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MINDNIGHT

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2017

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging social deduction gameplay
  • Free to play with no pay-to-win
  • Active and responsive developers
  • Strong community and discord support
  • Simple to learn but deep strategy

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and dwindling player base
  • Toxic or uncooperative players at times
  • Limited progression and content
  • Some bugs and occasional disconnects
  • Challenging matchmaking for new players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Untrusted

  • 8Bit Fiesta - The Drinking Game

  • Grey Hack

  • Suspects: Mystery Mansion

  • Town of Salem

  • Rabbit and Steel

More violent

Games that feels like MINDNIGHT but with more combat and destruction

  • Hunger Dungeon

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • Arena of Kings

  • Last Group Out

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

  • Realm of the Mad God Exalt

More exploratory

Games that feels like MINDNIGHT but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Dungeon of the ENDLESS™

  • Conquest of Elysium 4

  • Zorbus

  • Alpha League HD

  • Alpha League

  • Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

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  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
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  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
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  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with MINDNIGHT. These titles are not in What to play next.

MINDNIGHT: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026