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Test your instincts at trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who will escape?
458 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
121 months, September 2016 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 290 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 168 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Deceit was released on 3 Mar, 2017.
Includes moderate violence and blood.
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5th Anniversary
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The Game Master plush
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Tutorial
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Christmas Event 2017
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50 developer announcements, Apr 2021 to Nov 2025 · times in UTC
How to Play Deceit - The Legacy Lives On!For over eight years, Deceit has challenged players to trust carefully, lie convincingly, and survive the chaos. That experience continues today in Deceit 2, where the legacy of the original lives on…
kaiTo our Deceit players,Today, we’re announcing that we are beginning the process of winding down Deceit 1. We have disabled the ability to buy tokens within the game, and the DLCs will be removed from sale imminently and a full shutdown of…
laur31206Legacy Mode Has Arrived in Deceit 2Launching today in beta, Legacy Mode brings back the classic 6-player deception you remember from Deceit in 2018. It is our tribute to the players who made Deceit what it is today.As we continue our…
laur31206Today is the day! Deceit 2 is now available on Steam. We are incredibly excited to finally be sharing the game with you. If that’s not enough though, we have a couple of other updates we wanted to share with you. October Roadmap The first…
smithbodieThe Deceit team have started a new behind-the-scenes series, with a focus on Deceit 2 development. Head over to the Deceit 2 Steam page for details!
smithbodieThe Game Master has finally allowed you to Wishlist our upcoming game, Deceit 2. Not sure what Deceit 2 is? Only the best new horror social deception game! Nine strangers trapped, two of them hiding a monstrous secret. Outwit and outrun…
smithbodieLast week we announced that Deceit 2 is in production! Deceit 2 is a next-generation game that has been built from the ground up from everything we’ve learned since 2017. You can find out more at https://deceit.gg. We will not be…
smithbodieThe party goes on! Our Masquerade Event has been extended by two more weeks so you have longer to finish those challenges and earn the Legendary skins you might want transferred to Deceit 2. Play in-game now until Thursday 8 September.…
smithbodieThe best friend you can really trust is here to keep you company when the lights go out. Our Game Master plushie is here! Made by Makeship, designed by the Deceit devs, this soft and scary buddy is the perfect addition to your home. He’ll…
smithbodieIt’s been a while since we discussed Ranked play. We’re always trying to improve Deceit, and whilst we’ve debated internally on the right direction for this particular aspect of the game, we’re here today to hear what you think. We’ll start…
smithbodieOur 5th Anniversary Event is over 😥. We hope you’ve enjoyed reviving fellow Innocents with the Confetti Antidote or running around the halls of the Manor as Ancient Anubis. We’re already putting our heads together for our 6th Anniversary…
smithbodieWe hope you have been enjoying our 5th Anniversary Event. The event doesn’t finish until 12th May so you still have plenty of time to enjoy splattering people with cupcake shotguns, complete those special challenges, and howling your way…
Patch notesEDIT: One more week to party! Fantastic news, everyone: Because you all have been so well behaved recently and not deceitful at all, we have decided to extend the 5th-anniversary event by one week and it will now end on May 19th to give you…
smithbodieWe hope you’ve been enjoying our updates so far this month, including the End-Game and Escape Hatch Mechanic. Today we have a bundle of updates to whet your appetite ahead of the main event coming next week. Now, last week’s update was…
Patch notesThank you to everyone who has played the game with the newest update we released on Friday. We listened closely to your feedback, and made note of issues you've been having, and we released two small fixes on Friday afternoon and Saturday…
Patch notesWelcome to our 5th Anniversary Month! In March 2017, Deceit began breaking friendships. This year, we’re celebrating our Anniversary with a month of updates and ending with the 5th Anniversary update itself: our event on the 31st March. The…
smithbodieOur next update will visually upgrade your post-game journey, add a new, exciting game mechanic, and update the Labyrinth progression system. All this AND 31 new perks, including 7 Ultimate Perks. These perks level up your gameplay: they…
smithbodieWe have a great DLC giveaway going on over on our Instagram. Go to the Deceit Instagram page and hit the Follow button. Then comment on this special post tagging a friend you'd like to play Deceit with. Enter by midday BST 18 February 2022…
smithbodieGreetings Test Subjects, Today the Game Master has an exciting update, primarily focused around helping you communicate in game. Information Reporting System See an empty blood bag stand, or a destroyed objective/fuse box? Now you can…
Game MasterPatch Notes The Christmas Event finished midday 10th January 2022. All Event tokens will be converted into normal tokens. map exploits in the Manor. visual issues in the Asylum. See you in-game! The Deceit Team Twitter | Instagram | Discord
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26303899/e98d59518a470cf1f846ffd9af188a0c1321ca81.png Hello Test Subjects, Santa has jumped down the chimney and brought with him a festive event for us all to enjoy this holiday season, running all the way up until…
GTB79{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26303899/2bf1aab502122a1de1b9296fbb08f444abf7e838.png Test Subjects, On Tuesday 18:00 GMT, join the developers of Deceit on the Discord to have a live Q&A session using the new Stage Channel. With us will be James the CEO…
GTB79Greetings Test Subjects, This week we’re bringing new Legendary base cosmetics for every innocent character that you can purchase with credits or win in the Loot Booth, as well as some new challenges, and some quality of life fixes. New…
GTB79Halloween Event The Halloween Event has now ended. All Event Tokens/Shards have been automatically converted to normal ones and any Halloween challenges in your Labyrinth have been converted to a Token Shard. Halloween Item Upgrades are…
