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UNKNOWN FACES

UNKNOWN FACES is a 6–15 player multiplayer social deduction game inspired by the Mafia party game, reimagined with darker themes and deeper strategy. Lies, manipulation, and betrayal fuel every round as players deceive, outsmart, and expose one another in a fight for survival.

$9.99 January 7, 2026

By Nerux Studio

Windows
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UNKNOWN FACES - Nerux Studio. Popular. Released January 7, 2026
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Overview

About this game

UNKNOWN FACES

In this room, trust is suicide.
Unknown Faces turns every conversation into a mind game, every glance into a clue, and every silence into a threat.

A cinematic social deduction experience built on fear, logic, and betrayal. One mistake can end everything.

The Rules

You sit at a table with masked strangers. Some are Mafia, secretly plotting to kill everyone else. The rest must survive, reason, and vote to expose them before it’s too late.

If you’re the Mafia: deceive, manipulate, and eliminate the others one by one without letting anyone discover who you really are.
If you’re not the Mafia: read the room, speak carefully, and survive the paranoia while uncovering who the Mafia are.

Every word can expose you. Every silence can convict you.

Round Phases

1. Role Voting
This is when the special roles act in secret:

  • Mafia: choose one player to eliminate.

  • Detective: investigate one player to check if they are the Mafia or not.

  • Doctor: protect one player from being killed by the Mafia.

2. Discussion Time
Players talk, accuse, defend, and mislead.

3. Voting Time
All players vote for the player they suspect is the Mafia. The player with the most votes moves to Explain Time, where they get a chance to defend themselves.

4. Explain Time
The accused speaks and tries to convince others of their innocence.
Afterward, another vote decides their fate.

  • If the same player is voted again, they die.

  • If a different player is voted, that player moves to Explain Time next.

  • If no one gets voted out, the round ends and the game continues.

Money & Shop

Earn money each round and spend it on items that can change the outcome such as:

  • Protection from Mafia

  • Protection from votes

  • Info from Detective

  • Mystery Box

Every purchase can save you or put a target on your back.

Roles

  • 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 find out if they are the Mafia or not.

  • Civilian: no powers, rely on speech and votes.

  • Sheriff: can shoot any player; correct shot kills Mafia, 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.

Features

  • Round-based money and an item shop that influence survival and voting.

  • Game customization: toggle roles, adjust timers, set vote rules, control player limits, and more.

  • Smooth multiplayer flow with quick phase transitions and replay-friendly rounds.

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