- How to Play Deceit - The Legacy Lives On! - 6 November 2025
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 - rebuilt for the next generation of deception.Whether you’re a returning veteran or a new test subject, here’s how to keep playing Deceit - and what’s next for the community.How to Access Deceit 1 (CryEngine Version)For players who still want to revisit the original Deceit 1 - although the game is being removed from the Steam store, we’re leaving the servers online with matchmaking disabled - allowing private matches to continue for anyone with the game in their Steam library. However, Deceit 2 and its Legacy Mode represent the future of the series, with ongoing updates, technical support, and live ranked play.How to Access Legacy ModeNow powered by…
- Deceit 1: An 8 Year Legacy - 25 July 2025
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 the game on the 6th of November. Deceit 1 was our first title on Steam and introduced millions of players to a unique social deception experience that helped launch our studio. As time has gone on, the underlying infrastructure and engine that Deceit 1 is built on have become increasingly outdated, making the game significantly harder to maintain and secure. In addition, many aspects of the original game mode are now available in Deceit 2, via Legacy Mode, a feature we continue to refine and expand with your feedback and support.Over the past few years, the time and effort required to keep Deceit 1 running has continued to grow; due in part to aging te…
- Legacy Mode Has Arrived in Deceit 2 - 3 July 2025
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 development on Deceit 2, the original game’s infrastructure is getting older, and the game engine it uses has not been updated in 3 years. Rather than let it fade, we’re bringing its most iconic experience into the modern era - rebuilt, and now part of the future. Based on your feedback, our primary influence has been the “legacy” version of the mode from 2018.Legacy Mode rewards sharp instincts and fast thinking. Innocents must collaborate, gather light items, protect Antidote carriers, and track suspects. Infected players must stay coordinated, avoid getting caught drinking, and strike decisively.To launch Legacy Mode, open Deceit 2 and press the Legacy b…
- Deceit 2 is here! - 14 September 2023
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 is our post-launch roadmap for September and October. There’ll be a lot more information coming soon, but this should give you a taste of what’s to come: Arrival Outfits As the Truth Seekers Anonymous step into the foreboding halls of Millhaven Asylum, they're not adorned in attire fit for a dark sacrifice – no gothic garb or pentagram pendants here. Instead, their Arrival Outfits whisper tales of the once ordinary lives they led. So lean in close, for we have a chilling tale to share as night falls… Alex Charming and meticulous, Alex possesses a knack for making those around him feel at ease. Whether he's coaxing information from club bouncers about t…
- Behind the Mask: Development of Deceit 2 - 2 June 2023
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!
- Deceit 2 now available to Wishlist - 24 February 2023
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 interdimensional demons while maintaining your sanity. Escape demands cooperation, but who can you trust? The sequel to the original Deceit, Deceit 2 will be released in 2023, built in UE5 with exciting new gameplay and a huge range of new content to immerse yourself and find new ways to manipulate, deceive and expose your friends. Wishlist Deceit 2 today, and you’ll be kept up to date on development and be notified when the game launches >> Wishlist Deceit 2 on Steam
- Character Cosmetic Polls - 14 July 2022
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 transferring over levels and outfits from Deceit 1 to Deceit 2 (with the exception of the Masquerade Event outfits), but we do still want to reward you for your achievements in Deceit 1. To help us establish the finer details of the Legacy Reward Scheme we are holding polls for you to vote for your favourite outfits! Time to choose We have been reading your comments and have pulled together polls for each character to find out which outfit is the community’s favourite and will be redesigned for Deceit 2. It’s worth noting that redesigning the winning outfits for Deceit 2 means that they won’t look exactly the same. What we can promise you though, is that they w…
- The Masquerade Event 2022 - 7 July 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 Masquerade Event has arrived. We know you’ve been itching to earn yourself new rewards since the Fifth Anniversary Event finished, and now you will have the chance to. Mask and you shall receive! In our Masquerade Event, you can progress your way along the Battlepass to collect tokens, emblems and cosmetics, and get exclusive rewards with the Premium Event Pass. This one mask hurrah in Deceit will run until 25 August and we look forward to seeing you enjoying the hot new rewards and seeing your new drip! Premium Event Pass The Premium Event Pass has returned with exclusive goodies and Item Upgrades. Included in the Premium Event Pass are: 5 Event Toke…
- The Game Master plushie has arrived - 6 July 2022
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 help keep those Terrors at bay, although he was the one to create them in the first place 👀. Your pre-order also comes with an exclusive in-game emblem! He even has his very own advert! Support World Makers and Deceit by pre-ordering your Game Master plushie today - the campaign ends 27th July. Buy it now from the Makeship website
- The Future of Ranked Play - 26 May 2022
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 by sharing a proposed plan for the future of the ‘Ranked’ queue and listen to your feedback to help us in this process. WHERE WE'RE AT In the early days of Deceit, we added Ranked so skilled players can compete with each other for the top leaderboard spots. Inspired by similar and popular games at the time, we thought a ladder-style system would work best. If players showed promise, they’d be able to climb. This system served us well at that point and we definitely saw players shine. Some even created their own tournaments that were very entertaining to watch. However, we’ve increasingly noticed that the system isn’t rewarding skilled gameplay as it…
- Mid-May Update - 19 May 2022
