- ESPIONAGE: Play Novel - A full single-player experience, announced! - 21 December 2025
ESPIONAGE: Play NovelA full-length single player adventure begins in 2026!ESPIONAGE: Play Novel is a visual novel taken to the next level, including:Exploration and Inspecting of its environmentsInteractive puzzlesBranching paths and a relationship systemSocial deduction gameplay from ESPIONAGE: Mafia EvolvedA complete story that serves as the answer to every question introduced by the ESPIONAGE universe thus far and playing out over the course of tens of hours of gameplayEpisodic releases of all five chapters will follow on a regular schedule.Owners of ESPIONAGE: Play Novel will unlock exclusive costumes and avatars within ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved, as well as have the ability to combine the single-player and multi-player into a seamless experience.All of your favorite characters—and some you haven't yet encountered—feature throughout. Each chapter is played from two unique perspectives…
- Season 5 of ESPIONAGE Starts Now with Watson & Lupin! - 6 December 2025
James Watson Jr. and Augustine Lupin II are now available to play in-game! Both bring exciting, game-changing Special Abilities that will alter even the most solidified of strategies.Additionally, modifier Special Ability Draft is now available for every mode. Prior to each match, all players choose any Special Ability available to plot out the match before it begins.Our newest Custom Costume is for new character Lupin! Hair colors, clothing, and accessories are all customizable to create your ideal version of our fifteenth entrant.Other new costumes include: VARSITY RECHELLE, EXPLORER WATSON, and INSPECTOR RUIKO! Double XP is now live for the rest of December! If you are looking to level up a character, consider getting Aerie to level 50: her FREE Master Costume will be available in the near future for anyone at that level or beyond! And on December 20, 2025, join us live on Discord fo…
- New settings and optimizations now live for MARTIAL LAW - 22 April 2025
✅ Two new default settings are now included under Mode Settings for MARTIAL LAW: Always Elect Mayor — If an election ends in a tie, a Mayor will be elected at random among the candidates. Increased Turnout — If no players are already nominated for arrest during an election, everyone is eligible for arrest. ✅ The game client has been optimized, with graphics and art bugs addressed ✅ Character art in the lobby has been enlarged to give a better look at each costume ✅ The Modifiers and Additional Settings options have all been re-ordered ✅ The following settings have been adjusted to work properly within MARTIAL LAW: Rapid Time — All timers are now faster, as intended. Abridged First Round — The second volley will now be skipped when this setting is ON. Extra volleys are still possible if necessary due to Special Ability usages. ✅ If you are playing a mode that does not permit a certain se…
- The first update of April is now live! - 1 April 2025
For the first week of April, we are running several concurrent events! Until April 8th, complete two in-game challenges to be rewarded with 200 free E-Coins! These can be used to unlock a premium costume within the Shop! Also until April 8th, enjoy 2x XP for all Characters and your Player level! In the near future, the higher your level, the more unlocks to which you will have access. Another set of limited-time Community Costumes has arrived! These costumes are only available with Marks gained from completing in-game challenges. These costumes are limited to one month of availability: Mellow Raffles as imagined by MellowYellow (until May 1, 2025) Lime Rechelle as imagined by Jeremy Hauk (until May 1, 2025) Bride Milla as imagined by blob10202 (until May 1, 2025) The long-awaited in-game debut of Pixel Dorian is here! Available to all players now, for free! Spoof Costumes are available…
- Major Spring Update Now Live! - 15 March 2025
Welcome to Season 4 of ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved ✔️ New mode: MARTIAL LAW In this mode, all players take their turns simultaneously, and then vote to elect a Mayor with the power to decide who continues forward in the match. Also comes with two new music suites, the ability to Inspect the environment, and a Tutorial with story content not to be missed! ✔️ New playable character: Lefénom with 2 new Special Abilities 1️⃣ Chaos — Raise the AP and AP Limit of all players to 300 until your next turn ends. If one player uses more AP than all others during this time, the player's AP Limit will be increased by 20 once the effect ends and all players return to their previous totals. 2️⃣ Doomsday — At the cost of increasing his Suspicion by 50%, choose a secret target's Special Ability. If this Special Ability is used during this round or the next, its effects will be canceled and the target's Sus…
