Giza, 2540 BCE. Khufu's pyramid already gleams in white limestone. Khafre's is still a stepped core wrapped in ramps, and the Sphinx is being cut out of the living rock. Iteru is a free-to-play MMO about the people who built it, made in Egypt in our own engine.
Live at the Great Work
Step off the barge at the harbour with your first day's work ahead of you. Report to your gang, join a work watch and haul stone for the Great Work beside other players. The first hour teaches you the plateau one job at a time.
Rise in rank, not gear tiers
Your progress is your place in society. The ladder climbs from Laborer through Overseer, Artisan and Scribe toward the Vizier's circle. Standing is earned through deeds, never decays and is never reset by an update. There are no gear tiers to grind and throw away.
One world, one economy
No shards, no server list. Everyone lives in the same Giza and trades on one market, the Register, with real price history and market fees. Trade face to face, send mail, add friends and form parties.
Craft what Egypt ran on
Bake bread, brew beer, throw pottery, weave linen, work wood and stone, make papyrus, and cast copper tools stamped with your maker's mark, so every buyer knows whose work they hold.
Built from the history
One continuous map runs from the harbour and the town to the quarry, the Sphinx and the pyramids. The setting, ranks and trades are drawn from the archaeology of Old Kingdom Giza and checked by hand.
Fair free-to-play, loudly
Express yourself with emotes and capture the plateau in photo mode. When you want a fight, it is your choice: test yourself in the arena and its rankings, or ride with a caravan where raiders and escorts meet by consent. No one is ever forced into PvP while they work. The shop sells cosmetics and convenience only: never power, never loot boxes.
Key features
One shared world and one player-driven economy
Social rank as the main progression, permanent and horizontal
The Great Work: haul stone with your gang and work watch
The Register: one market with price history and fees, plus direct trade and mail
Eight trades, from bread and beer to copper tools with maker's marks
Parties, friends, gangs and work watches
Combat and the creatures of the Nile valley
Opt-in PvP: arenas with rankings and consensual caravan raids, never forced
Townspeople who speak ancient Egyptian, with subtitles in your language
Player votes on new content (the core pillars are never on the ballot)
World map, emotes and photo mode
Played in 21 languages
Iteru is in development. Wishlist and follow the game to hear about the first tests.