Fit check
Is Catch the Vandal worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Groups of 2-8 players who enjoy social deception and pursuit
- Players who want objective-based matches with opposing roles
- Friends who enjoy disguising, chasing, and competing in a shared city
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a game with more than its simple police-versus-vandals objective structure
- Players looking for solo play rather than a multiplayer match with 2-8 participants
- Groups that cannot assemble 2-8 players for a session
Our take on Catch the Vandal
The role-based structure focuses play on disguising, identifying, and chasing opponents, leaving little room for unrelated mechanics. It also gives up solo play in favor of matches built around groups of 2-8 participants.
What is Catch the Vandal?
Catch the Vandal is a multiplayer game for 2-8 players set in a city where participants act as police officers or vandals.
Police officers search for vandals among the citizens and must manage their badges, returning to the police station when they run out. Vandals blend in with citizens, disguise themselves, and damage city objects marked with stars. When officers apprehend a vandal, that player relies on teammates to continue pursuing victory. The game focuses on deception, disguises, chasing, and competing objectives. The first side to accomplish its objectives wins.
How Catch the Vandal plays
- 01Police Investigation
- Officers identify suspected vandals while managing badges that can be replenished at the police station.
- 02Vandal Disguise
- Vandals hide among citizens and target city objects marked with stars.
- 03Competing Objectives
- The first side to complete its objectives wins the match.
- 04Multiplayer Roles
- Groups of 2-8 players take part as police officers and vandals.
Catch the Vandal compared to similar games
Catch the Vandal focuses on police officers and vandals competing in a city through disguises, pursuit, and role-specific objectives. Feign instead uses a drawing-based impostor format for 4-8 players. The Jackbox Party Pack 7 contains five separate party games, including drawing and collaborative games, rather than one police-versus-vandals scenario.
Catch the Vandal: platforms & release
Is Catch the Vandal worth it?
It is worth it if: groups of 2-8 players who enjoy social deception and pursuit. Skip it if: players seeking a game with more than its simple police-versus-vandals objective structure.
Where can I download Catch the Vandal?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Catch the Vandal's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Catch the Vandal on?
Windows only.
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