shivamPatch Notes This Halloween weekend, through to midday Monday GMT, you'll earn an extra 50% Tickets when playing. You can now preview your microphone and voice settings in the settings menu, by selecting the "Test Voice" option. Added…
Patch notesPatch Notes The 'Ghostly' Armour Item Upgrade will now also apply the Ghost effect to you, instead of only being visible to others. The 'Explosive' Lethal Injection Item Upgrade now has a fuse delay, leaving the dynamite in your victim's…
Patch notesEDIT: 📢 Good news! We're extending the Halloween event by a few days to give you a few more days to get your hands on those seasonal cosmetics before they're gone. ▶️ The Halloween Event will be removed from the game on Thursday November…
Game MasterFuses They’re back! This year we’ve released a fair few different ways to turn the power back on and progress to the next area during the night period. Through taking on feedback from the community and many play sessions, we’ve developed an…
JoelPatch Notes One Fuse Box has been removed from each area, bringing it down to 4/3/2. Fuse & Tamper Boxes will now make a much louder noise, that can be heard from a significant distance away, if they were hit to be destroyed. If you wish to…
Patch notesThis week, the game master is introducing a new toy - the Labyrinth. Level up and unlock rewards through tickets that you earn as you play. Alongside this, the game menu has been updated, and we’ve rolled out a number of improvements to the…
Game MasterPatch Notes The Summer Event has now ended, we hope you had fun finding your treasure! The Ranked season has been updated. However, as the Labyrinth is close to being released, the Perk Tree has been kept the same and your points haven't…
Patch notesHello Test Subjects! Summer is here, and it is starting to heat up! When you next open the game you’ll be taken to the summer event section of the menu. This is where you can preview all of the new summer skins that have been added, as well…
Game MasterPatch Notes The Shotgun has received a new set of animations. A couple of server-side crashes have been fixed. The Tutorial has had some further minor improvements & bug fixes. Several map exploits on the Lumberyard have been fixed. When…
Patch notesAugust Season Today marks the start of the new ranked season. This is the last season using the current perk system before The Labyrinth gets released in September. This season also sees the return of the Lumberyard to ranked! So don your…
Game MasterBehind the scenes is an article series in which one of the Deceit developers takes us through some of the content that’s recently been in the works for the game. Hi there! I’m John Handy, Senior Environment Artist on Deceit. Over the course…
Game MasterHello Test Subjects! At the beginning of this month we launched our first community competition for Deceit. Entrants were required to submit their best short clips of their Deceit gameplay: showcasing their deceptive skills, prowess in…
Game MasterHello Test Subjects This week's update brings a variety of lighting changes, optimisations and bug fixes to various maps in Deceit. Patch Notes: The manor has had a significant optimisation and lighting pass On all maps, certain lights are…
Game MasterHello Test Subjects! Lumberyard Rework {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26303899/7d14a8fc26ea2433da2f84a197753bd5b0108161.png It’s back! We took the decision to temporarily disable the Lumberyard with our July 1st update whilst we levelled it up a bit.…
Joel‘Dev Blog’ is a new series that tells the on-going story of our current development focus, giving you an early first-look at game features we’re currently working on, and what you can expect in Deceit in the near future. We’re excited to…
Game MasterHello Test Subjects! Today’s update brings the next iteration of our Anti-cheat system, along with several bug-fixes, polish, and balancing tweaks. The current state of Anti-cheat Cheating in Deceit is a significant issue that has been…
JoelHello Test Subjects! We’re excited to announce our first ever community competition for Deceit! We’re on the lookout for the best Deceit video clips that are worthy of winning some amazing prizes. Impress us with your next level deception…
Game MasterPatch Notes Several changes have been made to the Terror respawning system in order to help fix players getting stuck with a black screen. Traps will now only trigger once a Terror is fully out of a vent and is damagable. Terrors will now…
Patch notesPatch Notes Improved performance on the Manor map. We'll be working on further performance & lighting improvements for this map in the future. Players can no longer be downed or executed when they are already transitioning to the next area.…
Patch notesHello Test Subjects! If you’ve been following us in 2021 then you’ll be aware that we've gone through quite a journey with our gameplay changes this year. Our goal has been to lock-in the right core mechanics before we focus on a load of…
JoelHello Test Subjects! On July 1st we are releasing Deceit’s biggest update of 2021 so far, which is the culmination of all of our work since the last core update we released back in December. Thank you to everyone for your feedback in the…
jordPatch Notes The season has been reset, restarting the Ranked ladder and refreshing the Perk Tree. The next season reset is scheduled for the 24th of June. Fixed a bug that'd cause some players to never be able to load into the Tutorial.…
Patch notesHello Test Subjects! As we talked about in our last post, we’re building a major gameplay update for Deceit based on all of your games and feedback since our December update. Last weekend we ran our first beta: thank you to everyone who…
jordOver the last few months we’ve been working non-stop on the gameplay of Deceit with the help of your feedback. Our changes last December were met with mixed feedback and we knew we had a lot to work on. We’re now ready to test some of the…
jordThe Ranked season has been reset, bringing a new Perk Tree to complete! Our next season reset is scheduled for the 27th of May. Any Trap placed on the ground can now be picked up by any player, provided they have space to do so. As part of…
jordPatch Notes The Spider Terror now sprays its web whilst executing, wrapping up its victim. Several walls in the Asylum have been updated to correctly allow projectiles (including the spider web) to hit them. We've done a first lighting pass…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
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| Launch | start_protected_game.exe | -project Deceit.crygame | any | |
| Legacy Deceit | bin\win_x64\Deceit.exe | -project Deceit.crygame | any | branch legacy |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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