Choose Persist Online
Choose Persist Online if you want an Action and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero.
Persist Online vs Veliri: Planet of Machines
Persist Online and Veliri: Planet of Machines both land in Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam. Persist Online is free; Veliri: Planet of Machines is paid (Price unknown). Both support cooperative play. No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Veliri: Planet of Machines
Choose Veliri: Planet of Machines if you want an Indie and Simulation experience.
Both Persist Online and Veliri: Planet of Machines sit in Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, MMO, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Persist Online |  Veliri: Planet of Machines | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | — | — |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play | Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | Free to play | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | — | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | CipSoft GmbH | Otocolobus studio |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam.
- Persist Online is free; Veliri: Planet of Machines is paid (Price unknown).
- Both support cooperative play.
Persist Online vs Veliri: Planet of Machines — FAQ
- Are Persist Online and Veliri: Planet of Machines similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Persist Online and Veliri: Planet of Machines have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Persist Online ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Veliri: Planet of Machines ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Is Persist Online free?
- Yes — Persist Online is a free-to-play Steam title. Veliri: Planet of Machines is paid (Price unknown).