Each game is made out of four different type of roles: Townsfolk (~50%), Werewolves (~30%), Solos (~12%) and Unaligned (~8%). The main battle is between the townsfolk and werewolf teams, but the solo teams can also be influential. Unaligned roles often have a special win condition that allows them to leave the game with a victory mid-game while the others continue playing. They may side with whichever team is the most eager to help them.

Werewolves Revamped is played in a real-time day/night cycle. That means that a day and a night added up in Werewolves Revamped always total 24 hours. During the day players can vote on a lynch and election, and during the night most role actions are performed.

A major feature of WWR are the conspiracy channels (CCs). CCs are player-made channels, and give an opportunity to have a private channel with one or more players of their choosing. These channels can be used to talk privately, without other players being able to read what's being said. The amount of CCs each player may create is however fairly limited.