- Our Major Summer Update Is Here: New Character, New Setting, New Abilities - 3 June 2024
To start off our major Summer update, we are introducing an all-new character: Doctor Mallory! After the Queen of the Monarch (and Sherring Ford's nemesis) perished at Meiringen Falls as depicted in our manga, ESPIONAGE ZERO: Chapter Two (which is available to read now, FREE!), all that was left behind was foreboding. As the first of our Legacy Characters, in which those who have had a profound effect on the game's timeline can return as playable characters with special lore reveals in tow, Dr. Mallory will be unlockable starting on Monday! Mallory's Special Abilities 1️⃣ Prime Variable Publicly assigns an extra vote to the target in the upcoming Voting Phase while also allowing the user to cast a normal vote. This can serve as a nomination if at least one other player is nominated; if not, this effect is canceled. 2️⃣ Relative Symmetry Forces two targets to exchange their Special Abili…
- March Event Starts Now: Determine the next FREE Master Costume! - 1 March 2024
🛍️ The "March Master Costume Event" Starts Now! The next Master Costume—available free to anyone who has a character at Level 50—will be for one of these four characters who has the most wins in the month of March: Rechelle Milla Marimede Ruiko This Master Costume will be added to the game in April! We will be posting weekly leaderboards on Discord throughout to let you know who is in the lead from week to week. Two New Match Modifiers Available Now! Only 1st Special Abilities Only 2nd Special Abilities With these two independent modifiers, players in a match only have access to a character's 1st Special Ability or 2nd Special Ability. This should allow you to revisit the original abilities within the game while also trying something entirely new with the latter being your only options. ⭐ Victra's 1st Special Ability "Reanimation" rebalance: Previously, Reanimation required -60 AP to b…
- SEASON 3 Has Begun with a New Character: VICTRA, the Traitor! - 19 January 2024
ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved —SEASON 3— has begun! With it comes our eleventh character: VICTRA, the Traitor! Also in 2024: 4 more characters. 2 all-new modes. Victra Special Abilities 1️⃣ Reanimation Borrow a Special Ability from a target already removed from play in order to use it on a future turn. 2️⃣ Signal Disruption Cancel an ongoing proposition to debate with no changes made to Trust or Suspicion. New Costume Added 🛍️Technologist Victra Faced with overwhelming odds amid isolation and evil, Victra learns of her latest duties in the leadup to ESPIONAGE... New Balance Updates and AI Adjustments! 🤖 A new AI update is now live! We have been working hard to address feedback related to AI Players. We believe the experience should now offer a much better experience! Please post any feedback on our Discord server! ✨Ruiko's first Special Ability Divine Instinct has been updated! This abilit…
- December 12, 2023 — Various Bugfixes and Issues Resolved - 13 December 2023
The following updates are now live and should greatly improve the player experience: Fixes for a crash related to launching the game in Portuguese, Spanish (Latino), Spanish (EU), or Vietnamese. An issue preventing login and account creation has been fixed. The Civilian ability Dying Message has been fixed and should now show feedback upon being selected. A bug that prevented AP from being hidden while setting Show AP was enabled, and thus would reveal the Supporter if Protect was used successfully, has been fixed. Uses of Moran's Special Ability Sharpshooter in TEAM ESPIONAGE should now behave as intended. A bug preventing the Informant from being able to use both Impair and Execute within the same match has been fixed. You can again set player counts to lower than 8 while ESPIONAGE is set as the mode. TEAM ESPIONAGE still requires 8 players. A bug with Collective Amnesia has been reso…
- New Mode, TEAM ESPIONAGE, is here! And All-New Role Abilities Added! - 1 December 2023
ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved has just received its biggest update yet! An all-new mode, TEAM ESPIONAGE, is here at last! 🌟This all-new mode has a completely revamped user interface, and in this mode, players will be paired into teams of two in which any roles can be together—including the Spy and Detective. Whether your teammate is really an ally will be for you to decide... 🌟Explore this mode's all-new stage Mannequin Village and enjoy two all-new musical suites unique to it. 🌟With the new mode comes a New Tutorial Story: Get a first glimpse at an all-new character whose influence on the game has long been felt but only now is being revealed... New role abilities are being added to both modes! The Informant has become deadlier— 🩹 : Once per match, select any target including yourself to Impair for the upcoming round. This target loses -40 from their AP Limit for the round and is announ…
