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Best 4-player deduction board games

The best 4-player deduction board games are Codenames XXL, Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game — the top-rated of 370 4-player deduction board games in the MeeplePick database, led by Codenames XXL (2015) at 7.6/10 on BoardGameGeek.

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Top deduction board games for 4 players

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Time
Complexity
  • 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

    Complexity
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  • Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game (2014)

    2–5 players · 60–120 min · ★ 7.6

    Complexity
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  • Love Letter (2012)

    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.2

    Complexity
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  • Citadels Classic (2000)

    2–8 players · 20–60 min · ★ 7.1

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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

    Complexity
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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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  • 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

    Complexity
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  • Codenames Duet XXL (2017)

    2–99 players · 15–30 min · ★ 7.6

    Complexity
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  • Shadows over Camelot (2005)

    3–7 players · 60–80 min · ★ 7.1

    Complexity
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  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf (2014)

    3–10 players · 10 min · ★ 7.1

    Complexity
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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

    Complexity
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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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  • Cryptid (2018)

    3–5 players · 30–50 min · ★ 7.5

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  • Spyfall (2014)

    3–8 players · 15 min · ★ 6.9

    Complexity
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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

    Complexity
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  • Fury of Dracula (Second Edition) (2005)

    2–5 players · 180 min · ★ 7.1

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  • Awkward Guests (2016)

    1–8 players · 45–75 min · ★ 7.7

    Complexity
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  • Not Alone (2016)

    2–7 players · 30–45 min · ★ 7.0

    Complexity
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  • Love Letter Premium (2016)

    2–8 players · 20–30 min · ★ 7.5

    Complexity
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  • One Night Ultimate Werewolf Daybreak (2015)

    3–7 players · 10 min · ★ 7.4

    Complexity
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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

    Complexity
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  • Love Letter Batman (2015)

    2–4 players · 20 min · ★ 7.3

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  • Shadow Hunters (2005)

    4–8 players · 60 min · ★ 6.8

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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

    Complexity
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  • The Search for Planet X (2020)

    1–4 players · 60 min · ★ 8.2

    Complexity
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  • Tragedy Looper (2011)

    2–4 players · 120 min · ★ 7.2

    Complexity
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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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  • 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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  • Lovecraft Letter (2017)

    2–6 players · 5–15 min · ★ 7.2

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Quick deduction board games for 4 players (30 minutes or less)

Frequently asked

What is the best 4-player deduction board game?
Codenames XXL (2015) is the highest-rated 4-player deduction board game on BoardGameGeek, at 7.6/10 from 70,126 ratings. Battlestar Galactica The Board Game and Dead of Winter A Crossroads Game round out the top three.
How many 4-player deduction board games are there?
MeeplePick lists 370 4-player deduction board games, ranked here by BoardGameGeek community rating.