The Roles of Mafia.Party
Every player in this mafia party game gets a secret role dealt to their phone. Here's the full cast — what each role does at night, and how to play it like a pro. New to the game? Start with how to play.
🕶️ Mafia — the sneaky villains
By day you're a model neighbour; by night, you and your fellow Mafia secretly agree on one player to take out of the game. You know who your partners are — nobody else does.
Play it well: act exactly as suspicious as an innocent person would, which is to say: a little. Vote against your own partner once in a while. The best Mafia don't dodge accusations — they redirect them.
🙋 Citizen — the honest majority
No night powers, no secret meetings — just your wits. Your job is to work out who the Mafia are from what people say, how they vote, and who they never seem to suspect.
Play it well: talk! A quiet Citizen is wasted; a loud, wrong Citizen still generates information. Track the votes from round to round — patterns are the Mafia's fingerprints.
🩺 Doctor — the night-shift hero
Every night you choose one player to protect. If the Mafia picked the same person, the city wakes to good news: nobody's out, and the villains' whole evening is ruined.
Play it well: think about who the Mafia should want out — the loudest accuser, the sharpest reader of the room — and shield them. Protecting yourself is allowed, but a Doctor who only saves themselves isn't saving the city.
🕵️ Detective — the city's magnifying glass
Each night you investigate one player and learn whether they're Mafia. Round by round you assemble the truth — the trick is using it without painting a target on your back.
Play it well: don't announce your findings the moment you have them; steer the conversation instead. Reveal yourself only when it wins a vote that matters.
💘 Cupid — the matchmaker of mayhem
On the very first night, Cupid links two players as lovers. Their fates are tied for the rest of the game: if one of them is ever taken out, the other leaves the game too, heartbroken.
Play it well: a bold Cupid links two loud rivals and watches the chaos; a spicy Cupid risks linking across the truth — a pairing that crosses sides can twist the whole endgame.
When each role joins the game
The deal scales with your group, so small games stay simple and big games stay dangerous:
- 3 players: one Mafia, a Doctor, and a Citizen — the smallest possible standoff.
- 4 players: the Detective joins the deal.
- 5 players: Cupid arrives, lovers and all.
- 6+ players: the Mafia grows — roughly one villain for every three players — and everyone else fills the city as Citizens.