Population Zero is an MMO that focuses on exploration and survival. It also stands out by having a win condition. Every seven days, life on the game’s planet, Kepler, becomes unlivable. Players need to build a haven that can survive the disaster. If they fail, players start over (although some progression will carry over to their new lives). So the experience also has a roguelike element to it, something that MMOs don’t often tinker with.

The bright and dangerous world of another planet, in which the events of Population Zero unfold, will resist in many ways attempts to subdue it. The creatures that inhabit it will become for the player not just a source of valuable resources, but clever and skillful enemies, each of which is unique in its behavior and abilities and has its own role in the ecosystem of the planet. Both the individual and collective behavior of the inhabitants of the world will be controlled by complex algorithms responsible for the interaction of all life forms of alien flora and fauna.