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18 games like Werewords

The best games like Werewords are One Night Ultimate Werewolf, Secret Hitler and The Resistance — the closest of 18 ranked alternatives, scored by shared mechanics and category. One Night Ultimate Werewolf shares deduction, party game, hidden roles with Werewords.

Every alternative below links to its own Werewords-style fact page, drawn from MeeplePick’s deduction / party game shelf.

Ranked by shared category (3 pts) and mechanics (2 pts), bonus within 0.7 of Werewords’s 1.2 weight, then BoardGameGeek’s Bayesian rating — one entry per series, 18 shown.

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   1. One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)

   3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1 · Light · See One Night Ultimate Werewolf alternatives →

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Roles with Asymmetric Information, Traitor Game, Variable Player Powers +1 more · 7 shared tags · 5 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (100%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · +0.2 heavier

   Check price for One Night Ultimate Werewolf →
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   2. Secret Hitler (2016)

   5–10 players · 45 min · ★ 7.6 · Medium-light · See Secret Hitler alternatives →

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Traitor Game, Voting · 5 shared tags · 3 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (60%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 5–10 players · ~35 min longer · +0.5 heavier

   Check price for Secret Hitler →
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   3. The Resistance (2009)

   5–10 players · 30 min · ★ 7.3 · Medium-light · See The Resistance alternatives →

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Roles with Asymmetric Information, Traitor Game · 5 shared tags · 3 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (60%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 5–10 players · ~20 min longer · +0.4 heavier

   Check price for The Resistance →
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   4. One Night Ultimate Vampire (2015)

   3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 6.7 · Medium-light

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Traitor Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 6 shared tags · 4 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · +0.4 heavier
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   5. One Night Ultimate Alien (2017)

   4–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.0 · Medium-light

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Traitor Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 6 shared tags · 4 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–10 players · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
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   6. The Chameleon (2017)

   3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.7 · Light

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Word Game, Hidden Roles, Voting · 5 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
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   7. One Night Werewolf (2012)

   3–7 players · 10 min · ★ 6.1 · Light

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Traitor Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 6 shared tags · 4 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (80%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–7 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
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   8. Spyfall (2014)

   3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9 · Light · See Spyfall alternatives →

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Roles with Asymmetric Information, Traitor Game · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · same complexity
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   9. Detective Club (2018)

   4–8 players · 45 min · ★ 7.4 · Light

   Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Roles with Asymmetric Information, Voting · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

   vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · ~35 min longer · same complexity
10. 

    10. Two Rooms and a Boom (2013)

    6–30 players · 7–20 min · ★ 7.0 · Light · See Two Rooms and a Boom alternatives →

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 6–10 players · scales to 30 · about the same length · +0.3 heavier
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    11. Insider (2016)

    4–8 players · 15 min · ★ 7.1 · Light

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Voting · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · about the same length · same complexity
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    12. Shadow Hunters (2005)

    4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8 · Medium-light · See Shadow Hunters alternatives →

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Variable Player Powers · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · ~50 min longer · +0.6 heavier
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    13. Werewolves of Miller's Hollow (2001)

    8–18 players · 30 min · ★ 6.7 · Light · See Werewolves of Miller's Hollow alternatives →

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 8–10 players · scales to 18 · ~20 min longer · same complexity
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    14. One Night Revolution (2015)

    3–10 players · 15 min · ★ 6.1 · Medium-light

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Variable Player Powers, Voting · 5 shared tags · 3 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (60%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–10 players · goes down to 3 · about the same length · +0.7 heavier
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    15. Deception Murder in Hong Kong (2014)

    4–12 players · 20 min · ★ 7.5 · Medium-light · See Deception Murder in Hong Kong alternatives →

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles · 3 shared tags · 1 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (20%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–10 players · scales to 12 · ~10 min longer · +0.4 heavier
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    16. Werewolf (1986)

    8–24 players · 60 min · ★ 6.5 · Light · See Werewolf alternatives →

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Hidden Roles, Roles with Asymmetric Information · 4 shared tags · 2 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (40%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 8–10 players · scales to 24 · ~50 min longer · +0.2 heavier
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    17. Shadows Amsterdam (2018)

    2–8 players · 20 min · ★ 6.7 · Light

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Real-time, Variable Player Powers · 4 shared tags · 1 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (20%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · goes down to 2 · ~10 min longer · same complexity
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    18. Linq (2004)

    4–8 players · 45 min · ★ 6.9 · Light

    Shares with Werewords: Deduction, Party Game, Word Game, Voting · 4 shared tags · 1 of Werewords’s 5 mechanics (20%)

    vs Werewords: overlaps at 4–8 players · ~35 min longer · +0.2 heavier

Looking for the original? See the full Werewords fact page — players, play time, age and complexity.