Underground Evolution launches: a free 1920s crime RPG for browser and phone

LONDON - EntSun -- Cool Monkey Studios, an independent games and web studio in London, has launched Underground Evolution (underground-evolution.com), a free multiplayer crime RPG set in Vesper City, a city where the 1920s never ended.

Players start with a cheap suit and empty pockets. They pull crimes, train at the gym, take a job and work their way up, then join a gang and rise from soldier to Don. Every rival is a real player, and the city's daily newspaper, The Evening Racket, reports what they get up to.

What players will find:

• Two ways to play: walk a painted city of nine districts and step inside its buildings, or play through Classic newspaper-style pages. Same city, same account.
• Crime with consequences: heat builds in each district where you work, and jail and hospital make every choice count.
• Gangs and turf: gang treasuries and armories, wars across the city, homes and businesses to own, and a player market.
• Pastimes: three free mini-games, including a pier shooting gallery and a daily newspaper puzzle, playable even from a jail cell.
• Fair streets: protection rules that stop newer players from being picked on by much stronger ones.
• No level cap: levels go on for ever, and players who reach level 100 become Legends of Vesper City.
• Fair and free: everything can be earned by playing. Optional Gold only buys convenience and looks, never power.
• Five languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and German, on desktop and phone.

"Underground Evolution started life as a browser crime game years ago, and we rebuilt it from the ground up," said a spokesperson for Cool Monkey Studios. "It's free, it's fair, and nothing that matters is for sale. We want players to rule Vesper City by playing, not paying."

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Since opening its doors, the game has shipped new updates almost every day, from a city radio with 44 tracks to gang crests and mini-games.

Underground Evolution is for adults (18+). It is free to play now at https://underground-evolution.com and is coming soon to Steam.

About Cool Monkey Studios
Cool Monkey Studios is an independent studio in London making free-to-play browser games and offering web services. It also runs TopRankinGames (toprankingames.com), a free, player-voted top-list for online games. https://coolmonkeystudios.com