EVILBANE does not have a confirmed release date. The window given when the game was announced put it on PC in the second half of 2026 with an Xbox Series X|S version following in 2027, but that plan is no longer what the publisher is working to, and the storefront listings still show the date as to be announced.
Current Release Status
In August 2026 Netmarble set out the titles it is aiming to release in the second half of the year and named three of them. EVILBANE was not one. The company had already left it out of the three-title lineup announced for its September 2026 Tokyo Game Show booth, and management framed the smaller slate as a deliberate move away from launching a high volume of new titles toward extending the life of the games it already runs.
EVILBANE was not singled out. A second unannounced project was dropped from the same half-year slate in the same adjustment, and management presented the change as a portfolio decision about how release resources are spread rather than as a statement about any one game. Nothing has been said about the project's health, and it has not been cancelled.
The team had already left itself room. Speaking at the game's first public showing, an executive said development was aimed at a second-half window but that they intended to hold the release back until they were satisfied with how finished it was. That was said before the slate change, and it fits what followed.
No replacement window has been put in its place. There has been no delay notice, no new target year, and no revised platform schedule, so the position as it stands is that the original second-half-2026 PC plan is out of date and nothing has been announced to replace it. The Xbox Series X|S version was announced for 2027 and has not been separately revisited.
Platforms and Release Windows
Platform | Storefronts | Release Window |
|---|---|---|
PC (Windows) | Steam, Microsoft Store | Not currently announced (originally the second half of 2026) |
Xbox Series X|S | Xbox | 2027 as announced |
The PC build is currently Windows-only. Because the game centers on online co-op and multiplayer, a broadband internet connection is required to play. Hardware targets for the PC version are detailed on the system requirements page.
Pricing and Monetization
No price has been announced, and the monetization model has not been finalized. The store listing marks the game as a paid product rather than a free one, but no price, edition list, or detail about in-game purchases has been published. Treat everything beyond "not free" as unannounced, including whether the game will carry in-game purchases at all.
The publisher has since said as much directly. Asked about the business model at the game's first public showing, an executive said the team had not yet decided whether to go free-to-play or sell it as a package, and that there was consequently no revenue target either. Read that as genuinely open: neither model has been ruled in or out, and the store listing marking the game as not free is a placeholder state rather than a decision.
Languages
Language support announced so far is as follows.
Language | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Age Ratings
The age ratings shown for EVILBANE do not all come from the same place, and the difference matters. Three of the four regional ratings on its store listing are flagged there as generated automatically from the publisher's own content questionnaire rather than issued by those boards. The ESRB rating carries no such flag and is presented by both storefront listings as the game's age rating. The publisher's content notes state that the combat features blood and dismemberment.
Region or Board | Rating | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
North America (ESRB) | Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood) | Presented as the game's age rating on both storefront listings; not flagged as store-generated |
Germany | 18 | Flagged on the store listing as generated from the publisher's content questionnaire |
Indonesia (IGRS) | 18 | Flagged on the store listing as generated from the publisher's content questionnaire |
Brazil (DEJUS) | 16 | Flagged on the store listing as generated from the publisher's content questionnaire |
No Korean classification appears on the listing, and none has been announced.
Anti-Cheat
The game uses the Anti-Cheat Expert (ACE) system to protect its online play, and the storefront listing flags it as using anti-cheat software. Whether the PC and Xbox versions will play together has not been confirmed.