FAQ
The questions people ask most often. Each one leads to an answer in an article.
Quick start
- What is “Mafia” and how do you play it?
- What is the goal of the game?
- Who wins in “Mafia”?
- How do I win?
- I've never played Mafia. Where do I start?
- What happens in the game from start to finish?
- What should I do when the game starts?
- What do I do if I get killed?
- How many people do you need to play?
- Do I need a camera and a microphone?
- Is it really free?
- Can I play from my phone?
- How old do you have to be to play?
Roles
- What does a citizen do at night?
- What should I do if I got the citizen role?
- How can a citizen help win?
- Why am I doing nothing at night?
- Who are the town in the game?
- How does the sheriff check a player?
- Is the don mafia to the sheriff?
- What does the sheriff's check show?
- Can the sheriff check himself?
- How many players does the sheriff check per night?
- Can the doctor heal himself?
- How many times can the doctor heal himself?
- What happens if the doctor heals the one the mafia shot?
- Can the doctor heal two players in a night?
- Does the doctor remove the prostitute's block?
- What does the prostitute do?
- The prostitute blocked me: what does that mean?
- Can a blocked player be nominated for the vote?
- Can the prostitute block herself?
- Can a blocked player talk in chaos time?
- How does the mafia kill at night?
- What happens if the mafiosi shoot different players?
- Why didn't the mafia's shot count?
- How do the mafiosi get to know each other?
- Can the mafiosi talk at night?
- What are the don's two night actions?
- Why does the don wake up twice?
- What does the don do at night?
- How does the don check for the sheriff?
- Can the don shoot in his separate window?
- How many mafia are there in a game of 10 players?
- How many mafiosi with 8 players?
- What does the number of mafia depend on?
- Why are there more mafia with the doctor?
- Is the don counted in the number of mafia?
Game flow
- How are roles dealt?
- Can I choose my role?
- What is manual role selection and why are there cards?
- What do I do when it's my turn to pick a card?
- How do I find out my role?
- What is the acquaintance night?
- What is day 0?
- Why was nobody killed on the first morning?
- Why do the mafia need to meet?
- Why is there no acquaintance night in our game?
- Who wakes up at night, and in what order?
- What do I see and hear at night if I'm asleep?
- Why is the screen dark at night?
- Can the town hear what the mafia say?
- Why does a role whose player has already been killed still wake up at night?
- What is shown in the morning?
- Why does it say in the morning that nobody was hurt?
- Can you see in the morning who shot and who was healed?
- Why is there no night summary on the first morning?
- Why can't I speak when I want to?
- How long does a speech last?
- What does the “Thanks” button do?
- Why was I skipped in the speech round?
- Who speaks first?
- What is chaos time?
- Why is there no chaos time on the first day?
- Why am I silent in chaos time?
- How do I end chaos time early?
- How long does chaos time last?
- What does the “Immunity” mark in a player window mean?
- Why can't I nominate this player for the vote?
- Who grants immunity?
- When does immunity end?
- Why can't the mafia shoot this player?
- When does the mafia win?
- When does the town win?
- Why did the game end when there are still several townspeople?
- Is a mafioso blocked by the prostitute counted?
- Who ends the game?
Voting
- How do I nominate a player for the vote?
- How many players can be nominated?
- Why can't I nominate this player?
- What happens if only one player is nominated?
- Can I nominate myself?
- Why can't I vote?
- Do dead players vote?
- Does the host vote?
- Can a candidate vote?
- What does “cannot vote” in a player window mean?
- How do I vote?
- Can I change my vote?
- Where can I see who voted for whom?
- What does the yellow frame in a player window mean?
- What does “eliminated · 3” mean?
- What happens if the votes are split evenly?
- How many times can you revote?
- Why was nobody out after the vote?
- What are candidate speeches?
- Who votes in a revote?
- What happens if I don't vote?
- Why was my vote counted against a player I didn't choose?
- Can I abstain from voting?
- Can I accidentally vote against myself?
Game interface
- What do the icons on a player's window mean?
- What does the yellow frame around the video mean?
- What's the shield next to the nickname?
- Why does a player have a red microphone?
- What's the number in the bottom corner of the window?
- Why does the window say “Dead”?
- Why can't I see other players' roles?
- What does the checkmark on a player's window mean?
- Where's the microphone button?
- How do I turn off my camera during the game?
- How do I change my microphone or camera?
