Games like Perpetuum
If Perpetuum is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Repopulation, EVE Online and Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Perpetuum: Perpetuum is a persistent, sandbox, single server, massively multiplayer sci-fi rpg (MMORPG). Control huge robots and mechs to gain access to an alien planet's resources and knowledge, amass huge wealth, or even claim part of the world for yourself using terraforming and complex infrastructure.
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The Repopulation
WHY THIS
Shares player driven economy and an atmospheric mood with Perpetuum.
Top pick for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Perpetuum.
The Repopulation is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game in a science fiction setting built heavily upon social aspects, sandbox driven gameplay and in depth crafting systems. CURRENTLY IN ALPHA BUILDS.
EVE Online
WHY THIS
Shares player driven economy and an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Second-strongest match for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
WHY THIS
Shares player driven economy and an atmospheric mood with Perpetuum.
Third-strongest match for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
SHROUD OF THE AVATAR: FORSAKEN VIRTUES is a multiplayer fantasy RPG that sets the player on a path filled with peril and tough choices as they explore a persistent realm that can be shared with other Avatars. It is the spiritual successor to Richard Garriott’s Ultima games.
Rogalia
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Perpetuum.
Ranked #4 for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Massively Multiplayer with Perpetuum.
Rogalia is the sandbox with fantasy open world, meal-based character leveling, nice graphics and cozy atmosphere.
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
Traverse the Telvanni Peninsula in Morrowind and preserve secrets ascribed to the unfathomable realms of Apocrypha. Unlock the runic power of a brand-new class - the Arcanist - and fight to uphold reality itself.
ArcheAge
WHY THIS
Shares player driven economy and an atmospheric mood with Perpetuum.
Ranked #6 for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
Play ArcheAge - A vast open-world sandbox MMORPG with everything you can possibly imagine.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Ranked #7 for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™ is a free-to-play MMORPG that puts you at the center of your own story-driven saga. Play as a Jedi, Sith, Bounty Hunter, or one of many other iconic STAR WARS roles in the galaxy far, far away over three thousand years before the classic films.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
WHY THIS
Shares mech customization and an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Ranked #8 for Perpetuum fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Perpetuum.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.
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EVE Online
WHY THIS
Shares player driven economy and an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
Over 20 years of legendary space battles! Explore a massive living universe of danger and opportunity in a challenging and highly rewarding space adventure. Fight, trade, build, and connect with a universe driven and shaped directly by players.
Star Trek Online
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. Players take the captain's chair as they command their own starship and crew. Explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly go where no one has gone before.
ROSE Online
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Perpetuum.
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Massively Multiplayer and RPG with Perpetuum.
We don't know where Arua came from, nor how she came to be. We do know, however, that nothing existed before Arua.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
WHY THIS
Shares mech customization and an immersive mood with Perpetuum.
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Massively Multiplayer with Perpetuum.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a tactical, 'Mech-based online shooter set in the vast BattleTech Universe. Assume the role of an elite MechWarrior, piloting powerful BattleMechs, fighting for supremacy over the Inner Sphere.
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series
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Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
WHY THIS
Shares mech customization with Perpetuum.
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Perpetuum.
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
MechWarrior 5: Clans
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Reviewers of Perpetuum cross-mention this title as a similar play.
In MECHWARRIOR 5: CLANS, players become new Smoke Jaguar pilots in the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere. Lead a five-mech "Star" squad across diverse planets, engaging in an expansive campaign with immersive gameplay and intricate combat. Customize BattleMechs and explore strategic options.
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Frequently asked about Perpetuum
- Is Perpetuum free to play?
- Yes — Perpetuum is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Perpetuum have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Perpetuum supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Perpetuum?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Perpetuum are The Repopulation, EVE Online, Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues.
- Who developed Perpetuum?
- Perpetuum was developed by Avatar Creations and published by Gamestorm Ltd.
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