[겜ㅊㅊ] Victory to the liars! 5 ‘social reasoning’ games
2023.04.03 18:30 Game Mecca Reporter Shin Jae-yeon
Every year on April 1st, April Fool’s Day, there are many outrageous stories. That’s why you have to look at stories where truth and lies are cleverly mixed, and you have to clearly distinguish whether this is true or false. Especially messages like “I like you” that come up in group message rooms… .
Anyway, the process of exchanging information between a limited space and a limited number of people, distinguishing truth from lies, and establishing facts is called social deduction or social reasoning. Recently, there has been an increasing number of games in which social reasoning is the main focus. today [겜ㅊㅊ]I would like to introduce you to 5 games that have this kind of ‘social reasoning’ as the main.
1. Gnosia
We recommend Gnosia, a single-player game that is the easiest way to practice social reasoning games. The word ‘Gnosia’ used in the title is also a very dangerous being that means the role of a mafia or a murderer in a similar game. Players take on the role of one of the sailors, Gnosia, and the third force ‘bugs’, which change with each playthrough, faithfully achieve their objectives and uncover hidden stories.
The unfortunate thing about Gnosia is that the other characters are AI, not human, so the basic psychological warfare in PvP doesn’t work. However, it has the great advantage of being able to play high-quality social reasoning games alone and learning the basics of strategy. Originally, Korean language was not supported, but last year, an unofficial Korean patch on Steam was added so that domestic users can enjoy it freely, so if you want to enter the social reasoning game, you might want to give it a try.
2. West Hunt
West Hunt is a social reasoning game set in a western, where the outlaws and the sheriff are the main game. Outlaws go on missions by hiding among NPCs, while the sheriff must track them down and take clues from mailboxes to find and kill them. The outlaws roam among the numerous village NPCs, and the sheriff has to find them, which is similar to Mother’s Persuit.
West Hunt, which can be played by up to 6 players together, has various modes such as 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, and 1 vs AI bot modes in addition to the 6 player multiplayer game, so it is less burdensome than other games. there is Plus, it’s not perfect, but it officially supports Korean. If you’re looking for a social reasoning game that’s like a raucous party game, West Hunt might be a good game for you if you’re looking for exactly who you’re looking for.
3. Dread Hunger
If you are a fan of survival games, it would be a good idea to bring Dread Hunger, an 8-player survival social reasoning game. Dread Hunger is set in the Arctic in the 1850s and follows eight explorers from different professions on a drifting ship. Players must survive by fulfilling their missions. Among these explorers are two slaves who dream of rebellion.
This kind of game quality provides constant suspenseful play, but Dread Hunger has a big barrier to entry. That means you have to gather 8 people. Even if you find people through quick matching, it is very difficult to find domestic users. However, if you overcome this shortcoming, you can meet a very interesting scene of betrayal. Oh, as a side note, there are occasions when the arctic version of The Forest is filmed… . Please be careful of food left by allies.
4. Perfect Haste 2
Perfect Haste 2 is a social reasoning game where you have to secretly rob a bank while avoiding the police. Players playing the role of a thief must rob the bank’s safe while avoiding the eyes of the police and make a lot of money. In the process, you can enjoy experiences such as survival asymmetric PvP as well as social reasoning by hiding among civilians or hiding in boxes.
The best thing about this game is that it has a variety of roles and items provided by default, but you can enjoy a different game every time with a high degree of freedom through the workshop. In addition, the basic specs are very low, and you can comfortably enjoy it as a steam deck. It is receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews (95% out of 1,376 positive), so if you are interested, you might want to give it a try.
5. Doubium
Doubium is a social deduction game being developed by Moomo Studio, a Korean developer. A survival-oriented mafia game for 5 players set in a 21st century futuristic universe. If you look at it like this, it looks like a small version of Among Us, but the difference that Doubium has is ‘profit’. In this game, victory doesn’t end with survival, it’s about surviving by getting more ‘keystones’, that is, more resources.
That’s why it’s also a game that requires more careful judgment than previous games. The core of the game is to resurrect survivors who died once and to persuade innocent survivors to betray them. That is, even if one traitor is dead, I cannot believe that the person behind me is not a traitor. Doubium, a social reasoning game where victory cannot be guaranteed until you escape by obtaining resources, is conducting a closed test on Steam until the 10th, ahead of its official release in the second quarter, so if you are interested, I recommend you to enjoy it at least once.