- How do I send an emoji in the game?
- Why can't I send reactions at night?
- Where did the bottom bar go on my phone?
- How do I call a friend into the room?
- How do I leave the game?
- Why can't I write in the chat?
- Who can see my chat messages?
- What is the dead chat?
- Why can't I see the dead chat?
- How do I edit or delete my message?
- How do I mute message sounds in the game?
- Where's the chat on a phone?
- What's the maximum message length?
- Why can't I turn on my microphone?
- What does the lock on the microphone button mean?
- How do I interrupt the speaker?
- What is the megaphone?
- How many seconds does the megaphone work?
- Why is the megaphone inactive?
- Why don't I have a megaphone button?
- Why can't I talk for longer than the megaphone allows?
- How do I hide the chat and the player list?
- How do I bring the chat back if I hid it?
- Where's my role when the panel is hidden?
- Why can't I see new messages in the chat?
- Why don't I have the “Hide” button?
- Where did the automatic host's timer and requests go?
- Can others see that I hid the panel?
- How do I change the music and effects volume?
- Why don't I have music?
- Why is there no music by day?
- How do I turn off the music?
- Why can't I hear the host's voice?
- How do I remove noise from my microphone?
- Why is the music off on my phone?
- How do I blur the background behind me?
- How do I turn off the camera background?
- Why did my background turn off by itself?
- Why is there no background on my phone?
- What does “Your device is overheating” mean?
- Does the screen go dark during the game?
- What do others see if I minimize the game?
- How do I set my own picture as a background?
- What can I do at night while everyone's asleep?
- Where's the mini-games button?
- Why can't I see the “Games” button?
- What mini-games are there?
- Why did the mini-game close by itself?
- Where is my best score saved?
- Can others see that I'm playing?
- Can I play mini-games after I've been killed?
- How do I play another eliminated player?
- Can a ghost play mini-games?
- How do I play Battleship?
- How do I play draughts?
- How do I play chess with a clock?
- How do I play Long Nardy?
Rooms and friends
- How do I create my own game?
- Why can't I create a room?
- What's the difference between a room with the automatic host and a room with a live host?
- Will I play if I created the room myself?
- How do I join someone else's room?
- Why does the game suggest I take the host tutorial?
- How many people do I need to start a game?
- Why did the room close by itself?
- How do I make a room with a password?
- What does “Defense” mean in the settings?
- How do I turn on the doctor and the prostitute?
- How do I choose how many mafia there are in the game?
- How many players can be in a room?
- How do I change the settings once the room is created?
- Why don't I have “Night turn” in the settings?
- How do I stop observers from coming in?
- What is a preset?
- How do I save room settings so I don't enter them every time?
- How do I create a room in one click?
- How many presets can I save?
- How do I change or rename a preset?
- How do I delete a preset?
- Why don't I see “Save as a preset”?
- What language do people speak in this room?
- How do I choose the room's language?
- How do I find a room in my language?
- Can I choose several languages for a room?
- Will the table language change the interface language?
- How do I hide rooms in other languages?
- How do I change the table language of a room that's already created?
- How do I invite a friend to the room?
- Can a person without an account join by a link?
- Do I need a password if the room is private?
- Why doesn't the invitation link work?
- How do I call friends when there's no room yet?
- How do I invite a friend who's online right now?
- What will a person see when they open my link?
- What is a scheduled game?
- How do I follow a scheduled game?
- Does following guarantee me a seat at the table?
- Why can't the game start before the set time?
- How do I get reminders about a game?
- What should I do if I can't make it?
- Can I create a scheduled game?
- Why was I put in charge of a scheduled room?
- Can I just watch a game without playing?
- How do I become an observer?
- Can others see me if I'm observing?
- What is a ghost and how do I become one?
- Can I return to the game after dying?
- Does an observer see the players' roles?
- Why can't I join as an observer?
- What do I see when I become a ghost?
Host
- What is the automatic host?
- How do I turn on the automatic host in a room?
- How do I start a game with the automatic host?
- How is the automatic host different from a live host?
- Why does the automatic host say a number rather than a nickname?
- How do I turn off the automatic host's voice?
- Can I change the host mode in the middle of a game?
- What can the owner of a room with the automatic host do?
- Who is the host and what do they do?
- Does the host play?
- Does the host see all the players' roles?
- How do I become the host?
- Can I hand hosting over to another player?
