Players represent rival gangs, clans, or packs of humans, vampires, werewolves, angels, zombies, demons, and other similar creatures.
Also included are rules for making mixed gangs consisting of, for example, humans and werewolves.
The game rules include methods for designing creatures with different types of strengths and weaknesses.
For example, players can create vampires that are invulnerable to sunlight and crucifixes, but have weaknesses to electricity and gold.
According to the publishers, Occult Wars is recommended for people aged 14 years and older.