Bomb Busters
2024Hisashi Hayashi
There is a bomb full of wires and the countdown has started...
- Videos
- 102
- Creators
- 85
- Reviews
- 46
- How-to-play
- 25
- Playthroughs
- 11
Mainly reviews
2 - 5 players30 min2.0 weight
Games collection
Deduction games
24 games in this collection.
Deduction can mean reading other players, following clues or testing a theory against hidden information. Some games are social, built on bluffing and accusations; others are logic puzzles. A playthrough shows which kind of reasoning the game asks for, but it may also reveal answers. If you want to solve a mystery yourself, start with a rules video and save the full game for later.
Editorially updated October 2, 2026
Trio
2021宮野 華也 (Kaya Miyano)
nana, which was later reprinted as Trio, is a card game in which players are looking for three of a kind.
- Videos
- 71
- Creators
- 64
- Reviews
- 39
- How-to-play
- 19
- Playthroughs
- 6
Mainly reviews
3 - 6 players15 min1.1 weight
The Search for Planet X
2020Matthew O'Malley, Ben Rosset
At the edge of our solar system, a dark planet may lurk.
- Videos
- 93
- Creators
- 74
- Reviews
- 49
- How-to-play
- 11
- Playthroughs
- 10
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players60 - 75 min2.4 weight
Captain Sonar
2016Roberto Fraga, Yohan Lemonnier
At the bottom of the ocean, no one will hear you scream!
- Videos
- 90
- Creators
- 68
- Reviews
- 35
- How-to-play
- 15
- Playthroughs
- 17
Some reviews
2 - 8 players45 - 60 min2.2 weight
Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game.”
2021Jay Cormier, Sen-Foong Lim
Working from the shadows, Mind MGMT once used its psychically-powered agents to put a stop to global crises.
- Videos
- 83
- Creators
- 68
- Reviews
- 41
- How-to-play
- 11
- Playthroughs
- 9
Mainly reviews
1 - 5 players60 min2.9 weight
Codenames
2015Vlaada Chvátil
Two rival spymasters know the secret identities of 25 agents.
- Videos
- 82
- Creators
- 67
- Reviews
- 34
- How-to-play
- 19
- Playthroughs
- 4
Mainly reviews and how-to-play
2 - 8 players15 min1.3 weight
Pagan: Fate of Roanoke
2022Kasper Kjær Christiansen, Kåre Storgaard
Pagan: Fate of Roanoke is an expandable deduction card game set in the colonial America of 1587.
- Videos
- 78
- Creators
- 62
- Reviews
- 37
- How-to-play
- 12
- Playthroughs
- 13
Mainly reviews
2 players30 - 60 min3.0 weight
Beast
2023Aron Midhall, Elon Midhall, Assar Pettersson
Welcome to the Northern Expanse, a place where nature is still unexplored, mystical and dangerous.
- Videos
- 75
- Creators
- 61
- Reviews
- 34
- How-to-play
- 11
- Playthroughs
- 13
Mainly reviews
2 - 4 players60 - 120 min3.1 weight
Just One
2018Ludovic Roudy, Bruno Sautter
Just One is a co-operative party game in which you all play together to get the best score!
- Videos
- 67
- Creators
- 56
- Reviews
- 30
- How-to-play
- 17
- Playthroughs
- 8
Mostly reviews and how-to-play
3 - 7 players20 - 60 min1.0 weight
The Gang
2024John Cooper, Kory Heath
Round up your gang and get ready to pull off a series of bank heists using the power of poker!
- Videos
- 67
- Creators
- 56
- Reviews
- 29
- How-to-play
- 18
- Playthroughs
- 5
Mostly reviews and how-to-play
3 - 6 players20 min1.6 weight
Chronicles of Crime
2018David Cicurel
Chronicles of Crime is a cooperative game of crime investigation, mixing an app, a board game and a touch of Virtual Reality.
- Videos
- 62
- Creators
- 52
- Reviews
- 42
- How-to-play
- 9
- Playthroughs
- 6
Mostly reviews
1 - 4 players60 - 90 min2.1 weight
Hanabi
2010Antoine Bauza
Hanabi-named for the Japanese word for "fireworks"-is a cooperative game in which players try to create the perfect fireworks show by placing the cards on the table in the right order.
- Videos
- 56
- Creators
- 52
- Reviews
- 29
- How-to-play
- 16
- Playthroughs
- 6
Mostly reviews and how-to-play
2 - 5 players25 min1.7 weight
Love Letter
2012Seiji Kanai
All of the eligible young men (and many of the not-so-young) seek to woo the princess of Tempest.
