mechanic · 37 games

Deduction

37 of the BoardGameGeek Top 1000 use Deduction as a mechanic. The highest ranked is The Crew: Mission Deep Sea at #46, and the list spans 1981 to 2025. Every one of them can be a BGGuessr daily answer.

#46The Crew: Mission Deep Sea2021 · 3–5 players
#62Blood on the Clocktower2022 · 5–21 players
#82Bomb Busters2024 · 2–5 players
#97The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine2019 · 2–5 players
#119The Search for Planet X2020 · 1–4 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
#249Captain Sonar2016 · 2–8 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
#351The Gang2024 · 3–6 players
#373Love Letter2012 · 2–4 players
#419Awkward Guests: The Walton Case2016 · 1–8 players
#458Pagan: Fate of Roanoke2022 · 2 players
#467Mysterium2015 · 2–7 players
#500Take Time2025 · 2–4 players
#545MicroMacro: Crime City – Full House2021 · 1–4 players
#555Terrorscape2023 · 2–4 players
#575Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective: Jack the Ripper & West End Adventures2016 · 1–8 players
#621EXIT: The Game – Dead Man on the Orient Express2017 · 1–4 players
#650Detective: City of Angels2019 · 1–5 players
#677Libertalia2012 · 2–6 players
#731Tobago2009 · 2–4 players
#782Stationfall2023 · 1–9 players
#812Top Ten2020 · 4–9 players
#822Chronicles of Crime: 14002020 · 1–4 players
#843The Shipwreck Arcana2017 · 2–5 players
#847Treasure Island2018 · 2–5 players
#951Lovecraft Letter2017 · 2–6 players
#957Black Sonata2017 · 1 players
#994Stella: Dixit Universe2021 · 3–6 players