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Deceit 2

World Makers · 2023-09-14

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 03, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Apr 09, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Deceit 2 is an online social deduction horror game. Inspire fear as the Infected, investigate as the Innocent, or create mayhem as the Cursed. Trapped with friends and strangers: who can you trust to help you escape?

Deceit 2 is a free-to-play Action and Free To Play game released in 2023, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 6742 reviews).

98
playing now
58%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
48/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.84★
PlayStation Store rating (7,300 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

98 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Deceit 2 is a free‐to‐play online social deduction horror video game developed and published by World Makers. It is the sequel to the original Deceit, expanding on its blend of social deduction mechanics and survival horror elements.

Trailer

Deceit 2 trailer thumbnail

Deceit 2 - Official Gameplay Explainer Trailer

≈750,565 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 98 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 898 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~112/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.59 at GreenManGaming (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
70070020232026Week of 2023-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 700 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

18902026-09-14 23:00 — 82 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 52 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 132 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 128 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 85 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 113 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 95 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 63 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 73 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 189 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 109 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 48 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 129 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 79 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 65 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 153 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 81 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 33 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 119 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 89 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 68 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 78 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 106 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 98 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
57512Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 192 · peak 720Oct 2023 — avg 81 · peak 215Nov 2023 — avg 45 · peak 167Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 111Jan 2024 — avg 12 · peak 75Feb 2024 — avg 12 · peak 63Mar 2024 — avg 475 · peak 2,911Apr 2024 — avg 575 · peak 1,353May 2024 — avg 524 · peak 1,106Jun 2024 — avg 462 · peak 1,002Jul 2024 — avg 387 · peak 815Aug 2024 — avg 345 · peak 649Sep 2024 — avg 288 · peak 569Oct 2024 — avg 313 · peak 628Nov 2024 — avg 202 · peak 417Dec 2024 — avg 145 · peak 325Jan 2025 — avg 184 · peak 464Feb 2025 — avg 168 · peak 349Mar 2025 — avg 169 · peak 355Apr 2025 — avg 172 · peak 362May 2025 — avg 196 · peak 405Jun 2025 — avg 190 · peak 408Jul 2025 — avg 180 · peak 319Aug 2025 — avg 158 · peak 305Sep 2025 — avg 149 · peak 306Oct 2025 — avg 165 · peak 420Nov 2025 — avg 162 · peak 361Dec 2025 — avg 143 · peak 314Jan 2026 — avg 157 · peak 358Feb 2026 — avg 153 · peak 335Mar 2026 — avg 160 · peak 335Apr 2026 — avg 159 · peak 343May 2026 — avg 162 · peak 341Jun 2026 — avg 184 · peak 431Jul 2026 — avg 137 · peak 267Aug 2026 — avg 140 · peak 280
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002023-09-142026-10-142023-09-14 — best price $13.332023-09-19 — best price $13.492023-09-22 — best price $14.992023-09-30 — best price $12.592023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-11-06 — best price $9.992023-11-17 — best price $6.592023-11-21 — best price $7.892023-11-27 — best price $6.592023-11-29 — best price $12.442023-12-04 — best price $9.992023-12-14 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992023-12-24 — best price $10.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-01-15 — best price $7.492024-01-22 — best price $7.992024-01-24 — best price $11.242024-01-27 — best price $9.292024-01-30 — best price $9.992024-02-01 — best price $8.982024-02-03 — best price $8.292024-02-11 — best price $9.992024-04-06 — best price $9.182026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6762026-05-13 — 8 pageviews2026-05-17 — 18 pageviews2026-05-21 — 13 pageviews2026-05-25 — 12 pageviews2026-05-29 — 20 pageviews2026-06-02 — 25 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-10 — 15 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 19 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 13 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 26 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 35 pageviews2026-09-10 — 14 pageviews2026-09-14 — 21 pageviews2026-09-18 — 28 pageviews2026-09-22 — 21 pageviews2026-09-26 — 25 pageviews2026-09-30 — 13 pageviews2026-10-04 — 13 pageviews2026-10-08 — 15 pageviews2026-10-12 — 14 pageviews2026-10-13 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
31.8%
earned "Freedom?"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing6 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2024-03-13, latest 2026-06-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)11,8359%9
Xbox Series (Xbox)3,7657%10
Steam (Steam)3,2645%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyActionCasualHorrorSandboxShooterStrategyControllerMultiplayerDark Fantasy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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