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Party game · 4–30 players

Mafia

One phone, one deck of secret identities. A hidden Mafia hunts in the dark while the town argues, accuses, and votes — trying to catch the liars before it's too late.

4–30 players 6 roles ~30 min EN · 日本語 · فارسی
How it works

A game of secrets, suspicion, and split-second lies

Mafia is a social deduction game played in alternating Night and Day phases, guided out loud by a Narrator — usually whoever is holding the phone. A hidden minority, the Mafia, secretly works to eliminate the Town one player at a time, while everyone else tries to unmask them through discussion and instinct before it's too late.

This app handles the part that's hardest to do fairly with one phone: dealing out everyone's role in private, in English, Japanese, or Persian. Enter your players, choose which special roles are in play, and pass the phone around — each player privately sees only their own role, then hands it to the next person. The Narrator still runs the Night and Day phases out loud, and can open a private Narrator View at any point to track who's still in.

Times played
Roles

Who's playing on which side

Mafia Team

👑 Godfather

The leader of the Mafia. One Mafia player is automatically dealt this role — they know every other Mafia member and vote alongside them each night to choose a target.

🔪 Mafia

Knows every other Mafia member from the first night. Wakes with them in secret to silently agree on who the Town loses next.

Town Team

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Citizen

Has no special power. Wins purely on memory, instinct, and persuasion — the backbone of the Town's case against the Mafia.

🕵️ Detective

Each night, may secretly investigate one player to learn whether they are Mafia — information that can turn the whole game, if it survives to be shared.

🩺 Doctor

Each night, may secretly choose one player to protect. A correct guess saves them from the Mafia's target that round.

🎯 Sniper

A Town sharpshooter with one shot for the whole game. Used well, it removes a Mafia member outright — used on an innocent, it costs the Town one of its own.

Phases of play

Night falls, then the town wakes up

🌙 Night Phase

Everyone closes their eyes. The Narrator wakes the Mafia first to choose a target, then the Doctor to protect someone, then the Detective to investigate a player — each acting in silence before the town wakes up again.

☀️ Day Phase

The Narrator announces who was eliminated overnight. The Town debates in the open — accusing, defending, reading reactions — before holding a public vote to eliminate whoever they suspect is Mafia.

Winning conditions

Who wins the game

The Town wins the moment every Mafia member has been eliminated. The Mafia wins once their numbers equal or outnumber the players still standing. The app's Narrator View tracks this live as players are marked out.

Ready to play?

Gather 4 or more players, pick your roles, and let the phone deal everyone's secret identity.

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