Rank 01Games like Pretend
- 8 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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- Released: 2021
- Developer: whitesquare
- 58% of 1,094 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play, Casual, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows, Linux
Players highlight
- Matchmaking exists but is sparse
- Proximity chat changes everything
- Sabotage tasks require venting as innocent
- Funny
- Intense
- Lighthearted
About Pretend
The closest matches to Pretend: Deducto 2, Project Winter, Among Us, Unfortunate Spacemen, and Dawson Oaks Trailer Park. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Pretend is your kind of game, the closest matches are Deducto 2, Project Winter and Among Us — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as funny, intense and lighthearted, and single out its matchmaking and proximity chat. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Pretend is a free-to-play social deduction game released in 2021 by whitesquare, where players must identify a hidden Pretender among a crew using proximity-based voice chat. Supporting 4 to 15 players in asymmetric co-op matches, the game uses a matchmaking system alongside its party-style gameplay. Players describe the experience as funny, intense, lighthearted, and tense depending on the situation, with voice communication fundamentally reshaping how rounds unfold whether playing solo or with friends. Each match involves sabotage tasks that require innocent crew members to venture into vents, adding risk to otherwise routine objectives. Reviewers highlight that the task variety is creative and keeps sessions fresh during short bursts of gameplay. The title holds a 58% positive rating from over 1,000 Steam reviews.
About Pretend: An online and local party game of teamwork and betrayal for 4-15 players.
Is Pretend worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 58% of 1,094 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.7 h played before their negative review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Matchmaking exists but is sparse
- Proximity chat changes everything
- Sabotage tasks require venting as innocent
- Tasks are creative and varied
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“You see Tony, I was having a blast but then I realised that 80% of my CPU was being used to mine bitcoin not epic bros >:(”
“Pretend you never spent money on it. Pretend you never loaded the game up. Pretend you didn't get got. Pretend it was all a dream. Pretend it wasn't all a meme.”
People who play it also play: Deducto 2, Project Winter, Among Us
Frequently asked about Pretend
Can I run it?
Does Pretend have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Pretend supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Pretend?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pretend are Deducto 2, Project Winter, Among Us.
Who developed Pretend?
Pretend was developed by whitesquare.