

įiresprite officially announced the game in March 2017. Firesprite chose Unreal Engine 4 as the game's engine because it allowed the team to prototype and experiment with different gameplay mechanics quickly. The studio used their experience developing The Playroom and The Playroom VR to understand how social play and interaction worked when they were developing the companion app. Development of the game first started in early 2015. Stories of Your Life and Others, a collection of short stories by American writer Ted Chiang, was also a major source of inspiration. The studio was inspired by sci-fi classics including Alien, as well as games such as Dead Space and System Shock. The game was developed by UK-based developer Firesprite. A companion app for iOS and Android was released alongside the game, which allows up to four players to influence how a game play out by either helping or hindering a player's progress. Whenever the player dies, they will respawn as another clone of Zimri Eder. As the player explores the ship, they will find FAB chips, which can be used to unlock weapon upgrades, and stem cells, which can grant the player passive perks such as increased health or enhanced strength. The player needs to complete tasks on each of the four ship decks, though the ship layout, which is procedurally generated, changes whenever the player uses a teleporter. The game also features elements commonly found in roguelike games.

Stealth is encouraged, though the player also has access to several weapons, including a taser gun named the Harvester, a gravity gun named the Gravometric Hook, as well as items such as Ivy Serum which temporarily turns an enemy into an ally. He is tasked to reactivate the ship's stardrive in order to escape while fighting mutated clones which have occupied the ship. The player assumes control of a clone of security officer Zimri Eder. The game is set onboard The Persistence, a stranded spaceship in the year 2057. The Persistence is a first-person survival horror game. An Enhanced version of the game was released for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and Series S in June 2021. Originally released for the virtual reality headset PlayStation VR in July 2018, the game was released for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One in May 2020. The Persistence is a survival horror video game developed and published by Firesprite.
