Persist Online is a zombie MMORPG from CipSoft, the studio behind Tibia, which has run since 1997. Hundreds of players share an open world where every building can be entered, and whatever you find has to be carried back to the Safehouse.
You fight with guns or with melee weapons like a hammer or katana to clear hordes. Weapons level up as you use them and can be looted or crafted. There are no classes: points go into 25 skill trees covering everything from combat to mechanics. The farther you go, the deadlier and richer the world; dying costs your loot, and guilds capture map sectors.
It suits players who like high stakes and an old-school grind. Visuals are modest by design, with mechanics put first. Closed pre-alpha tests are running; Steam early access is planned without a date.
