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Games like MINDNIGHT

Below are 12 hand-picked alternatives to MINDNIGHT for fans of strategy, indie, rpg, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in MINDNIGHT also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.

About MINDNIGHT: Inspired by the party games Werewolf and The Resistance, MINDNIGHT is a cyberpunk online social deduction game of deceit, accusations and unpredictability. It challenges your ability to lie and detect others that are trying to be deceptive.

2017StrategyIndieRPGFree To PlayFree to playWindows · macOS · Linuxby No Moon
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    Untrusted — Steam game cover

    Untrusted

    Top pick for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with MINDNIGHT.

    Untrusted is an online multiplayer (10 to 16 players) hacking / social deduction game: as an hacker, hack your target - as an undercover agent, disrupt the operation. Follow your objective or kill everyone - the choice is yours.

    2021IndieRPG4.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Town of Salem 2 — Steam game cover

    Town of Salem 2

    Second-strongest match for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with MINDNIGHT.

    A multiplayer online social deduction game for 7–15 players. Use deception, strategy, and teamwork to find the truth—or get away with murder.

    2023ActionStrategyRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Paranoia Party — Steam game cover

    Paranoia Party

    Third-strongest match for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MINDNIGHT.

    An online social deduction party game for 2-16 players where you need to find and kill your friends that hide among a group of NPC's.

    2023StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
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    Town of Salem — Steam game cover

    Town of Salem

    Ranked #4 for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with MINDNIGHT.

    Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.

    2014ActionStrategyRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics — Steam game cover

    Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics

    Ranked #5 for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with MINDNIGHT.

    The 3D online multiplayer game of social deduction and mischief, inspired by medieval politics and the Werewolf/Mafia (1986) genre. Gather 'round the tabletop, uniting allies of the realm with strategy to distinguish friend from foe.

    2017RPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    Satellite Reign — Steam game cover

    Satellite Reign

    Ranked #6 for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MINDNIGHT.

    Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Unfortunate Spacemen — Steam game cover

    Unfortunate Spacemen

    Ranked #7 for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with MINDNIGHT.

    An online multiplayer game about shapeshifting deception and betrayal! As a hapless, brave spaceman employed by The Company you'll work diligently to defend and be rescued from failing outposts, but not everyone around you is who they claim to be...

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
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    Deceit — Steam game cover

    Deceit

    Ranked #8 for MINDNIGHT fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Free To Play with MINDNIGHT.

    Test your instincts at trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who will escape?

    2017ActionIndieFree To PlayDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to MINDNIGHT

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

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    Mafia — Steam game cover

    Mafia

    Reviewers of MINDNIGHT cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    It’s 1930. After an inadvertent brush with the mafia, cabdriver Tommy Angelo is reluctantly thrust into the world of organized crime. Initially, he is uneasy about falling in with the Salieri family, but soon the rewards become too big to ignore.

    2002ActionAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
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    Town of Salem — Steam game cover

    Town of Salem

    Reviewers of MINDNIGHT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with MINDNIGHT.

    Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.

    2014ActionStrategyRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    The Resistance — Steam game cover

    The Resistance

    Reviewers of MINDNIGHT cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    You have one chance. One chance to save the resistance. Fight, that is what you have been taught your whole life, that there was never an end to war, but this could be it. This could be the last factory to destroy, this could save the world. And only you can do it.

    2017ActionSteam ↗
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    Werewolf Party — Steam game cover

    Werewolf Party

    Reviewers of MINDNIGHT cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with MINDNIGHT.

    A medieval mystery, 4 to 12 players, where villagers scheme and werewolves hunt. Sharpen your wits, trust no one, and see who makes it through the night.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie5.59 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about MINDNIGHT

Is MINDNIGHT free to play?
Yes — MINDNIGHT is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
Does MINDNIGHT have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — MINDNIGHT supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to MINDNIGHT?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside MINDNIGHT are Untrusted, Town of Salem 2, Paranoia Party.
Who developed MINDNIGHT?
MINDNIGHT was developed by No Moon.

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