📚 BETRAYAL guides

Everything you need to become the best players at BETRAYAL, from your very first game night to the toughest showdown between the spy and the civilians. Pick the guide that fits you.

Start here

📜 How to play: the complete rules step by step, from typing names to announcing the winner.
🎭 Roles guide: all twelve roles, what each one can do and which team it plays for.
❓ FAQ: quick answers about rules, roles, solo mode and privacy.

Winning strategies

🕵️ How to play as the spy and win: how to listen and answer without knowing the secret, when to guess, and how to team up with your partner.
🔎 How to catch the spy: half-obvious questions, the tells that expose a spy, smart voting and using night information.
💡 Tips for every role: short, practical advice for the spy, civilian, detective, guardian, saboteur and jester.
❔ 100 question ideas: ready-made questions for every category, with examples of civilian answers and spy answers.

Game nights and solo play

🎉 The perfect game night: the right setup for every group size and occasion, plus house rules that add to the fun.
📅 Today's secret and Spy training: how solo mode works, points, coloured squares and your daily streak.

Secret word lists

140 original words in four categories, each with a description, the words that give it away and question ideas. Read them to practise, or to know the options when you are the spy.

Ready?

BETRAYAL is free and runs in the browser on one phone passed around the table, for 4 to 20 players, in English or Arabic. Open the game now and test your friends: which one of you is lying?