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 Event next year, but there’s plenty to come before that…Watch this space 👀 Labyrinth Changes We’ve made some additional tweaks to the Labyrinth to make it easier to understand how to use it. The rabbit is now 25% faster, and moves only between rewards, not anywhere on the path. Furthermore, the rabbit’s last location is now remembered between sessions. Marbles with particles now represent the rewards you can currently claim. When you hover over a claimable reward, this particle effect becomes brighter, and the rewards that will decay as a result of that choice will become dimmer. Rewards will fade to black when they decay, and any rewards that become…
- Spring Improvements and Bug Fixes - 21 April 2022
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 through the night as the Anubis Werewolf terror. The team has been working hard to make some improvements to the game, and fix bugs that have been reported by our community. Strange bugs that see a player unable to respawn or interact, glitches that do weird things to the Terror animations, and a really bizarre bug where antidoted players were seen with blood spurting out their neck. We have also made a few changes including new ‘out-of-bounds’ areas, lowering the volume of switching items, and allowing you to start a new Objective without having to collect the item of your previous Objective. You can see the full list of changes and fixes in the list b…
- Our 5th Anniversary Event is here - 31 March 2022
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 the last chance at getting those juicy Anniversary Exclusives! Don't forget to join our Discord to show off your new looks! Best of luck and see you in the Booth! It’s time to party! *Happy Birthday to us… Happy Birthday to usss!* It’s official! We’ve hit the grand old age of Five, and it’s time for us to celebrate - with you! We’d like to give a big thanks to everyone who has played and supported Deceit over the years - and we’re looking forward to five more years of deception, mistrust, and ruining friendships to come. So, now onto the main event! Anniversary Event Pass This Anniversary, we’re introducing our first Premium Event Pass. This Premium…
- Pre-game lobby and Combat improvements - 25 March 2022
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 folded into this week’s and we’re bringing you some exciting features. Pre-game When you connect into a game, you’ll now be put in a pre-game lobby with the other players you’re playing with. Here, you will be able to select which Terror to play with if you’re Infected, and select your Infected teammate (if you want to that is, you’ll still have the choice of ‘Random’). You will also be able to select your perks, and you’ll be able to choose which item upgrades you want to take in game. Item upgrades will no longer be available at objective crates in-game, and whichever item upgrades you select will only be consumed if you collect that item in game. After…
- Patch notes v2022.1.0a - 8 March 2022
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 to fix problems with the Labyrinth and with queuing for games in a party. Today's release address three main things that we have spotted since the major update on Friday. Ranked changes Based on feedback from the community, we have made some changes to the Ranked ELO/Mark formula. The details of the change in this update are: Marks: If you Survived, earn 2 Marks If you Died and your team wins, earn 1 Mark If you Died and your team loses (or you leave early), lose 1 Mark ELO: If you Survived, earn the same as now If you Died and your team wins, earn half the ELO you would've gotten had you Survived If you Died and your team loses (or you leave early), l…
- 5th Anniversary Update - 4 March 2022
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 Event will be a culmination of all our hard work, bringing together this month of updates, and a time to let your hair down and party! This first update is a chunky one, with some significant changes. You can scroll to the bottom to see the full patch notes. Update 4th March: End game reveal, Escape Hatch, Labyrinth, Perks and ticket re-balancing Today’s update release looks at a number of things: your in-game experience, how you level up and your loadout. Read on to find out more detail on each. End game reveal The post-game journey when you finish a match of Deceit hasn’t changed in over 4 years. Since 2017, players have gone through the Tickets br…
- What will be your new Perk Loadout? - 25 February 2022
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 can help you avoid Terrors during the night, make interactions with other players or objectives faster, or even improve the items you pick up. Take a look down the list of new perks below, and tell us which ones you’ll be adding to your loadout. Normal Perks Power Pocket: Stops Terrors seeing your position when taking, or using, a fuse. Lethal Vision: Receive a waypoint to the Objective containing the Lethal Injection until it's taken. Siphon: Gain 25% Health from downing a human. Martyr: When you get executed the Terror that kills you will be expelled. Leftovers: Receive a waypoint to any Objective rewards that haven't been collected. Overpowered: Get…
- DLC Giveaway on Instagram - 10 February 2022
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 to be in with a chance to win one of 15 DLC packs in the prize pot. Winners will be randomly chosen using an online tool. The winners will be notified on 21 February 2022. You will need a valid Steam ID to receive the DLC. Winners will be able to choose the Individual DLC pack they receive. Werewolf 🐺, vampire 🦇 or spider 🕷 - which will you choose?
- In-game Communication Improvements - 27 January 2022
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 interact to report this to the group, alerting everyone to what you've discovered. If you find yourself as an infected, you can report your own mischievous behaviour to try and gain trust from the innocents and cover your tracks. With this change, only the person who reports the object will be able to see the timer of when that activity happens. This change gives the opportunity for the infected to lie about the timers, and can cause innocents to question whether the information is trustworthy. Instantly report suspicious activity to everyone by looking at it and holding by default. Quick Chat If you're struggling to get your point across in the voice comm…
- Patch Notes v2021.11.1 - 10 January 2022
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
