Unknown Faces

Unknown Faces is a round-based social deduction game played at a table with masked strangers. Some players are Mafia, secretly trying to kill everyone else; the others must survive, work out who the Mafia are and vote to expose them.

Roles and objectives

As Mafia, you choose a player to eliminate each round while deceiving the others. If you are not Mafia, you rely on discussion, clues and votes to identify them. Roles include:

• Mafia: eliminate one player each round.
• Doctor: protect one player or yourself from being killed by the Mafia.
• Detective: investigate one player each round to learn whether they are Mafia.
• Civilian: has no powers and relies on speech and votes.
• Sheriff: can shoot any player; a correct shot kills Mafia, while a wrong shot kills the Sheriff.
• Clown: wins if voted out.
• Thief: if the Doctor or Detective dies, steal their role once and gain their ability.

Round phases

Each round begins with special roles acting in secret: the Mafia selects someone to eliminate, the Detective checks one player’s allegiance, and the Doctor protects one player from a Mafia kill. Players then discuss, accuse, defend themselves and mislead one another.

Everyone votes for the player they suspect is Mafia. The player with the most votes enters Explain Time and can argue for their innocence, after which another vote decides their fate. If the same player is voted for again, they die; if a different player is chosen, that player gets a chance to explain next. If no one is voted out, the round ends and the game continues.

Money and customization

You earn money each round and can spend it on items that affect survival or voting, including protection from Mafia, protection from votes, information from the Detective and a Mystery Box. The game also lets you toggle roles, adjust timers, set vote rules, control player limits and customize other settings.