- What happens if the host leaves the game?
- Why is a game with a live host not rated?
- How many players do I need for a game with a live host?
- How do I run a game of Mafia?
- What does the host do at night?
- How do I wake the mafia, the don and the sheriff?
- Why is the sheriff button inactive?
- How do I give a player the floor?
- How do I start and end voting?
- What do I do if the votes are tied?
- Where is the host tutorial?
Profile and progress
- What is the rating and what does it depend on?
- Why didn't my rating change after a game?
- What is calibration and how many games does it last?
- Why can't I see my rating number?
- Why am I not on the leaderboard?
- What happens to my rating if I leave in the middle of a game?
- Why was less taken off me when I was killed at night?
- Do my votes and checks affect the rating?
- What are achievements and how do I get them?
- Where can I see my achievements?
- How do I see another player's achievements?
- What are the badges next to my nickname, and can I change them?
- What do bronze, silver and gold next to an achievement mean?
- Why wasn't I given a reward after the game?
- Can I lose an achievement?
- Are achievements given for games as a host?
- How do I give a player a like after the game?
- Why can't I like a player?
- Can I like a player from the losing team?
- How do I take a like back?
- What is “Star of the game” and how do I become one?
- Why don't I have a crown even though I have a few likes?
- Where can I see how many likes I got?
- Can I like after the victory screen closes?
- Where can I see the game history?
- How do I find out who was who in a game that ended?
- What does the game history show?
- Why won't someone else's game history open?
- Why is there no history for my old game?
- Can I see who shot whom and who was healed?
- Are conversations and chat recorded in the history?
- Can I view the history while the game is still going?
- How do I learn to play Mafia without other people?
- Where do I find the tutorial?
- Does the tutorial count toward statistics and rating?
- Why does the tutorial ask for camera access?
- How do I take the tutorial again?
- Why wasn't the tutorial counted even though I went through it?
- What is “First, learn to host” and do I have to take it?
- Which roles can I practice?
Fair play
- How should I behave at the table?
- Is it okay to lie in the game?
- Why can't I talk when someone else is talking?
- Why was my microphone blocked?
- Can I tell the living players the roles if I became a ghost?
- What happens if I leave in the middle of a game?
- What's not allowed in Mafia?
- What can get an account blocked?
- Can I use cheats or bots?
- Can I advertise my channel in the chat?
- Are video and sound recorded in the game?
- Is the chat stored?
- Where do I report a player?
- How is being kicked from a room different from an account block?
- What can get an account blocked?
- I was kicked from a room. Can I get back in?
- Who can kick me from the game?
- How do I find out how long I'm blocked for?
- Will the account unblock by itself?
- Where do I write if I was blocked by mistake?
- Why can't I log in: it says the account is blocked?
Technical questions
- Why can't the browser see my camera?
- How do I allow access to the camera and microphone?
- I accidentally denied the camera. What do I do?
- Why does it say another app is using the camera?
- How do I pick a different camera or microphone?
- Why can't anyone hear me in the game?
- Which browsers does the game work in?
- Why does my phone get so hot in the game?
- Why does the game lag or freeze?
- What does “Your device is overheating” mean?
- How do I turn off the background so my phone gets less hot?
- Why did my video quality drop by itself?
- Why did the background disappear by itself?
- Why do other players' videos appear one by one after the night?
- I got kicked out of the game. What do I do?
- What happens if my internet goes down in the middle of a game?
- How do I get back into a game I closed?
- Will my role be kept if I dropped out?
- Does the game wait for me when I disconnect?
- How much time do I have to come back?
- What happens if I refresh the page during a game?
- Why does the video say “reconnecting”?
- Why does it say the game is already open in another tab?
- What should I do if I closed the first tab and the game still won't let me in?
- Can I play from two devices at once?
- What does “This session was closed” mean?
- Can I keep the lobby and the game open at the same time?
- Does refreshing the page count as a second tab?
- How do I add the game to my phone's home screen?
- How do I add the game to an iPhone home screen?
- How do I install the game on Android?
- Do I need to install the game from a store?
- How do I remove the address bar on iPhone?
- What changes if I add the game to my home screen?
- How do I expand the game to full screen?
- How do I exit fullscreen?
- Why is there no fullscreen on iPhone?
- How do I remove the address bar in the game?
- Why did fullscreen turn off by itself?
- Why don't I have the “Fullscreen” button?