Deceit
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Deceit

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?

DEV: World MakersPUB: World MakersAppID 466240
UPDATE PULSEevery ~53d·last 1598d ago·7 recent on record

Is Deceit still being updated? — the short answer, with the evidence.

75.8
Mixed

Elixir Rating

79% of 92,119 Steam reviews are positive, which after adjusting for sample size gives a reception score of 78.8. It was sold as a game that would keep being worked on, and the developers have gone quiet — subtracting 3.0.

reception 78.8·support −3.0·Mixed

Computed from Steam’s own review tally and observable developer activity — never from anyone’s opinion of the game. How this is calculated

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From Steam's own record

Development

Unusually quiet

Last heard from developers

11 months ago

Usual rhythm

not yet established

Substantial updates (6 mo)

0

Current silence

cannot be judged

The codex holds only 3 days of announcements for this game, so its normal rhythm cannot be established. The developers were last heard 11 months ago.

We hold a thin slice of this game's announcement history, so its normal rhythm can't be established. That is a limit of our record, not evidence about the game.

Recent Transmissions

30 entries in codex

Community AnnouncementsNov 6, 2025
How to Play Deceit - The Legacy Lives On!

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…

Community AnnouncementsJul 25, 2025
Deceit 1: An 8 Year Legacy

To 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 t…

Community AnnouncementsJul 3, 2025
Legacy Mode Has Arrived in Deceit 2

Legacy 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 develo…

Community AnnouncementsSep 14, 2023
Deceit 2 is here!

Today 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 i…

Community AnnouncementsJun 2, 2023
Behind the Mask: Development of Deceit 2

The 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!

Community AnnouncementsFeb 24, 2023
Deceit 2 now available to Wishlist

The 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 int…

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Community AnnouncementsJul 14, 2022
Character Cosmetic Polls

Last 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 transferri…

Community AnnouncementsJul 7, 2022
The Masquerade Event 2022

The 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. The …

Community AnnouncementsJul 6, 2022
The Game Master plushie has arrived

The 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 h…

Community AnnouncementsMay 26, 2022
The Future of Ranked Play

It’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…

Community AnnouncementsMay 19, 2022
Mid-May Update

Our 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 E…

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Community AnnouncementsApr 21, 2022
Spring Improvements and Bug Fixes

We 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 th…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 31, 2022
Our 5th Anniversary Event is here

EDIT: 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…

Community AnnouncementsMar 25, 2022
Pre-game lobby and Combat improvements

We 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 fold…

Community AnnouncementsMar 8, 2022
Patch notes v2022.1.0a

Thank 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 t…

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Community AnnouncementsMar 4, 2022
5th Anniversary Update

Welcome 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…

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Community AnnouncementsFeb 25, 2022
What will be your new Perk Loadout?

Our 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 ca…

Community AnnouncementsFeb 10, 2022
DLC Giveaway on Instagram

We 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 …

Community AnnouncementsJan 27, 2022
In-game Communication Improvements

Greetings 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 inter…

Community AnnouncementsJan 10, 2022
Patch Notes v2021.11.1

Patch 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

Community AnnouncementsDec 16, 2021
2021 Festive Event

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 January 6th 2022. Collect brand new Christmas-themed item upgrades from the La…

Community AnnouncementsDec 8, 2021
Developer QnA on Discord!

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 of World Makers, Jord the Executive Producer, and possibly some other fa…

Community AnnouncementsDec 2, 2021
Legendary Base Cosmetics

Greetings 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 Cos…

Community AnnouncementsNov 11, 2021
New Item Upgrades

Halloween 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 sti…

Community AnnouncementsOct 29, 2021
Patch Notes - v2021.9.2

Patch 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 suppor…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 21, 2021
Patch Notes - v2021.9.1

Patch 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 ne…

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Community AnnouncementsOct 14, 2021
Halloween Seasonal Event

EDIT: 📢 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 1…

Community AnnouncementsOct 7, 2021
Night Improvements & HRTF Audio System

Fuses 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…

Community AnnouncementsSep 22, 2021
Patch Notes - v2021.8.1

Patch 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…

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Community AnnouncementsSep 17, 2021
v2021.8 - The Labyrinth

This 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…