Perpetuum is a sci-fi sandbox MMORPG from Avatar Creations, launched on November 25, 2010. Everyone shared a single server on the world of Nia, piloting robots and mechs instead of human characters to claim an alien planet's resources and technology.
Skills grew over time rather than through grinding, which kept newcomers closer to veterans. The economy was fully player-run: beyond basic items, everything on the market came from multi-tier player industry. Clans built settlements, reshaped terrain through terraforming and fought over territory, while felled plants and mined-out deposits slowly regrew.
The official server shut down on January 25, 2018, when the studio ended development. The developers handed the server software to the community, and with their blessing the game lives on through player-run servers; the Steam client has been free since 2021.
