Privacy

Last updated 5 November 2026

Midnight Mafia is a free party game. It has no accounts and no visitor statistics of its own. This page explains the information the game uses, why, and how ads on the site work.

One phone, passed around

Everything stays on the phone you play on. The names you type, your settings, your scores and a game you saved are kept in the phone's browser storage. They are never sent to us or anyone else.

When nobody has used the game on the phone for 2 hours, it deletes the names, the saved game and the scores. This happens as soon as the game is next on screen or opened. Settings such as timers and the narrator's voice stay. You can also remove everything at any time by clearing this website's data in your browser settings.

Everyone on their own phone

To let phones play together, the game uses Google Firebase, an online database run by Google.

• Your name in the room. The name you type when you create or join a room is saved in the room, so the other players can see it. Use a first name or nickname, not anything private.
• A random player number. Each phone is signed in anonymously and gets a random ID. It is not linked to your email, phone number or any account. It only lets the game keep your role, night picks and votes private.
• The game itself. Roles, night picks and votes are saved in the room while you play. Each player can only see their own secret role.
• How long it is kept. When the host presses "Close this room", the room and everything in it are deleted straight away. Otherwise, once nobody has used a room for 2 hours, it is deleted automatically with every name, role and vote in it. This is checked every 15 minutes.
• Spam protection. Google reCAPTCHA checks that requests come from a real phone using this website. To do this, Google collects information about your device and browser. Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Your phone also remembers your settings and the last name you used, so you don't have to type it again. After 2 hours without use, it forgets the name and which room it was in.

Other services the game uses

• Netlify hosts this website. Like any web host, it may keep basic visit records, such as your IP address and browser type.
• Google Fonts supplies the game's lettering. Your browser asks Google for the font files.
• Cloudflare (cdnjs) supplies the tool that draws the room's QR code, in the online game.

Ads and cookies

To keep the game free, the site may show ads from Google AdSense. When ads are shown:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your earlier visits to this website and to other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's My Ad Center, or opt out of some other vendors' cookies at aboutads.info.
• Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent before any advertising cookies are used, and can change their choice at any time.
• Google explains how it uses information from sites that show its ads in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

The game's own storage on your phone (names, settings, scores) is not used for ads and is never shared with advertisers.

Error reports

If something goes wrong, the game can show an error report. It includes what went wrong and your device and browser type. It is only sent if you choose to send or copy it yourself.

Children

Midnight Mafia is made for players aged 13 and up, and is not directed at children under 13. The game does not ask for anyone's age, email or contact details, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you think a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

If the game starts using information in a new way, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.

Contact

Questions about privacy, or a request to delete something? Contact us.