Untrusted similar games & best alternatives

Untrusted

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Untrusted is an online multiplayer (10 to 16 players) hacking / social deduction game: as an hacker, hack your target - as an undercover agent, disrupt the operation. Follow your objective or kill everyone - the choice is yours.

What works

  • Deep and complex social deduction gameplay
  • Unique hacker theme and roles
  • Friendly and supportive community
  • Free to play with no pay-to-win
  • Active developer engagement and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Small and inconsistent player base
  • Server instability and matchmaking delays
  • Minimal graphics and ui polish
  • Lack of extensive tutorials for all roles

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator

  • Rabbit and Steel

  • Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics

  • Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

  • Zorbus

  • MINDNIGHT

Less social

Games that feels like Untrusted but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Rogue's Tale

  • Rift Wizard

  • Door in the Woods

  • Magic Research 2

  • Lootun

  • Dredgers

Less competitive

Games that feels like Untrusted but with less competition against others

  • cyberpunkdreams

  • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

  • Ostranauts

  • Fantasy Grounds VTT

  • The Black Watchmen

  • Risk of Rain (2013)

More exploratory

Games that feels like Untrusted but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Cogmind

  • Caves of Qud

  • Creator of Another World

  • UnEpic

  • Star Traders: Frontiers

  • Realm of the Mad God Exalt

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Untrusted: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration.

Last update: 03/08/2026