Throne of Lies®: Medieval Politics
Released Sep 2017
The 3D online multiplayer game of social deduction and mischief, inspired by medieval politics and the Werewolf/Mafia (1986) genre. Gather 'round the tabletop, uniting allies of the realm with strategy to distinguish friend from foe.
76% positive · 2,706 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Throne of Lies launched in September 2017 and received a steady stream of updates over several years, including major content drops such as Duel Mode (November 2021), Custom Mode (July 2022), Voice Chat (September 2022), Happy Hour Battles (December 2022), and a new Artist role (December 2022). The game also transitioned to free-to-play on December 25, 2022.
The last developer communication of any kind was a bug fix patch on January 31, 2023. Since that date — now more than three years ago — there have been no news posts, patch notes, announcements, or roadmap updates from the developer.
Looking at the historical update pattern, major content releases arrived roughly every 1–5 months across 2021–2022. The silence since January 31, 2023 far exceeds that cadence. The developer has not announced any future content, and no unreleased DLC appears in the store listing. The July 2022 announcement post did mention some additional planned Custom Mode options and more store items, but those plans were never formally reaffirmed and were plausibly addressed (at least in part) by the December 2022 updates. There has been no post-2022 communication restating any outstanding commitments.
Given the extended silence and the absence of any announced future content, the game appears to have reached the end of its active development cycle, with the final recorded update being the January 31, 2023 bug fix.
Evidence
v7.3.1 shipped a new Artist role and Christmas-themed cosmetic items.
v7.3.0 introduced the Happy Hour Battles event system and a revamped tutorial.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
PT.farm Inc.
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
Throne of Lies is a 3D Werewolf/Mafia game that requires social deduction skills to defeat the enemies. It is a game of deceit, investigation, strategy, and role play.
How to play
The game ranges from 6 to 16 players. Each player is randomly assigned to the roles from one of the four factions:
The Blue Dragon (Good/Protagonist)
The Unseen (Bad/Antagonist)
The Cult (Bad/Antagonist)
The Neutral
If you are one of the good factions, you need to find out the bad faction for the execution to defend your throne, but you can also be converted by the Cult leader.
If you are one of the bad factions, you will be able to communicate with each other at night and overturn the throne by taking down all the good faction in the game.
Game modes
Quick Mode (6 players)
Selected roles (4 Good + 1 Bad + 1 Neutral) will be assigned, no conversion possibility. Best for new players.
Duel Mode (7-9 players)
Selected roles will be assigned from the blue dragon, the unseen and the cult, excluding Neutral faction.
Classic Mode (8-16 players)
Randomly assigned roles from all 4 factions. Highest complexity of all modes.
Game phrases
The unique Day/Night cycle allows players to congregate around the table, discuss their findings and accuse players of treason during the day and use their abilities to occupy, spy on, conspire against and even kill their fellow players at night.
Day
You can share your investigation results in the chat box to all players or you can whisper to the King privately. Starting from Day 2, you can vote one suspicious player for execution, it takes at least 3 players to start the trial before the suspect gets executed.
Trial
Starting Day 2, if 3 or more players voted the same suspicious player, the trial will begin and all players get to vote for “Execute” or “Pardon”.
Night
Each role would have different skills to use at night. If a Cult or Unseen member decides to make a kill, all players will see the result in the following day phrase. The conversion also happens at night and the good guy will be allied with the bad guys the next Day.
Features
Log Book
A notebook to keep track of your investigation results for Day and Night phases. You can also put in false information to mislead other players as the Log Book will be revealed and available for all players when your role gets killed.
Deathnote
A note you can leave as a signature or graffiti and will be shown to all when a player gets killed by you.
Chat Box
Send messages to the room or join the discussion during the game. All notification messages, such as the voting results, the death of a player, or your personal conversion information, will also be shown.
Whisper
You can send a whisper message to the King if you have valuable information about a certain player from your investigation. Or you can send false information to trick the Good King when being a member of Unseen or Cult.
How to play
The game ranges from 6 to 16 players. Each player is randomly assigned to the roles from one of the four factions:
The Blue Dragon (Good/Protagonist)
The Unseen (Bad/Antagonist)
The Cult (Bad/Antagonist)
The Neutral
If you are one of the good factions, you need to find out the bad faction for the execution to defend your throne, but you can also be converted by the Cult leader.
If you are one of the bad factions, you will be able to communicate with each other at night and overturn the throne by taking down all the good faction in the game.
Game modes
Quick Mode (6 players)
Selected roles (4 Good + 1 Bad + 1 Neutral) will be assigned, no conversion possibility. Best for new players.
Duel Mode (7-9 players)
Selected roles will be assigned from the blue dragon, the unseen and the cult, excluding Neutral faction.
Classic Mode (8-16 players)
Randomly assigned roles from all 4 factions. Highest complexity of all modes.
Game phrases
The unique Day/Night cycle allows players to congregate around the table, discuss their findings and accuse players of treason during the day and use their abilities to occupy, spy on, conspire against and even kill their fellow players at night.
Day
You can share your investigation results in the chat box to all players or you can whisper to the King privately. Starting from Day 2, you can vote one suspicious player for execution, it takes at least 3 players to start the trial before the suspect gets executed.
Trial
Starting Day 2, if 3 or more players voted the same suspicious player, the trial will begin and all players get to vote for “Execute” or “Pardon”.
Night
Each role would have different skills to use at night. If a Cult or Unseen member decides to make a kill, all players will see the result in the following day phrase. The conversion also happens at night and the good guy will be allied with the bad guys the next Day.
Features
Log Book
A notebook to keep track of your investigation results for Day and Night phases. You can also put in false information to mislead other players as the Log Book will be revealed and available for all players when your role gets killed.
Deathnote
A note you can leave as a signature or graffiti and will be shown to all when a player gets killed by you.
Chat Box
Send messages to the room or join the discussion during the game. All notification messages, such as the voting results, the death of a player, or your personal conversion information, will also be shown.
Whisper
You can send a whisper message to the King if you have valuable information about a certain player from your investigation. Or you can send false information to trick the Good King when being a member of Unseen or Cult.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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