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MultiMind: Enhancing Werewolf Agents with Multimodal Reasoning and Theory of Mind

arXiv 2504.18039 ↗First posted 25 Apr 2025cs.AIcited by 11

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Abstract (arXiv)

Large Language Model (LLM) agents have demonstrated impressive capabilities in social deduction games (SDGs) like Werewolf, where strategic reasoning and social deception are essential. However, current approaches remain limited to textual information, ignoring crucial multimodal cues such as facial expressions and tone of voice that humans naturally use to communicate. Moreover, existing SDG agents primarily focus on inferring other players' identities without modeling how others perceive themselves or fellow players. To address these limitations, we use One Night Ultimate Werewolf (ONUW) as a testbed and present MultiMind, the first framework integrating multimodal information into SDG agents. MultiMind processes facial expressions and vocal tones alongside verbal content, while employing a Theory of Mind (ToM) model to represent each player's suspicion levels toward others. By combining this ToM model with Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), our agent identifies communication strategies that minimize suspicion directed at itself. Through comprehensive evaluation in both agent-versus-agent simulations and studies with human players, we demonstrate MultiMind's superior performance in gameplay. Our work presents a significant advancement toward LLM agents capable of human-like social reasoning across multimodal domains.

Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Reasoning for agents, planning and code, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 9 of its 41 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 25 Apr 2025.

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  1. 2025Verbal Werewolf: Engage Users with Verbalized Agentic Werewolf Game Framework
  2. 2024An Implementation of Werewolf Agent That does not Truly Trust LLMs
  3. 2025WereWolf-Plus: An Update of Werewolf Game setting Based on DSGBench
  4. 2026CaM-Wolf: Causal-Aware Multimodal Agents for Social Deduction Games
  5. 2023Language Agents with Reinforcement Learning for Strategic Play in the Werewolf Game
  6. 2026MINDGAMES: A Live Arena for Evaluating Social and Strategic Reasoning in Multi-Agent LLMs
  7. 2026Enhancing Consistency of Werewolf AI through Dialogue Summarization and Persona Information
  8. 2025The Decrypto Benchmark for Multi-Agent Reasoning and Theory of Mind