Link Steam
indiegame.fan
Counterweight header art

Counterweight

A social deduction tower-builder for 3–8 players. Stack blocks, raise the tower, and figure out which of your friends is placing them badly on purpose. Grab chaotic items, vote people out, and forge the Impostor Detector before every block hits the ground.

Steam Page
Developer
Amasix Games
Publisher
Amasix Games
Release
Coming Soon
Steam Reviews
No reviews yet

Does this feel indie?

Vote based on whether this game feels indie to you. You can change your vote at any time. Results earn an IGF score after 10 accepted votes.
No votes yet
Vote on More Games
Game contextLatest: IGF Team
ContextThe evidence factors used to assess whether this game belongs on IndieGame.Fan.Status
Notes
Latest Contributor: IGF TeamEdit notes
Search Google: Who developed Counterweight?Developer scaleThe operating scale of the game's developer.
Search Google: Who published Counterweight?Publisher scaleThe operating scale of the game's publisher.
Search Google: Is Counterweight self-published or published by Amasix Games?Publisher statusHow the game's publishing relationship is classified.
Search Google: How is Counterweight and Amasix Games funded?FundingThe known source of funding behind the game.
Search Google: Who controls the creative direction and IP for Counterweight and Amasix Games?Creative controlWho appears to retain creative control of the game.
Search Google: What is the release status of Counterweight?Release statusWhether and how the game has been released.

Media

6 items

About the Game

Build together. Fall together. Unless...

Counterweight is a social deduction game where the deception is physical. Your team has one job: stack blocks and raise a tower to the target height. But one of you is the Saboteur, placing blocks just badly enough, nudging at the worst moment, and eliminating other players.

Every fallen block brings the whole team closer to losing. Every fallen block is also a clue.

How it works

  • Take your turn. Grab a block from the quarry, carry it up, and place it wherever you dare: clean and boring, or bold and risky.

  • Watch everyone. Who re-rolls their blocks? Who's always nearby when something falls ? Who's been holding that tribute all game ? And who's making players disappear one by one...?

  • Accuse. Put a suspect to sleep and call a vote. Guess right and the tower is safe. Guess wrong and you've kicked a friend for nothing. The Saboteur thanks you.

An arsenal of beautiful bad ideas

Items spawn across the island all match long: jetpacks, sleep darts, butter, cages, smoke bombs, a gun that shouldn't exist in a building game... and a hidden kit of Saboteur-only tools that the rest of the team can't even see. No two rounds play out the same.

The Tribute Altar

The builders' insurance policy : gather tributes, place them on the altar, and forge the Impostor Detector. One scan, one truth. The Saboteur can stall it by hoarding a tribute... if they're willing to be seen holding it.

Death is not the end

Kicked out or killed? You return as a Phantom, free to float around and watch the chaos you can no longer prevent with other phantoms.

Features

  • Online multiplayer for 3 to 8 players : invite friends straight from Steam or share a join code

  • Hidden saboteur, suspicious friendships

  • Physics-driven tower building where every block placement matters

  • 20+ items, from helpful to hostile to purely comedic

  • Proximity voice chat to scheme quietly, panic loudly

  • Full controller support, including Steam Deck

  • A solo sandbox for practicing your placements (and your sabotage)

Indie Game Fan