Trust no agent.
Find the Saboteur.
You and up to 9 others wake up on a NEAR space station. Most of you are Crew doing missions. One to three of you are secret Saboteurs who want everyone gone. Talk, accuse, vote — and don't get fooled.
Crewmate
- Finish your missions around the station.
- Report dead bodies and call meetings.
- Vote the Saboteur out.
Saboteur
- Eliminate crewmates without being seen.
- Sabotage the station and use vents to escape.
- Blend in at meetings — lie well.
Your role is secret. It flashes on your screen when the match starts — only you can see it.
01Get started
From opening the game to your first match.
1 · Create a free account — or jump in as a guest
Tap PLAY NOW to make a free account (takes under a minute) or jump in as a guest to try it first. An account keeps your points, rank, skins and wallet.
2 · Your hangar
This is home. Change your crew skin with the arrows under your character, see live rooms on the left and this week's ranks on the right.
Pick a mode at the bottom — FREE, POOL or PAID — and press the big button.
3 · Host a room or join one
Host: name your room, choose how many matches and make it public or private.
Join: pick an open room, or type a friend's 4-letter room code.
4 · Fill the lobby (bots welcome)
You need 4+ players. Short on friends? The host taps HOST → + ADD BOT. Bots do missions, can be the Saboteur and even argue in meetings.
The host also sets the number of Saboteurs (1–3) and the game speed, then presses START.
02Controls
Keyboard on PC, touch on phone. Press ? in a match any time to see them again.
03Play as Crew
Do your missions, watch everyone, survive.
Your missions
Tap MISSIONS to see your 5 tasks and which room each one is in. Every mission you finish fills the shared CREW TASKS bar. A quick hint shows your Missions button at the start of every match.
When the bar reaches 100%, the Crew wins.
Find your way
The location card in the top-left shows the room you're in, a small map that slides as you walk, your mission rooms in gold and the route to them.
Tap the card (or press M) for the full station map — a floating window you can drag. Pick a mission on the right and it draws the walking route. Press ✕ to close it.
Walk up and press E
Stand next to a glowing station and a prompt appears. Press E (or tap it) to start that mission.
Missions are real NEAR things
Stake NEAR, do a cross-chain swap, repair the power grid… In the NEAR AI mission you chat with the real NEAR AI — ask it anything, 3 questions to finish.
04Play as Saboteur
Strike when nobody's watching. Then act innocent.
Eliminate
Get close to a crewmate and the red KILL button lights up — press Q or tap it. It has a cooldown, so choose your moment. Make sure nobody else is nearby.
Sabotage
Press F for your tools: cut the electricity, trigger a hacker attack, lock gates. Using one locks all of them for 20 seconds. Use vents to escape fast.
What the Crew sees
Cut Electricity makes everyone's view go dark, and an alert points to the problem room. Arrows lead the Crew along the real walking route and say HERE · PRESS E when they arrive. While they rush to fix it — perfect cover for you.
05Meetings & voting
This is where the game is won.
1 · The alarm
A body report or the Assembly button stops the match and pulls everyone into a meeting.
2 · Discuss (2.5 min)
Say where you were and what you saw. Ask questions, call out lies, @tag someone to ask them directly. Bots answer too. Play Pass holders can drop stickers and GIFs.
If 60% press Skip to vote, voting starts early.
3 · Vote (30 s)
Tap a player, then confirm — or Skip vote if you're not sure. One vote each, and the chat stays open while you vote.
4 · The verdict
The player with the most votes is ejected and their role is revealed. A tie or a skip-win means nobody leaves.
Died? You're a ghost
Ghosts can't talk to the living, but they keep watching and chat with other ghosts in the Ghosts tab. Crew ghosts can still finish missions.
06Winning & points
Crew wins when all missions are done or every Saboteur is voted out.
Saboteurs win when fewer than 2 crewmates are left alive.
| Crew | Points |
|---|---|
| Each mission (up to 5) | +2 |
| All missions done | +6 |
| Survive to the end | +7 |
| Saboteur | |
| Each kill (up to 4) | +4 |
| Each meeting survived (up to 4) | +2 |
| Each sabotage (up to 3) / vent (up to 2) | +1 |
| Everyone | |
| Your team wins | +14 |
| Finish the match | +4 |
Points add up on the weekly Ranks and turn into $SABOTEUR testnet tokens after each match. They count once you return to the lobby. When the crew votes out the real saboteur, the token contract burns supply, and you can burn 15,000 $SABOTEUR for Play Pass. See the live token page →
07Game modes
Free Play
No wallet, no money. Host or join a room and play with friends or bots.
