Social deduction games have had a wild ride over the past few years. The genre exploded during the pandemic thanks to Among Us, turning “sus” into household slang and proving that deception-driven party games could dominate Twitch, Discord calls, and late-night hangouts. Since then, developers big and small have tried to capture that lightning again—with varying degrees of success.
Now, Bangkok-based indie WakaStudio is taking a shot with Cut That Wire, a four-player multiplayer party game where every round is a mix of bluffing, deduction, and bomb-defusal gone wrong. Announced today, the game is coming to PC via Steam later in 2025 and is now available to add to your wishlist.
Each round drops players into fast-paced “Big Bluff” mini-games designed to stress-test both memory and poker faces. In one, you’re doodling from a shared prompt while the impostor has a completely different one—then everyone reveals their drawings and tries to talk their way through the odd one out. Another flashes an image on screen and later asks questions about it, but of course the impostor saw something entirely different. There’s even a card-swapping round where totals matter and bluffing can leave someone holding the short straw.
Once the mini-game dust settles, the group votes on who should cut a wire. That’s where the real tension kicks in: a coin toss decides whether the unlucky player severs their own line or takes out someone else’s. The impostor has insider knowledge of which wires are safe and which ones go boom, while the Engineer role gets a glimpse of a single safe option—but still has to convince the others without sounding shady. With the bomb timer ticking, even a pause too long can turn suspicion into an explosion.
Where Among Us leaned on simplicity, Cut That Wire injects new chaos into the formula with its coin-flip mechanic and pulp-comedy presentation. The game’s stylized violence keeps things goofy enough for party nights while still offering that “oh no, they’re lying” tension fans crave. It’s one more sign that social deduction isn’t fading—it’s evolving.
Cut That Wire doesn’t have a set release date yet, but with wishlists open and WakaStudio already building its community across Discord, TikTok, and more, it’s one to keep an eye on as 2025 winds down.
