By now you've almost definitely heard of Among Us, the exceedingly popular deception-based party game that's netted several millions of downloads in the last few months alone. While Among Us is enjoying massive success--no doubt due to lockdown, its accessible crossplay support, and the fact that it's free to play--it isn't the only game of its kind. If you're on the hunt for similar social deduction games that boast a fine balance between cooperation and deception and can be played online, no contact necessary, check out some of our favorites in the roundup below.
Push the Button (Jackbox Party Pack 6)
Voting players off in Push the Button from The Jackbox Party Pack 6.
Like Among Us, Jackbox Party Pack 6's Push the Button is a social deception game that supports 4-10 players. It's also set in space and separates teams into humans and aliens. The humans' goal is to identify the aliens and eject them from the ship while the aliens work to sabotage those plans and get the humans to misidentify each other. I prefer Push the Button to Among Us for its more humorous minigames and deliberation sessions. In one minigame, players have to draw a picture based on a prompt, but the aliens are given a slightly different prompt. If an alien "hacks" one of the tests, a human player might be given an alien prompt, which could bring them under scrutiny from their teammates.
