking up in a mental hospital. But two are sick and can transform into bloodthirsty monsters at any moment. Will you find your way out of this cursed place?
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Project Winter
| Release date: | 2019-02-07 |
| Genre: | Adventure |
| Developer: | Other Ocean Interactive |
You and your friends are stuck in a frozen wasteland – but the unforgiving environment and omnipresent threats aren’t the only factors that can prevent your survival.
Play as one of the Survivors or Traitors and cooperate with others to achieve your goal. Whichever role you take, communication is crucial for a successful outcome of this adventure, even if it requires betraying your friends!
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Conclusion
Become a goose, survive an unforgiving winter trap, escape a mental facility, and more! These titles allow you to role-play anyone – only your skills decide the adventure outcome. Cooperate, betray, and have the fun of your life!