The best games where you can betray others (Traitor Games) 2023

Looking for a really good game where you can betray others? Then we have just the thing for you: the list with the best traitor games 2023.

What are traitor games?

A traitor game can be seen as a kind of Team Game or Cooperative Game with a betrayal mechanism. The betrayers usually win by triggering a failure condition for the players. For this mechanism, a traitor game is characterized by traitors who start the game with hidden identities or are assigned to them during the game.

By the way, in English "traitor game" is called "traitor game".

Examples of games where you can betray others:

A good example of traitor games are Mafia/Werewolf-Family as well as Secret Hitler. In these games you have to identify a traitor in your own ranks.

List of the best traitor games 2023

This list was last updated on November 27, 2023. We compared 146 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

    All details for the board game Deception: Murder in Hong Kong and similar games
    • 4 - 12 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  2. The Resistance: Avalon

    All details for the board game The Resistance: Avalon and similar games

    Nominated for 4 awards and won 1.

    More details for The Resistance: Avalon
    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  3. Secret Hitler

    All details for the board game Secret Hitler and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Secret Hitler
    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  4. Werewords

    All details for the board game Werewords and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2019

    More details for Werewords
    • 4 - 10 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak

    All details for the board game One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak and similar games
    • 3 - 7 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak

    • YouTube Review for the game "One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
    • YouTube Review for the game "One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  6. The Resistance

    All details for the board game The Resistance and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards.

    More details for The Resistance
    • 5 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!15€ atAmazon.de
  7. One Night Ultimate Werewolf

    All details for the board game One Night Ultimate Werewolf and similar games
    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!12€ atAmazon.de

    Video reviews for One Night Ultimate Werewolf

    • YouTube Review for the game "One Night Ultimate Werewolf" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
    • YouTube Review for the game "One Night Ultimate Werewolf" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  8. Tempel des Schreckens

    All details for the board game Tempel des Schreckens and similar games
    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Tempel des Schreckens

    • YouTube Review for the game "Tempel des Schreckens" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  9. Mansions of Madness: Second Edition

    All details for the board game Mansions of Madness: Second Edition and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 120 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  10. Spyfall

    All details for the board game Spyfall and similar games

    Nominated for 7 awards and won 2.

    More details for Spyfall
    • 3 - 8 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Spyfall

    • YouTube Review for the game "Spyfall" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  11. Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe

    All details for the board game Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe and similar games
    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 1 - 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe

    • YouTube Review for the game "Don't Mess with Cthulhu Deluxe" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  12. Feed the Kraken

    All details for the board game Feed the Kraken and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Feed the Kraken
    • 5 - 11 Players
    • 45 - 90 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  13. Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition

    All details for the board game Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition and similar games
    • 5 - 68 Players
    • 30 - 90 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition

    • YouTube Review for the game "Ultimate Werewolf: Ultimate Edition" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  14. Detective: City of Angels

    All details for the board game Detective: City of Angels and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 150 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!34€ atAmazon.de
  15. Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

    All details for the board game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 17+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

    • YouTube Review for the game "Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  16. Saboteur

    All details for the board game Saboteur and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Saboteur
    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  17. Nemesis

    All details for the board game Nemesis and similar games

    Nominated for 8 awards and won 3.

    More details for Nemesis
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 90 - 180 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  18. Obscurio

    All details for the board game Obscurio and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards.

    🔥 Deal: 11% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for Obscurio
    • 2 - 8 Players
    • 40 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    🔥 Great price!24€ atAmazon.de
  19. Saboteur Gold

    All details for the board game Saboteur Gold and similar games
    • 2 - 12 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  20. Inside Job

    All details for the board game Inside Job and similar games
    • 2 - 5 Players
    • 20 - 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!11€ atAmazon.de
  21. Ultimate Werewolf

    All details for the board game Ultimate Werewolf and similar games
    • 5 - 30 Players
    • 30 - 90 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Ultimate Werewolf

    • YouTube Review for the game "Ultimate Werewolf" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
    • YouTube Review for the game "Ultimate Werewolf" by Shut Up & Sit Down
      Video is in English
  22. Mental Blocks

    All details for the board game Mental Blocks and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award and won 1.

    More details for Mental Blocks
    • 2 - 9 Players
    • 10 - 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  23. One Night Ultimate Super Villains

    All details for the board game One Night Ultimate Super Villains and similar games
    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  24. Kameloot

    All details for the board game Kameloot and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Kameloot
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 20 - 25 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  25. Time Bomb Evolution

    All details for the board game Time Bomb Evolution and similar games

    🔥 Deal: 28% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for Time Bomb Evolution
    • 4 - 6 Players
    • 25 - 30 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    🔥 Great price!9€ atAmazon.de

    Video reviews for Time Bomb Evolution

    • YouTube Review for the game "Time Bomb Evolution" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  26. One Night Ultimate Vampire

    All details for the board game One Night Ultimate Vampire and similar games
    • 3 - 10 Players
    • 10 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  27. Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

    All details for the board game Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game and similar games
    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 120 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game

    • YouTube Review for the game "Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  28. Burke's Gambit

    All details for the board game Burke's Gambit and similar games
    • 4 - 8 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Burke's Gambit

    • YouTube Review for the game "Burke's Gambit" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  29. Salem 1692

    All details for the board game Salem 1692 and similar games
    • 4 - 12 Players
    • 25 - 35 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  30. Betrayal Legacy

    All details for the board game Betrayal Legacy and similar games

    Nominated for 5 awards and won 1.

    More details for Betrayal Legacy
    • 3 - 5 Players
    • 45 - 90 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

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