Recent reviews by silly little guy

This game is recommended IF you are willing to:

• Spend $$$ on a "free" game
  
• Spend time learning on how to play the game
  
• Put up with the toxic community
  
• And support Digital Bandidos

I still enjoy this game, but I can NOT recommend it to new players, especially after the most recent "Voice Chat mode" update which removed DDoS-prevention, rendering the entire game unplayable for large periods of time due to said DDoSing. Even outside the DDoS attacks, the game has been on a downwards spiral for a while now.

This game sabotages the experience of new players, to the point where new players are better off learning from watching YouTubers like PipeTron.
Technically, ToS2 IS free to play. There is nothing monetarily stopping you from entering a lobby. However, new players are limited to 5 games per day UNLESS they pay in-game for the "Deed to the Town" (IIRC it is ~$10, but, as of writing, DDoS attacks prevent you from looking at the in-game store so I can't check). This limits how much knowledge new players can learn via experience.
Then we get to "Scrolls" and "Tome of Fate". Scrolls/Tome both differently allow users to increase their chances of rolling a specific role. However, most experienced players can afford the Tome or buying more scrolls OFTEN scroll/tome the game's easiest faction to win as, Town. This usually leaves new players rolling the harder, evil/neutral roles. There is also the "Cauldron" which give out free scrolls and an upgrade to the Tome... only usable after you pay for the Deed... and it "rewards" you once-per-week unless you pay like $60+ to upgrade it (again, cannot check exact in-game pricing).

And a surprise to absolutely no-one, the community is VERY toxic, just like a lot of other communities. Sky is blue, grass is green. However, this is toxicity in a SOCIAL game. You get a lobby with "normal" people? It will probably be a good time. You get 1 or 2 toxic players? The experience is ruined. But there's really nothing else to say here, just take this as a precaution.

I must preface this section, but I do NOT support harassment of anyone involving the DB team.
The Town of Salem games were developed by Blank Media Games, who sold the Town of Salem IP to Digital Bandidos late 2024. DB initially terrified the community by firing the previous development team and used AI art as "placeholder" art on their web-page. After backlash, they removed the AI, and rehired TWO of the (more well-known) developers. But Digital Bandidos is still hurting the game.

They added many more micro-transactions, including, but not limited to: The Tome of Fate, Deed to the Town, the Cauldron upgrades, and the (now removed but planned to return) battlepass. DB are also responsible for the mobile port and the teased console ports, an obvious cash grab because HOW does one think "Console gameplay meshes well with a game designed around typing!"??? Oh right, the Voice Chat mode that is rarely played.

Finally, the Discord moderation. Personally, I have only indirectly experienced a small portion of moderation misconduct, but I am not surprised it does happen. Another Steam review (by InvincibleRacoon) sums it up:

Originally posted by InvincibleRacoon:

But I cannot in good conscience recommend this game with a groomer moderator still allowed on board. [...] despite pretending to be concerned about this behavior, the other moderators did NOTHING about it.

Recent update ruined the game.

Among us is A Great game! Being in a "team" environment and figuring out who the "spy"/impostor is (is) fun! sometimes the hackers are a little too much too handle. also Being Crewmate 23 times in a row gets boring...