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24 alternatives to Backstabbers

Instant murder mystery, just add people

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Backstabbers launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Whodunnit▲80

   Everything you need for a murder mystery dinner party

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   lies▲284

   A trivia game about your friends that ends friendships

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bored - Slack Games for Remote Teams▲256

   Play social games with your coworkers on Slack

   2021 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Play scrabble, chess, checkers, etc with your friends by copying a url▲69

   BreakBase.com. Play your favorite games, with anyone you

   2012 · breakbase.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Whodunnit App▲57

   A fun murder mystery party game for iPhone

   2014 · whodunnit.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Voice driven murder mystery, Interview AI suspects with your voice▲215

   Hey HN! I'm excited to show off this really fun project I put together. I originally built this project 2-3 years ago, AI was already booming at the time, however voice AI agents were still very early. I loved my proof of concept at the time, but wasn't quite happy with it. I recently had the desire to check out the tech again, and know many of you will be interested. Interviews are speech to speech with OpenAI's gpt-realtime-2.1 over WebRTC. This model is... expensive, and because of that, I have to add some amount of restrictions, conversations are tied to a authenticated Clerk user id. I…

   Aug 2026 · whodunnitai.com · its alternatives →

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   Mafia: The Game▲88

   Play the social mystery game on iOS and online for free

   2021 · mafia-the-game.netlify.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   You Dunnit▲79

   Personalised murder mystery game builder

   2021 · you-dunnit.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Guess Up▲68

   Online multiplayer game to play with friends and family

   2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    instantga.me▲75

    Stumbleupon for web games

    2014 · instantga.me · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Checkers with Friends▲65

    Invite your friends to play checkers with you in real time!

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Backgammon+▲61

    The best backgammon for iOS

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    CountUp▲67

    Tap the numbers in order as fast as you can!

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Bluff Party▲84

    Innocent card game now a psychological battefield

    2016 · hyperurl.co · its alternatives →

15. 15
    3-2-1-Zombies!▲55

    Tilt and tap to out-run your friends

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Act Away!▲71

    Play charades with friends on your phone (iOS)

    2015 · actaway.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Sparq▲79

    A community for gamers

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Party Pooper▲86

    Get rid of all the shady gatecrashers

    2016 · party.animade.tv · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Playsets▲57

    Play your table-top games online with distant friends.

    2015 · playsetsapp.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Candidate▲81

    A Q&A game to meet new people

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Simple Circle▲61

    an easy, entertaining and fast-paced tap iOS game

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Bubbles With Google▲89

    Blow bubbles to people around the world

    2017 · bubbles.withgoogle.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Someone Like This▲18

    Super simple game where you have to find unusual things

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Bounce▲70

    A minimal game that kills boredom

    2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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