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MESS
Also known as MESS, m, mess
MESS is a multiplayer first-person jailbreak game where strategy, deception, and survival collide in a prison environment. Experience yourself in a role of Warden to maintain order, or Prisoner to try to break free and escape the prison.
Last update
31 May 2026
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Browse past updates and patch notes for this game.
- May 2025
- v1.6.2 (Beta)Added result screen to show the total score of wardens and prisoners to show who won - Added spectator list for dead people which shows who's talking - Boosted scoring for wardens, give more points on execution
- April 2025
- v1.6.1 (Beta)Made player camera movement feel the same as in alpha - Made rubber duck quack on interaction - Added performance stats for game and networking that can be activated in the settings
- v1.6.0 (Beta)Unreal mannequins were substituted with 6 variations of human characters with several clothing variations - Added a ton of animations to existing game actions - Added "Wanted" on top of the player nickname when they're…
- March 2025
- Map was extended: Main exit next to showers was replaced with a door to leave the building where you can find additional content - New escape method: Get out of the building and hack the security system in the guard boo…Security
- February 2025
- v1.5.5 (Alpha)Players now can step on others: Boost your inmate to speed up the escape - The two balconies in the showers were connected with a bridge - Drug dealer's ability is now disabled for 30s upon getting spotted on the metal…
- v1.5.4.2 (Alpha)"Self listen" AKA "Test microphone" in game options - Add "Default" option in input device list - Minor bugs fixes
- v1.5.4.1 (Alpha)Add cuffing cooldown: a prisoner cannot be handcuffed for 10 seconds after being released - Now wardens can uncuff any other cuffed player, even if they were cuffed by a different warden - Fix the bug where warden could…
- v1.5.4 (Alpha)Greatly improved visual clarity of available interactions with objects in the game - Allow breaking fence doors on the balcony in the cafeteria - Change how game starts: make so that host has to press Start button anyti…
- v1.5.3 (Alpha)Decrease roll call first phase time from 180s to 30s; make it be manual. You now have to manually progress the roll call on timer expiration. Anyone that's outside the zone upon the first phase completion will have 10s…
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