Best deduction board games

The top deduction games out of 445 in this category, ranked by BoardGameGeek community rating. Codenames XXL leads the list.

• Codenames XXL (2015)

  2–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.6

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• Battlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)

  3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7

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• Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game (2014)

  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6

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• Love Letter (2012)

  2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2

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• The Resistance Avalon (2012)

  5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6

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• Citadels Classic (2000)

  2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1

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• Der Widerstand (2009)

  5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3

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• Mysterium (2015)

  2–7 players · 42 min · ★ 7.3

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• Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)

  1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

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• Alchemists (2014)

  2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7

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• Chronicles of Crime (2018)

  1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8

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• Secret Hitler (2016)

  5–10 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6

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• Decrypto XL (2018)

  3–8 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.8

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• Captain Sonar (2016)

  2–8 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6

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• Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)

  4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5

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• Codenames Duet XXL (2017)

  2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6

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• Shadows over Camelot (2005)

  3–7 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.1

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• Battle Line (2000)

  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4

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• One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)

  3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1

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• Letters from Whitechapel (2011)

  2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4

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• Fury of Dracula (Third\/Fourth Edition) (2015)

  2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5

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• Detective A Modern Crime Board Game (2018)

  1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9

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• BANG! The Dice Game (2013)

  3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.0

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• Dead of Winter The Long Night (2016)

  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6

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• Mr. Jack (2006)

  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0

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• Cryptid (2018)

  3–5 players · 30–50 min · ★ 7.5

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• Spyfall (2014)

  3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9

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• BANG! (2002)

  4–7 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.5

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• Discworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)

  2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2

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• Tobago (2009)

  2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1

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• Concept (2013)

  4–12 players · 40 min · ★ 6.8

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• Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)

  1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7

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• Fury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)

  2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1

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• Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition) (2005)

  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5

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• Awkward Guests (2016)

  1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7

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• Not Alone (2016)

  2–7 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0

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• Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (2002)

  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2

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• Love Letter Premium (2016)

  2–8 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.5

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• One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak (2015)

  3–7 players · 10 min · ★ 7.4

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• Specter Ops (2015)

  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2

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• Scotland Yard (1983)

  3–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.5

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• MicroMacro Crime City (2020)

  1–4 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.9

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• Love Letter Batman (2015)

  2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.3

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• Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (2001)

  8–18 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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• Mr. Jack Pocket (2010)

  2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9

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• Shadow Hunters (2005)

  4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8

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• A Fake Artist Goes to New York (2012)

  5–10 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2

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• Tajemnicze Domostwo (2013)

  2–7 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2

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• Treasure Island (2018)

  2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3

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• The Search for Planet X (2020)

  1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2

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• Fugitive (2017)

  2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 7.2

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• Tragedy Looper (2011)

  2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2

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• Fog of Love (2017)

  2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.9

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• Whitehall Mystery (2017)

  2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6

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• Love Letter Sender (2019)

  2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6

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• When I Dream (2016)

  4–10 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.1

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• Werewords (2017)

  4–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.2

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• Two Rooms and a Boom (2013)

  6–30 players · 7–20 min · ★ 7.0

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• Mystery of the Abbey (1995)

  3–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5

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• Room 25 (2013)

  1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7

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