- August 12, 2023 — New Seward Costume, Balance Updates & New Mode Playtesting - 12 August 2023
ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved is celebrating Year One of many today! Thank you to everyone for playing so far! Today, we have a much-requested new costume plus some news about what's coming up next. 1️⃣ New Costume Added: 🌟 SUMMERTIDE SEWARD Months before the first round begins, Seward's life is upended on an otherwise idyllic summer day... 2️⃣ Balance Updates have been made to Sherring's Special Abilities! 🌟 Deductive Reasoning: Allows for a public suggestion of the role another player may be playing in the match. If announced as Team Detective, the target has 25 added to their AP Limit. If announced as Team Spy, the target has their AP Limit reduced by 25. 🌟 True Conviction: Raises your Current and Max AP to 200 until your next turn, but that next turn is canceled and all AP values then return to normal. As your next turn begins, you lose 40 from your AP Limit. 3️⃣ Role Abilities for Al…
- 2nd Special Abilities Now Live For All Characters! - 18 June 2023
In addition to their original abilities, all characters now have the option to use an all-new Special Ability! In each match, it's up to you to decide which of your abilities to use — but choose wisely! This update also features the first of our major UI updates, with new art and additions throughout the game. Additionally, various AI improvements have been made as well. DORIAN: Hypnotherapy Decrease own AP Limit by 30 to re-use a Special Ability already used by another player with the exception of Persuasion. RUIKO: Survival Bias Decrease own AP Limit by 30 to disable a secret target’s Action Phase abilities leading into the next round. SEWARD: Persuasion Decrease own AP Limit by 40 to force a target to use or re-use a Special Ability during their next turn at the cost of all of their Current AP, without counting as their normal usage of a Special Ability. AERIE: Finishing Touch Choose…
- SEASON 2 Begins: AI Players Now Live, Join-In-Progress, and New Costumes! - 4 May 2023
ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved — SEASON 2 begins NOW! Our first rollout for SEASON 2 contains the following updates: AI Comes to ESPIONAGE! Play with any combination of AI Players and humans across any mode and any combination of settings. Join-in-Progress Is Here You may now join matches as a temporary spectator, free to chat with eligible players, and then be converted to a player at the match's conclusion. All-New Achievements & Challenges Thirteen new achievements are now available to earn. Additionally, all-new entries will soon populate your Weekly and Daily Challenges that will help unlock characters and special costumes. All-New Costumes & Story Revelations Refined Dorian, with an entirely new set of dialogue reflecting his pre-accident state, and Master Moran, available FREE to all Level 50 Moran players, are available TODAY! New Dialogue & Music Various new dialogue lines can now be…
- February 18, 2023 — Double XP Week Begins! - 18 February 2023
The very first DOUBLE XP event is live NOW on ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved through the end of February 24! 1️⃣ Double XP Week! 🌟 Every XP value, both for your Player XP and Character XP, will be doubled for the entire week! But, that's not all: completing Daily and Weekly Challenge sets will also result in a bonus as well! 2️⃣ New Music Added In-Game and to the Special Edition OST! 🌟 A brand-new, previously-unheard song has been added to the in-game playlist: Curing Bell - Alternate Version (Aerie's Theme). This is a complete redux of the original track that we think everyone will enjoy! All players can hear this song in-game, while those who own the Special Edition can access the MP3 and lossless versions now as well. Additionally, this is not the only track added to the in-game playlist for all players: 🎵 Curing Bell - Alternate Version (Aerie's Theme) 🎵 Chaos (Lefénom's Theme) 🎵 Div…
- Update Notes for January 29, 2023 - 29 January 2023
The January update for ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved is now live! 1️⃣ New Costume Added: 🌟 GRADUATE RUIKO This is the first costume that launches with three total colors! All future costumes will launch with just as many, if not more. 2️⃣ New Costume Color Added: 🌟 RETIRED SHERRING (Alternative Version) This is only the first of many new alternate colors for existing costumes. This costume can only be unlocked by completing in-game challenges and thus acquiring gameplay currency. 3️⃣ Visual Fixes: 🌟 A few visual bugs previously reported have been resolved, including a Player List display error in which avatars were not being shown in the correct aspect ratio. An issue within the shop that would result in a scrolling issue with text boxes has also been fixed. Some rarer bugs that made certain functions within the lobby inaccessible have been fixed, along with a bug that caused some chat is…
