Witch Hunter is set in a 14th century town in Europe. The worried townsfolk fall prey to a witch hunting frenzy.
Each of two teams (villagers and witches) aims at surviving the hunt by avoiding the accusations and death sentences of other players. However, the players themselves do not know their own character: instead, the character card is seen by all the other players.
Players must observe the actions of others and use their reasoning to figure out their team and survive. Power cards allow for extra tactical actions. The townsfolk decide victims by circulating two death sentence tokens. Whenever both arrive on the same player the character is eliminated. However, even when their character is removed, players can still speak and participate in the game, and so influence the outcome.
Although the game is short and compact, it can become challenging.