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Goose Goose Duck
2021Primary genreStrategy › Social Deduction
23 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Social Deduction Games
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Among Us
2014Primary genreStrategy › Social Deduction
Supporting signalsCommunity Building
5 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
#0379/100
Town of Salem 2
2023Primary genreStrategy › Social Deduction
6 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Deceit 2
2023Primary genreStrategy › Social Deduction
6 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Project Winter
2019Primary genreStrategy › Social Deduction
20 IGDB ratingsOpen entry →
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Hidden-role play in which players infer identities, deceive opponents, and use group decisions to determine the outcome.
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Hidden-role play in which players infer identities, deceive opponents, and use group decisions to determine the outcome.
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Do not assign Social Deduction from theme, presentation, camera, or a minor mechanic alone; its defining interaction and progression pattern must recur through the core game.