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A melee weapon category focused on fast, precise attacks. Certain One-Handed Swords can guard against incoming damage.

A heavy melee weapon category featuring wide-area attacks and charged strikes capable of delivering powerful blows.

A ranged weapon category with a high firing rate and tight projectile grouping, making it useful for targeting enemy weak points.

A ranged weapon category that fires multiple projectiles per shot. Its lower firing rate is balanced by substantial damage potential at close range.

A ranged weapon category using its own Mana gauge rather than Magic Ammo. It supports individual shots and charged attacks that release multiple projectiles.

The October 2026 Steam playtest includes six melee weapons across One-Handed Sword and Greatsword categories, plus seven ranged weapons across Crossbow, Scattershot Bow, and Magic Orb categories.

EVILBANE supports solo gameplay and online cooperative sessions with up to four players working together through missions and battles.

Players can create Private Operations and share an Operation code with selected teammates to join the same private mission.

Approved playtest participants can send playtest invitation codes to up to three people. The official October 15 announcement requires invited accounts to have been Steam friends for at least 30 days.

EVILBANE includes voice communication using a configured microphone, allowing teammates to coordinate while playing.

The official game description emphasizes positioning, timing, coordination, and teamwork during difficult boss encounters and strategic missions.

Heavenstone Skills include an Attack category designed to provide offensive effects during combat.

The Support category provides combat assistance effects beyond direct attacks, expanding the tactical options available during Operations.

Recovery-oriented Heavenstone Skills provide healing effects, offering an additional way to manage survival during difficult encounters.

The first Steam playtest officially includes 18 Heavenstone Skills distributed across Attack, Support, and Recovery categories. Individual skill names and numerical rankings are not established by the cited official announcement.

The October 2026 Steam playtest contains 13 Operations across its available difficulty settings, according to coverage of the official test announcement.

Easy is one of the three officially confirmed Operation difficulty settings available in the first Steam playtest.

Normal is a confirmed Operation difficulty setting in the playtest, alongside Easy and Hard.

Hard is the highest of the three difficulty settings named for the first playtest. The official announcements emphasize that certain Operations can be difficult to handle without teammates.

Players can enter Operations and coordinate with teammates against enemy forces. Netmarble describes missions as a central part of the game's wider conflict and player progression.

Weapon Enhancement increases a weapon's base ATK, providing a documented route to improving offensive equipment.

Players can unlock Rune slots on weapons to enable additional stat effects beyond the weapon's base attributes.

Runes provide a range of effects that influence combat, adding another layer of equipment customization.

Equipment Enhancement and Rune Engraving are confirmed features of the first Steam playtest and form part of the available weapon progression systems.

To Be Announced. The official EVILBANE Steam page does not provide a confirmed full-release date as of October 16, 2026.

The first public Steam playtest runs from October 15 to October 19, 2026, closing at 08:00 UTC on October 19. Playtest progress will be reset after the test.

The official Steam listing has App ID 3718160 and identifies Windows PC as a supported platform, with Windows 10 64-bit listed in the minimum system requirements.

EVILBANE has an official Xbox Store listing with product ID 9NHFQH37MP1R, while Netmarble has described plans for a worldwide PC and console release. The Xbox Store listing currently identifies PC under its playable platforms, so console availability and launch timing should not be treated as confirmed.

EVILBANE is developed by Netmarble Monster Inc. and published by Netmarble Corp. The game is a dark fantasy cooperative action RPG built using Unreal Engine 5.