Pool Games
A host puts up a prize. Players join free, play 1–5 matches, and the top players by total points win it. Testnet: the contract pays automatically. Real NEAR: the host pays every winner from their own wallet.
Paid Games
Everyone pays the same entry fee (testnet). The top 3 split the pot 50 / 30 / 20 after a 5% fee. Ties share their places.
Real NEAR pools: paying winners
Players add their mainnet address (name.near, name.tg…) when they join. When the last match ends, the host opens Pool Games → My History → Pay winners and taps PAY ALL — one wallet approval pays everyone. Or send each amount yourself and press Mark as paid.
Every payment is checked on the NEAR blockchain and shows ✓ VERIFIED. The winner gets an Inbox message, and the home page reminds the host until everyone is paid. The game never holds real NEAR.
Host without playing: Watch mode
Hosting a pool for your community? Choose Watch and you spectate the whole match. Switch between players with the arrows (or A / D), or tap a name. You don't count as a player and you can't be killed.
08Weekly NEAR prizes
Top 3 every week win real NEAR
Open RANKS. The banner shows this week's prize and what #1, #2 and #3 win (in $ and NEAR). When the week resets — Saturday 00:00 IST — the top 3 are paid in real NEAR on mainnet, automatically, by the Saboteur Agent on NEAR Intents.
Add your mainnet wallet under Your prize wallet → Change on the Ranks page. No wallet yet? Your prize waits for you for 30 days. Ties go to whoever reached the score first. You get an Inbox message when you're queued and when you're paid.
Weekly prizes are optional and may change or stop at any time.
09Play Pass, wallet & ranks
- Play Pass (one-time: 1 real NEAR, or burn 15,000 $SABOTEUR): premium skins, 24 chat stickers, GIFs, gold name and 2× $SABOTEUR.
- Wallet: every account gets an in-game NEAR testnet wallet. For real NEAR (Play Pass, pools, prizes) you connect your own HOT, Meteor or Intear wallet.
- Ranks: weekly and monthly leaderboards by points. The weekly top 3 win NEAR (see above).
11Quick answers
Do I need crypto to play?
No. Free Play needs nothing — not even an account. Wallets only matter for Pool/Paid games and Play Pass.
I got disconnected — is my match gone?
No. Reopen the game and you'll be put back in your seat automatically.
Who are the BOT players?
AI players. They do missions, can be the Saboteur, and talk in meetings using NEAR AI (with simple backup lines if it's busy). The host can add or remove them.
How do I win the weekly NEAR prize?
Finish in the top 3 on the weekly Ranks and add a mainnet prize wallet on the Ranks page. The Saboteur Agent pays automatically after the Saturday reset. The game's own accounts (marked DEV) can't win.
Can people watching tell my friends who the Saboteur is?
Watchers never see roles and can't chat or vote in the game. They can still see what happens on screen (like a kill near the player they follow), so Paid games can't be watched at all.
Does the game hold my real NEAR?
No. Real-NEAR pools are paid by the host straight from their wallet, Play Pass and custom character requests go straight to saboteur.near, and weekly prizes come from the agent account. Paid games and testnet pools use test NEAR only.
What happens when the saboteur is caught?
When the crew votes out the real saboteur, the $SABOTEUR token contract burns supply from its Ritual Pool (it never takes players' tokens). Every burn is on-chain and listed on the token page, with a Wall of Shame of the most-caught saboteurs.
Is $SABOTEUR worth money?
No. It's a testnet token you earn by playing. You can burn it for in-game items like Play Pass, but it has no cash value: it can't be bought, sold, transferred or cashed out, and nothing is promised about its future.
10Referrals, Watch live & Telegram
Invite friends
Open REFERRALS on the home screen and share your link (nearsaboteur.com/?ref=you). A friend signs up with it and finishes 3 matches with other real players → your reward unlocks 🔓: 1,000 $SABOTEUR + 30 points.
$SABOTEUR is a testnet token with no cash value, and nothing is promised about its future. Up to 5 friends a week add points to the weekly Ranks.
Watch live matches
Tap 👀 Watch live matches on the home screen (or the Watch button on a Telegram post) to watch any public Free or Pool match. You see what the crew sees — no roles — and you can't chat or vote. Paid games can't be watched.
The game bot
Our Telegram bot posts every new public room in the official group and keeps the post updated: lobby → live → result. In any group with the bot, type:
/play open the game · /rooms rooms to join · /live matches to watch · /ranks this week's top players · /help all commands
Group admins: /subscribe to get room posts in your group.