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
• Battlestar Galactica The Board Game (2008)
  3–6 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.7
• Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game (2014)
  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Love Letter (2012)
  2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2
• The Resistance Avalon (2012)
  5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.6
• Citadels Classic (2000)
  2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1
• Der Widerstand (2009)
  5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3
• Mysterium (2015)
  2–7 players · 42 min · ★ 7.3
• Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective The Thames Murders & Other Cases (1982)
  1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Alchemists (2014)
  2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.7
• Chronicles of Crime (2018)
  1–4 players · 60–90 min · ★ 7.8
• Secret Hitler (2016)
  5–10 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6
• Decrypto XL (2018)
  3–8 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.8
• Captain Sonar (2016)
  2–8 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6
• Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)
  4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5
• Codenames Duet XXL (2017)
  2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6
• Shadows over Camelot (2005)
  3–7 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.1
• Battle Line (2000)
  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.4
• One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)
  3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1
• Letters from Whitechapel (2011)
  2–6 players · 90 min · ★ 7.4
• Fury of Dracula (Third\/Fourth Edition) (2015)
  2–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.5
• Detective A Modern Crime Board Game (2018)
  1–5 players · 120–180 min · ★ 7.9
• BANG! The Dice Game (2013)
  3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.0
• Dead of Winter The Long Night (2016)
  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6
• Mr. Jack (2006)
  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.0
• Cryptid (2018)
  3–5 players · 30–50 min · ★ 7.5
• Spyfall (2014)
  3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9
• BANG! (2002)
  4–7 players · 20–40 min · ★ 6.5
• Discworld Ankh-Morpork (2011)
  2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.2
• Tobago (2009)
  2–4 players · 60 min · ★ 7.1
• Concept (2013)
  4–12 players · 40 min · ★ 6.8
• Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures (2016)
  1–8 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.7
• Fury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)
  2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1
• Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (Deluxe Edition) (2005)
  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.5
• Awkward Guests (2016)
  1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7
• Not Alone (2016)
  2–7 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0
• Lord of the Rings The Confrontation (2002)
  2 players · 30 min · ★ 7.2
• Love Letter Premium (2016)
  2–8 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.5
• One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak (2015)
  3–7 players · 10 min · ★ 7.4
• Specter Ops (2015)
  2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.2
• Scotland Yard (1983)
  3–6 players · 45 min · ★ 6.5
• MicroMacro Crime City (2020)
  1–4 players · 15–45 min · ★ 7.9
• Love Letter Batman (2015)
  2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.3
• Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (2001)
  8–18 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7
• Mr. Jack Pocket (2010)
  2 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9
• Shadow Hunters (2005)
  4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8
• A Fake Artist Goes to New York (2012)
  5–10 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2
• Tajemnicze Domostwo (2013)
  2–7 players · 30–60 min · ★ 7.2
• Treasure Island (2018)
  2–5 players · 45 min · ★ 7.3
• The Search for Planet X (2020)
  1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2
• Fugitive (2017)
  2 players · 5–20 min · ★ 7.2
• Tragedy Looper (2011)
  2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2
• Fog of Love (2017)
  2 players · 60–120 min · ★ 6.9
• Whitehall Mystery (2017)
  2–4 players · 45–60 min · ★ 7.6
• Love Letter Sender (2019)
  2–6 players · 20 min · ★ 7.6
• When I Dream (2016)
  4–10 players · 20–40 min · ★ 7.1
• Werewords (2017)
  4–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.2
• Two Rooms and a Boom (2013)
  6–30 players · 7–20 min · ★ 7.0
• Mystery of the Abbey (1995)
  3–6 players · 60–90 min · ★ 6.5
• Room 25 (2013)
  1–6 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7