category · 66 games

Deduction

66 of the BoardGameGeek Top 1000 are Deduction games. The highest ranked is Blood on the Clocktower at #62, and the list spans 1981 to 2024. Every one of them can be a BGGuessr daily answer.

#62Blood on the Clocktower2022 · 5–21 players
#82Bomb Busters2024 · 2–5 players
#116Decrypto2018 · 3–8 players
#119The Search for Planet X2020 · 1–4 players
#128Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game2008 · 3–6 players
#160Just One2018 · 3–7 players
#163Codenames2015 · 2–8 players
#180Alchemists2014 · 2–4 players
#211Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: The Thames Murders & Other Cases1981 · 1–8 players
#239The Resistance: Avalon2012 · 5–10 players
#249Captain Sonar2016 · 2–8 players
#257Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game2014 · 2–5 players
#268Secret Hitler2016 · 5–10 players
#279Codenames: Duet2017 · 2 players
#300Deception: Murder in Hong Kong2014 · 4–12 players
#305MicroMacro: Crime City2020 · 1–4 players
#316Love Letter2019 · 2–6 players
#327Turing Machine2022 · 1–4 players
#333Mind MGMT: The Psychic Espionage “Game”2021 · 1–5 players
#345Cryptid2018 · 3–5 players
#355Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game2018 · 1–5 players
#364Chronicles of Crime2018 · 1–4 players
#373Love Letter2012 · 2–4 players
#388Feed the Kraken2022 · 5–11 players
#413Fury of Dracula (Third/Fourth Edition)2015 · 2–5 players
#419Awkward Guests: The Walton Case2016 · 1–8 players
#428EXIT: The Game – The Abandoned Cabin2016 · 1–6 players
#438Dead of Winter: The Long Night2016 · 2–5 players
#449Letters from Whitechapel2011 · 2–6 players
#458Pagan: Fate of Roanoke2022 · 2 players
#467Mysterium2015 · 2–7 players
#478The Resistance2009 · 5–10 players
#518Codenames: Pictures2016 · 2–8 players
#545MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House2021 · 1–4 players
#570The Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation2005 · 2 players
#575Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures2016 · 1–8 players
#595Citadels2000 · 2–8 players
#603Shadows over Camelot2005 · 3–7 players
#608Hanabi2010 · 2–5 players
#611Unfathomable2021 · 3–6 players
#621EXIT: The Game – Dead Man on the Orient Express2017 · 1–4 players
#650Detective: City of Angels2019 · 1–5 players
#659Love Letter: Premium Edition2016 · 2–8 players
#662Discworld: Ankh-Morpork2011 · 2–4 players
#690One Night Ultimate Werewolf2014 · 3–10 players
#729Coup2012 · 2–6 players
#731Tobago2009 · 2–4 players
#760Whitehall Mystery2017 · 2–4 players
#774A Fake Artist Goes to New York2011 · 5–10 players
#782Stationfall2023 · 1–9 players
#818Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation2002 · 2 players
#822Chronicles of Crime: 14002020 · 1–4 players
#825Mr. Jack2006 · 2 players
#827One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak2015 · 3–10 players
#843The Shipwreck Arcana2017 · 2–5 players
#847Treasure Island2018 · 2–5 players
#882Love Letter: Batman2015 · 2–4 players
#899BANG! The Dice Game2013 · 3–8 players
#902Detective Club2018 · 4–8 players
#907EXIT: The Game – The Pharaoh's Tomb2016 · 1–6 players
#911Fury of Dracula (Second Edition)2005 · 2–5 players
#946Specter Ops2015 · 2–5 players
#951Lovecraft Letter2017 · 2–6 players
#953Beast2023 · 2–4 players
#957Black Sonata2017 · 1 players
#987Not Alone2016 · 2–7 players