9 Games That Require Deception

Summary

• Deception is key in games like Unfortunate Spacemen and Baldur's Gate 3, where lying can save your life or your party in a bind.
• In Town of Salem and Project Winter, players must lie and deceive to survive, facing traitors and deadly storms in their midst.
• R.U.S.E. and other strategy games require players to be cunning and deceitful to outwit opponents and achieve victory.

Having to lie in games, whether they are video games, board games, or card games, can be frustrating or fun, depending on how easy it is for you. On the one hand, you may find an opportunity to earn loot or trick your opponent, but on the other, you may have to lie to save your life.

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In most of these games, you will have to be ready to be charming, convincing, and deceitful while under quite a bit of pressure. If you are feeling up to the challenge, here are a few games that require you to be deceitful one way or another.

9 Unfortunate Spacemen

Fight To Stay Alive

Unfortunate Spacemen is a free first-person online shooter game where you are stranded on an outpost with a handful of other astronauts, though not everyone there is human. If you are a human, you must try to complete objectives and survive, but if you are an alien shapeshifter, you must blend in and deceive the humans while you pick them off.

Unfortunate Spacemen is essentially a more realistic version of Among Us but with guns. Whether you choose to play with friends or online with random people, there are many maps to explore and ways to play.

8 Baldur's Gate 3

Roll For Intuition

Baldur's Gate 3 is an immersive fantasy based on the fantasy tabletop RPG Dungeons & Dragons. You will be able to create your own character and form your own party. From there, a fantastical story will unravel as you journey forward on your quest.

Deception can be quite useful, so make sure you have your bard handy, as they are quite the charmers. Whether your party is caught somewhere they aren't supposed to be or doing something they shouldn't, lying can save your party on a good roll.

7 EVE

Scheme Your Way Through Space

Eve Online is a sandbox MMPORG that takes place in space 21,000 years into the future. Combat is mostly limited to ships between different factions, and there are over 8,000 star systems to explore. What makes Eve Online stand out among other MMORPGs is that griefing is not punished and is encouraged.

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Players are given quite a good amount of freedom, as they are allowed to extort, steal, and sabotage other in-game players. You can also scam and backstab your acquaintances if you're really feeling evil. The only consequence would be that other players would return the favor.

6 Deceit

Who's infected?

Deceit is an online survival horror game in which you have been mysteriously abducted by a few other players, and the goal is to escape the compound alive. The problem is, there are infected individuals whose only goal is to murder you.

In Deceit, if you are innocent, there are multiple areas you must get through to escape. If you are infected, you must be conscious of your appearance and when you decide to murder or reveal yourself. You can never be too careful in this game, whether you are trying to escape or kill off the innocents.

5 Governor Of Poker 2

Bluff Your Way To The Top

Governor of Poker 2 is a casual poker game that takes place in the old Wild West. But a new law was instated banning poker. You must travel around Texas, buying back towns to lift the ban and earn your title of Governor of Poker back.

In Governor of Poker 2, you face off against quite a few people in every town to earn money through winnings. Don't be fooled, though; everyone at the poker table wants to win, too, and they have no problem bluffing about their cards to trick you out of money.

4 Age Of Empires 2

Plot Your Strategy And Attack

Age of Empires 2 is a real-time strategy game that requires you to take care of a rapidly growing village while also having to plot against your enemy. You must advance quickly throughout the ages, building up your resources and defenses in order to survive.

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In Age of Empires 2, you can play with friends or an AI, but you must be prepared to play a little dirty. You will want to be tricky and thoughtful with your units. For example, deploying scouts or knights to distract your opponent in one area and launching a siege in a different one to catch them off guard.

3 Town Of Salem

Lie For Your Life

Town of Salem is an RPG strategy game and is set during the Salem Witch Trial but in an alternate universe where there is more to worry about than witches. Players will randomly be assigned roles such as arsonist, murderer, doctor, or sheriff to carry out.

In Town of Salem, there are multiple phases of the game. At night, nearly everyone goes out to perform their roles and once the day comes around it is time to deliberate. People with evil roles must prepare to lie and avoid revealing their true identity to avoid being executed for their crimes.

2 Project Winter

Who Can You Trust?

Project Winter is an online multiplayer game, much like John Carpenter's The Thing, which takes place in a broken-down outpost. There is a deadly winter storm inbound, and you must find a way to contact a rescue team, but not everyone around you is human, nor are they your friend.

There will be traitors trying to sabotage the survivors' every move. The traitors will try to gain the trust of those around them and stay hidden in plain sight. They will lie and try to pit everyone against each other in attempt to foil any progress.

1 R.U.S.E.

Deceive Your Opponents

R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy game set in 1994 during the Second World War and focuses on the invasion of Nazi Germany. The campaign includes some historical events as well as some fictional ones.

Throughout the game, there are plenty of options to be deceitful in order to trick your opponent. You can build fake units or buildings to appear smaller or go radio silent in order to hide yourself. There are plenty more opportunities to fool your opponent, but you must be intelligent with your units and your economy.

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