- Videos
- 75
- Creators
- 50
- Reviews
- 31
- How-to-play
- 16
- Playthroughs
- 20
Mostly reviews and playthroughs
2 - 4 players20 min1.2 weight
MicroMacro: Crime City
2020Johannes Sich
Crimes have taken place all over the city, and you want to figure out exactly what's happened, so you'll need to look closely at the giant city map (75 x 110 cm / 29.5 x 43 inches) to find all the…
- Videos
- 63
- Creators
- 59
- Reviews
- 39
- How-to-play
- 8
- Playthroughs
- 2
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players15 - 45 min1.1 weight
Hues and Cues
2020Scott Brady
What hue do you think of when we say “apple”?
- Videos
- 70
- Creators
- 57
- Reviews
- 28
- How-to-play
- 14
- Playthroughs
- 9
Mainly reviews
3 - 10 players30 min1.1 weight
Turing Machine
2022Fabien Gridel, Yoann Levet
"Codes are a puzzle.
- Videos
- 61
- Creators
- 51
- Reviews
- 26
- How-to-play
- 11
- Playthroughs
- 16
Mostly reviews and playthroughs
1 - 4 players20 min2.5 weight
Decrypto
2018Thomas Dagenais-Lespérance
Players compete in two teams in Decrypto, with each trying to correctly interpret the coded messages presented to them by their teammates while cracking the codes they intercept from the opposing…
- Videos
- 60
- Creators
- 53
- Reviews
- 31
- How-to-play
- 12
- Playthroughs
- 6
Mainly reviews
3 - 8 players15 - 45 min1.8 weight
Cryptid
2018Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
You've studied the footage, connected the dots, and gathered what meager evidence you could.
- Videos
- 70
- Creators
- 50
- Reviews
- 37
- How-to-play
- 10
- Playthroughs
- 10
Mainly reviews
3 - 5 players30 - 50 min2.3 weight
Similo
2019Martino Chiacchiera, Hjalmar Hach, Pierluca Zizzi
Similo is a co-operative deduction game, and each version of the game - e.g., Fables, History, Myths - comes with a deck of thirty cards, beautifully illustrated by Naïade, showing the portrait and…
- Videos
- 94
- Creators
- 51
- Reviews
- 28
- How-to-play
- 24
- Playthroughs
- 10
Mainly reviews and unboxings
2 - 8 players10 - 15 min1.0 weight
Unfathomable
2021Tony Fanchi, Corey Konieczka
The year is 1913.
- Videos
- 69
- Creators
- 54
- Reviews
- 31
- How-to-play
- 12
- Playthroughs
- 10
Mainly reviews
3 - 6 players120 - 240 min3.1 weight
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong
2014Tobey Ho
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong is a game of deduction and deception for 4-12 players that plays in about 20 minutes.
- Videos
- 52
- Creators
- 45
- Reviews
- 29
- How-to-play
- 10
- Playthroughs
- 10
Mainly reviews
4 - 12 players20 min1.6 weight
Chronicles of Crime: 1400
2020David Cicurel, Wojciech Grajkowski
"You are Abelard Lavel, a knight sworn to King Charles VI the Beloved.
- Videos
- 54
- Creators
- 49
- Reviews
- 29
- How-to-play
- 9
- Playthroughs
- 7
Mainly reviews
1 - 4 players60 - 90 min2.0 weight
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game
2014Jonathan Gilmour-Long, Isaac Vega
"Crossroads" is a game series from Plaid Hat Games that tests a group of survivors' ability to work together and stay alive while facing crises and challenges from both outside and inside.
- Videos
- 76
- Creators
- 56
- Reviews
- 27
- How-to-play
- 11
- Playthroughs
- 18
Mainly reviews and playthroughs
2 - 5 players60 - 120 min3.0 weight
HorrorAction PointsArea MovementDice Rolling
Fractured Sky
2024Max Anderson, Zac Dixon, Austin Harrison
Fractured Sky is a strategy game of area control, blind bidding, and resource management set in a fantastical sky kingdom.
- Videos
- 71
- Creators
- 48
- Reviews
- 39
- How-to-play
- 7
- Playthroughs
- 7
Mainly reviews
1 - 5 players45 - 75 min2.4 weight
How this list is built
Deduction games with at least three videos on this site, ordered by how many different creators cover each game, then by number of videos.