Best Games Like Secret Hitler (2026): 6 Hidden-Role Picks

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Best games like Secret Hitler (2026): Secret Hitler made hidden-role games famous with its tense votes, policy cards and accusations across the table. If your group loves that feeling but wants a different theme, a different player count or a shorter game, these six picks deliver the same mix of secret teams, bluffing and deduction. We explain what each game shares with Secret Hitler, how it differs and which group it fits.

1. The Resistance: Avalon — groups who want Secret Hitler’s structure with more roles

Players: 5 to 10 · Price band: $20–$30 (about $30) · Pick for: Groups who want Secret Hitler’s structure with more roles · See The Resistance: Avalon on Amazon

Loyal knights try to complete three quests while Mordred’s minions sabotage them. Leaders propose teams, everyone votes in the open and the chosen players secretly pass or fail the quest, just like Secret Hitler’s policy draw.

Merlin is the twist: he knows who is evil, so the good team wants his hints, but if evil names him correctly at the end, they steal the win. That gives every game a tense final scene.

Skip it if: your group finds lots of special roles confusing. Start with plain The Resistance.

2. The Resistance — groups who want the cleanest version of the formula

Players: 5 to 10 · Price band: $10–$20 (about $19) · Pick for: Groups who want the cleanest version of the formula · See The Resistance on Amazon

Two to four spies know each other and try to fail missions, while resistance operatives try to complete three. There are no special powers in the base game: just proposals, votes and the mission deck. Our Secret Hitler rules guide shows how closely the two games line up.

Optional Plot cards add information when your group is ready for more.

Skip it if: you want a lot of theme. The Resistance is lean by design.

3. One Night Ultimate Werewolf — parties where people come and go

Players: 3 to 10 · Price band: $20–$30 (about $25) · Pick for: Parties where people come and go · See One Night Ultimate Werewolf on Amazon

Each player gets a secret role, special roles act during one night, cards get swapped, and the whole village votes once in the morning. A round takes about ten minutes, so you can play five games in the time of one Secret Hitler session.

Because roles change hands at night, even the Werewolves are not always sure which side they are on.

Skip it if: your group wants several rounds of evidence to build a case.

4. Coup — small groups and quick bluffing duels

Players: 2 to 6 · Price band: $10–$20 (about $17) · Pick for: Small groups and quick bluffing duels · See Coup on Amazon

You hold two secret character cards and claim powers you may or may not have. Anyone can challenge a claim, and losing a challenge costs you a card. It keeps Secret Hitler’s lying and calling out lies but works with as few as two. Learn it in our Coup rules guide.

It is tiny, cheap and plays in about 15 minutes.

Skip it if: your group dislikes player elimination. You are out when you lose both cards.

5. The Chameleon — groups who like quick word bluffs

Players: 3 to 8 · Price band: $20–$30 (about $25) · Pick for: Groups who like quick word bluffs · See The Chameleon on Amazon

Everyone secretly learns the same word from a topic card except one player, the Chameleon. Each player says one word linked to it, trying to prove they know it without giving it away, then the table votes on who is bluffing. A caught Chameleon can still win by naming the secret word.

It is lighter and funnier than Secret Hitler but scratches the same itch of reading people.

Skip it if: your group wants hidden teams and voting rounds. The Chameleon is about one-word clues.

6. Deception: Murder in Hong Kong — mystery fans and large groups

Players: 4 to 12 · Price band: $30+ (about $45) · Pick for: Mystery fans and large groups · See Deception: Murder in Hong Kong on Amazon

One player is the murderer, one is the forensic scientist who knows the answer but can only hint with scene tiles, and the rest are investigators trying to name the weapon and the key evidence. Rounds run about 20 minutes.

It mixes Secret Hitler’s hidden-role bluffing with a deduction puzzle on the table.

Skip it if: your group wants the bluffing to come from everyone. Here, most players are honest investigators.

How these games compare with Secret Hitler

Game	Hidden teams?	Voting?	Best player count
The Resistance: Avalon	Yes	Yes, on every team	7 to 10
The Resistance	Yes	Yes, on every team	7 to 10
One Night Ultimate Werewolf	Yes	One vote at the end	5 to 8
Coup	No, every player for themselves	No	4 to 6
The Chameleon	Chameleon versus everyone	One vote each round	5 to 8
Deception: Murder in Hong Kong	Murderer versus investigators	No, guesses instead	6 to 10

Choosing your next hidden-role game

• Want the same game with a new theme? Avalon.
• Teaching first-timers? One Night Ultimate Werewolf, with the free app running the night.
• Only four of you? Coup or One Night Ultimate Werewolf.
• Eleven or twelve people? Deception.

For more, see our best social deduction party games and best bluffing card games, or go old school with our Mafia rules guide.

Games like Secret Hitler questions

What game is most like Secret Hitler?

The Resistance: Avalon. It shares the hidden minority, team proposals, open voting and secret mission cards.

Is there a game like Secret Hitler for fewer players?

Coup plays with two to six, and One Night Ultimate Werewolf starts at three.

Is there a game like Secret Hitler for 12 players?

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong goes up to 12 players.