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Best Social Deduction Games

Top 39 of 39 qualifying games — tagged Social Deduction (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-10-22. Under each game: what its Steam reviewers most often mention (+ praise, − complaint), with how many of about 100 most-helpful reviews raise it — from the review consensus on each game's page.

1 The Jackbox Party Pack 6 (2019) Trivia · Casual · Multiplayer · $29.99 + Trivia and varied mini-games 46+ Fun with friends and groups 14− Weak Dictionarium and Joke Boat 9 94.9%3,101 reviews 2 GNOSIA (2022) Visual Novel · Anime · Story Rich · $24.99 + Emotional time-loop mystery 59+ Social deduction with RPG mechanics 40− Repetitive RNG-driven loops 18 93.7%5,158 reviews 3 Perfect Heist 2 (2021) Action · Stealth · Shooter · $9.99 + Fun class-based strategic gameplay 72+ Enjoyable to play with friends 27− Insufficient players and cheaters 8 92.8%4,773 reviews 4 Among Us (2018) Multiplayer · Social Deduction · Online Co-Op · $4.99 + fun social deduction and deception 86+ best enjoyed with friends 30− toxic players, hackers, bots, and leavers 27 92.0%749,030 reviews 5 Feign (2025) Early Access · Casual · Multiplayer · $4.99 + Unpredictable social deduction 8+ Fun with friends and groups 7− Small or disappearing playerbase 6 91.2%6,351 reviews 6 Deducto (2022) Multiplayer · Dialogue Heavy · Free to Play · Free 89.6%4,376 reviews 7 Klaus Veen's Treason (2023) Social Deduction · PvP · FPS · Free 89.6%1,531 reviews 8 Town of Salem (2014) Multiplayer · Strategy · Mystery · $4.99 + fun, deep social deduction 66+ more fun with friends 6− toxic and dwindling playerbase 20 87.8%36,257 reviews 9 Goose Goose Duck (2021) Multiplayer · Free to Play · Online Co-Op · Free + Varied roles and game mechanics 15+ Friends, crossplay, and voice chat 10− Kicks, mic, and verification failures 5 86.5%82,597 reviews 10 LOCKDOWN Protocol (2025) Early Access · Multiplayer · Social Deduction · $9.99 + Addictive fun with friends 69− Developers abandoned project after 1.0 8 86.0%19,989 reviews 11 Agrou (2020) Strategy · Casual · Indie · $4.99 86.8%2,838 reviews 12 Sinister Night 2 (2025) Early Access · Multiplayer · Survival Horror · $9.99 86.9%2,019 reviews 13 Unfortunate Spacemen (2020) Survival Horror · Investigation · Co-op · Free 86.0%7,560 reviews 14 Fear Surrounds (2021) Multiplayer · Horror · Online Co-Op · Free + Engaging social deduction mechanics 5− Missing or unclear English translation 13 85.7%10,856 reviews 15 MIMESIS (2025) Early Access · Online Co-Op · Social Deduction · $9.99 + Fun with friends 23+ Mimic mechanics and funny moments 19− Repetitive clone gameplay 19 84.4%10,608 reviews 16 MINDNIGHT (2017) Free to Play · Multiplayer · Social Deduction · Free + Social deduction mechanics 12− Inactive or toxic playerbase 27 84.8%2,958 reviews 17 Oh Deer (2024) Multiplayer · Funny · Social Deduction · $9.99 + goofy fun party gameplay 36+ fun with friends 17− excessive ten-dollar price 9 84.8%2,594 reviews 18 Scam Line (2026) Multiplayer · Indie · Co-op · $6.99 + Lying and varied minigames 7− Few repetitive minigames, short sessions 9 84.8%1,339 reviews 19 Project Winter (2019) Team-Based · Snow · PvP · $9.99 + social deception mechanics 21+ playing socially with friends 6− small or inactive playerbase 21 82.4%19,078 reviews 20 BACKROOMS: APPREHENSION (2025) Early Access · PvP · Multiplayer · $1.19 + Fun social deduction gameplay 39+ Fun with friends and voice chat 32− Small, unstable player base 15 83.5%1,671 reviews 21 West Hunt (2023) Social Deduction · Party Game · Multiplayer · $9.99 + fun mainly with friends 15+ tense social deduction mechanics 8− tiny, mostly empty player base 15 83.2%2,163 reviews 22 Deceive Inc. (2023) Social Deduction · Heist · Battle Royale · $1.99 + Fun and uniquely creative gameplay design 44+ Vibrant 70s retro-futuristic visual aesthetics 6− Abandoned with no developer updates 23 81.1%7,886 reviews 23 Untrusted (2021) Multiplayer · Social Deduction · Hacking · $4.99 + social deduction and role variety 26− low player counts, empty lobbies 17 82.2%1,300 reviews 24 Deceit (2017) PvP · Multiplayer · Horror · Free + tense social deduction and betrayal 12+ fun betrayal with friends 7− toxic cheating dwindling playerbase 12 79.0%92,115 reviews 25 First Class Trouble (2021) Social Deduction · Funny · Survival · $14.99 + Deception mechanics create emergent comedy 46+ Developers returned, actively updating game 17− Harassment and toxic player slurs 13 79.4%4,440 reviews 26 Prison Life (2022) Multiplayer · Free to Play · Online Co-Op · Free + Fun playing with friends 20+ Solid, strategic, enjoyable gameplay 7− Too few players or dead servers 14 78.5%2,948 reviews 27 SpyParty (2018) Multiplayer · Strategy · Detective · $24.99 + Fun with friends 22+ Deep deception mechanics 15− Price too high 26 77.2%1,618 reviews 28 Throne of Lies: Medieval Politics (2017) Social Deduction · Multiplayer · Mystery · Free + Deep social deduction roles 29− Tiny or inactive playerbase 55 76.1%2,707 reviews 29 Split or Steal (2020) Free to Play · Casual · Simulation · Free 76.9%1,196 reviews 30 In Silence (2021) Horror · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · $3.99 + Very fun multiplayer experience 35− No updates, devs abandoned it 19 74.4%11,957 reviews 31 Among Us 3D: VR (2022) VR · Multiplayer · Horror · $9.99 74.0%2,780 reviews 32 Super Sus (2024) Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Social Deduction · Free + Strategic roles and varied modes 5− Poor regional matchmaking 5 71.6%3,164 reviews 33 Suspects: Mystery Mansion (2021) Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · Conversation · Free 72.0%1,546 reviews 34 Enemy On Board (2020) Free to Play · Indie · Action · Free 70.7%1,531 reviews 35 A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition (2020) Strategy · Board Game · Social Deduction · $19.99 70.2%1,970 reviews 36 Town of Salem 2 (2023) Free to Play · Social Deduction · Strategy · Free + Fun social deduction game 65− Steep learning curve 42 68.8%9,261 reviews 37 Dread Hunger (2022) Multiplayer · Survival · Social Deduction · Free + Social deduction survival blend 18− Closed or foreign lobbies 31 60.5%46,147 reviews 38 Traitors in Salem (2022) Social Deduction · PvP · Casual · Free 60.3%1,070 reviews 39 Deceit 2 (2023) Multiplayer · Survival Horror · Horror · Free + fun engaging asymmetric deduction 44+ steep but learnable gameplay curve 5− broken mechanics easily exploited 35 57.5%6,885 reviews