A werewolf moderator that never sits out
Hosting social deduction games is miserable: ten minutes shuffling role cards, somebody always sees one, and the moderator holds twelve secret identities in their head while googling whether the Seer sees the Lycan as a wolf. Graveshift is a free, installable web app that does all of that for you — it deals the roles, walks the night order, resolves protection and kills, checks the win conditions, and tells you exactly what to say out loud at every beat.
How a game runs
- Set up. Pick your player count, choose a world, balance the roles, name everyone, and pass the phone around to deal.
- Night. The app calls each role in the correct order and records who they picked — nothing resolves until the night ends.
- Dawn. One deterministic pass works out who actually died, including protections, potions and revenge kills.
- Day and vote. Discuss, accuse, count the votes, execute. Then night falls again.
Roles and themes
Twenty-one roles across three tiers — Werewolf, Seer, Doctor, Witch, Hunter, Bodyguard, Vigilante, Mayor, Cupid, Jester, Serial Killer and more. Seven built-in themes reskin every word and colour: folk horror in Millers Hollow, noir crime in Cosa Nostra, anime, Greek myth, sci-fi horror, Salem 1692, and dark fantasy. Signed-in hosts can write their own theme and rewrite every line of the script.
Common questions
- How many players do you need for Werewolf?
- Between 5 and 20. It is best with 8 to 15 — below 8 there is not enough discussion for deduction to work, and above 18 the conversation gets hard to hold together.
- What is the night order in Werewolf?
- The fixed sequence in which roles act each night. Graveshift runs it for you: one-time roles like Cupid first, then protective roles such as the Doctor and Bodyguard, then the Seer, then the Werewolves, then the Witch. Getting this order wrong is the single most common hosting mistake.
- Do you need a moderator to play Werewolf?
- Traditionally yes — and that person never gets to play. Graveshift takes over the bookkeeping, so the host only has to perform.
- What is the difference between Mafia and Werewolf?
- The same game with different names. Mafia is the 1986 original, Werewolf the 1997 retheme. Both are included here, and the rules underneath are identical.
Free · no account needed to play · works offline once loaded