- January 29, 2023 — New Ruiko Costume, New Alternate Color, and AI Playtesting! - 29 January 2023
The January update for ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved is now live! 1️⃣ New Costume Added: 🌟 GRADUATE RUIKO This is the first costume that launches with three total colors! All future costumes will launch with just as many, if not more. 2️⃣ New Costume Color Added: 🌟 RETIRED SHERRING (Alternative Version) This is only the first of many new alternate colors for existing costumes. This costume can only be unlocked by completing in-game challenges and thus acquiring gameplay currency. 3️⃣ Visual Fixes: 🌟 A few visual bugs previously reported have been resolved, including a Player List display error in which avatars were not being shown in the correct aspect ratio. An issue within the shop that would result in a scrolling issue with text boxes has also been fixed. Some rarer bugs that made certain functions within the lobby inaccessible have been fixed, along with a bug that caused some chat is…
- December 30, 2022 — New Marimede Costume, a Role Change, and a New Setting! - 30 December 2022
Continuing our commitment to monthly updates, the latest update for: ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved is now live! 1️⃣ New Costume Added: 🌟 ROOKIE MARIMEDE 2️⃣ Role Change: 🌟 The Spy can now use both Eliminate -AND- Order whenever those actions are available. Previously, the option was to use one -OR- the other. We have other meta changes in mind—some major—but want to start with this one to see what effect it has on the overall match flow. 3️⃣ New Match Setting: 🌟 Variance — If the host decides, this new optional setting can be enabled which grants bonus XP per match for all players while ensuring players cannot use the same character two matches in a row. This setting carries over to all Variance lobbies; because it is optional, this setting can be disabled by the host at any time, or you may create a new lobby without it enabled. 4️⃣ UI Update: 🌟 The Informant will now see a red target i…
- November 20, 2022 — New Costume, New Setting, and Balance Update Out Now! - 20 November 2022
The latest update for: ESPIONAGE: Mafia Evolved is now live! 1️⃣ New costume added: ESCAPIST RAFFLES 2️⃣ Balance Changes: 🌟 Raffles's Special Ability 「Amateur Cracksman」 upgraded: Instead of receiving 20 AP per target to his Current AP total, he will now receive 35 AP per target. 🌟 Ruiko's Special Ability 「Divine Instinct」 changed slightly: Instead of a penalty of -60 AP to her Max AP, the penalty will now be -50 AP. 🌟 Marimede's Special Ability 「Nemesis」 changed slightly: Instead of a penalty of -40 AP to her Max AP, the penalty will now be -30 AP. 🌟 Seward's Special Ability 「Group Therapy」 changed slightly: Instead of gaining only a third of Trust with all players, he now gains a little more (the equivalent of one extra Trust). 3️⃣ New match setting: Show AP — The current AP of all players will be visible. If the Spy is penalized for targeting the wrong players with Eliminate, AP…
- October 14, 2022 — New Character SHERRING FORD Out Now! - 14 October 2022
Thank you to everyone for playing ESPIONAGE so far! A major update is out now and features the following changes: 1️⃣ New character added: SHERRING FORD 🌟 Sherring's Special Ability「Deductive Reasoning」 allows him to choose another living player and publicly announce the role he believes they are playing during the match. Whether you use this to mislead your enemies or ensure their arrest is up to you. 2️⃣ New costume added: Detective Sherring 3️⃣ New match modifier: Double Effects — The effects of all Trust and Suspicion actions are doubled, including all special abilities with the exception of Group Therapy. 4️⃣ New match setting: Rapid Time — Every timer in the game passes much faster. Not recommended for beginners. 5️⃣ Some visual and UI bugs have been addressed. 6️⃣ Some issues faced by Mac users have been addressed. 7️⃣ The groundwork for the introduction of AI has been added in…
- September 12, 2022 — New Costume (Scholar Aerie) & Patch Notes - 12 September 2022
Thank you to everyone for playing ESPIONAGE so far! The first game update is out now and features the following changes: 1️⃣ New costume added: Scholar Aerie 2️⃣ New character tease added within the game❓ 3️⃣ XP gain indicators added to Challenges on menus 4️⃣ Fixed visual bug that would show a full Trust meter at start of match 5️⃣ Fixed visual bug that would show some specials appearing usable for a second time 6️⃣ Additional messages have been added upon login to clarify any issue faced by the user 7️⃣ Fixed visual bugs that would occur when reconnecting on mobile 8️⃣ You can now view your account's email address in Options > Account An all-new tenth character, along with additional match settings and modifiers, are set for the near future! Stay tuned!
