7 Games Like Town of Salem
This assortment of games like Town of Salem features other unique single player and multiplayer games about deceiving other players, alliances and social deduction.
Town of Salem was released in late 2014 and is based on the long popular party games of Werewolf and Mafia that require players to outsmart each other through deceiving tactics. Set during the Salem Witch trials Town of Salem is designed for up to 15 players with each player given a random role which broadly falls into the three primary alignments of Town, Mafia and Neutral that each have their own goal to achieve.
Within these three alignments Town of Salem also offers 35 unique roles in the base game that have different abilities to assist them in achieving their objective. While the broader alignments have a shared goal to strive for some roles have compatible goals with each other for potential shared victories. With not every role appearing in each game, the unique interactions between certain roles and the human element Town of Salem offers a wealth of replay value. Gameplay is split into a series of phases which revolve around discussions with other players, voting, judgements and a night phase where the main action (attacks and skills) are mainly utilised.
The games like Town of Salem below have a similar focus on multiplayer or single player games about deception and clue gathering where you’ll have to either uncover the truth or hide the truth from other players depending on the role you draw.
Throne of Lies: The Online Game of Deceit
Joining the ranks of social games that revolve around deduction Throne of Lies offers a 3D experience for up to 16 players. Inspiration is taken from the popular games of Werewolf and Mafia that fans of the genre will be familiar with but the level of depth (and enjoyment) offered far exceeds these original titles. While originally launched as a paid title under the name Throne of Lies: The Online Game of Deceit the game is currently known as Throne of Lies: Medieval Politics and is now free to ...[Read Review]
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies is a mixture of visual novel and crime fighting and the fifth game in a much loved franchise. Featuring familiar faces from other Ace Attorney games players will once again solve crimes through a storyline structure. While originally released for the Nintendo 3DS the game was later ported to the Android platform allowing fans to reexperience Dual Destinies on mobile devices with an appropriate game port that shifts the game to a touch and tap p...[Read Review]
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Marking the third box of party games, The Jackbox Party Pack 3 was released in late 2016 and builds on the first releases with enhanced games, new games and more functionality than previous packs you’ll be able to experience the game locally on Xbox, Switch, PlayStation and Windows/Mac/Linux as you attempt to outscore your friends. With new additions coming out regularly you’ll find all the Jackbox Party Packs offer a similar level of gameplay so consider browsing all of them and pic...[Read Review]
Detective Grimoire
Detective Grimoire (Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp) is the first full game in the franchise of detective games following the 2007 Flash title of the same name. Released in 2014 the game was funded from a Kickstarter campaign and features an adventure full of mystery, dialogue, detective work and lovable characters. Playing as Detective Grimoire you will find yourself called to a remote swamp and tourist attraction known as Boggy’s Bog after the owner Richard Remington is found mur...[Read Review]
SpyParty
Exploring the more silent and devious side of being a spy is SpyParty with a competitive computer game that has you battling your friends in sneaky ways. Developed by Chris Hecker SpyParty is a unique game that sees players attempting to fool an opponent into thinking that they are just another AI controlled character amongst the crowd while the other attempts to snipe the player by identifying their actions that separate them from the AI. Accordingly SpyParty features two roles for players to c...[Read Review]
The Ship: Murder Party
The Ship: Murder Party (and its HD remake The Ship: Remasted) are first person shooters orientated around the art of deception on a luxury ship. Set in the late 1920s on a fancy cruise ship each player is given a mark that they’ll have to hunt down and take out while defending themselves from the one hunting them that makes for a multi layered cat and mouse adventure which creates a complex challenge with human opponents. The game includes both single player and multiplayer game modes with both ...[Read Review]
EpicMafia
Building on the Mafia party game formula and bringing it online is EpicMafia. With a large community and millions of games played fans of the original Mafia can continue the fun in the online world. With the ease of access, range of game types and deep stat tracking any intermediate or pro Mafia player will feel at home in the community. Just like said original the game is predominately about deception where players join an available room, get assigned a role and attempt to defeat the mafia whil...[Read Review]