CipSoft
- Open roles
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- Founded
- 1995
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About CipSoft
CipSoft is an independent German developer, publisher and live-operations company focused on long-running online games. Its origins date to autumn 1995, when Stephan Vogler, Ulrich Schlott, Guido Lübke and Stephan Payer conceived a graphical multiplayer role-playing game; that project became Tibia, which first went online in 1997. CipSoft GmbH was formally incorporated in Regensburg in June 2001.
The studio is best known for building and operating persistent online worlds over long timeframes. Tibia remains its flagship fantasy MMORPG, while 2003’s TibiaME is recognized as the world’s first mobile MMORPG. CipSoft has also explored online games across browser, mobile and PC formats, including the interactive-comic MMO Fiction Fighters, mobile tank MOBA Panzer League, and blockchain-based idle RPG LiteBringer.
Games and live operations
CipSoft combines game development with in-house publishing, server operations, customer support and multilingual community management. Its work includes:
- Developing MMORPGs and other persistent online games for PC, browser and mobile platforms
- Operating game servers, virtual economies and long-term player communities
- Managing the 2025 migration and live operations of The Settlers Online following its transfer from Ubisoft
- Developing Persist Online, an open-world zombie MMORPG built with modern 3D technology for PC
Technology and payments
Alongside game production, CipSoft operates its own technical infrastructure for online services and monetization. In 2025 it introduced MultiPayer, a payment gateway and billing platform based on transaction infrastructure developed through its experience operating online games. The company’s capabilities span scalable server architecture, global network operations, virtual-economy management, cross-platform development, 2D pixel art and 3D game design.
Self-funded and owner-managed, CipSoft takes a long-term approach to maintaining its games and services rather than pursuing short-term growth. Its portfolio reflects that focus: established games continue to receive support while the studio develops new online worlds and applies its operational experience to payment technology for third-party games.
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Leadership and operating model
- Managing directors: Ulrich Schlott, Stephan Vogler and Benjamin Zuckerer.
- CipSoft remains privately held, debt-free and owner-managed by its founders and leadership team, with no external investors.
- The company describes a long-term operating approach supported by employee profit sharing, anti-crunch scheduling and incubation allowances.
Recognition
- CipSoft was named Studio of the Year at the German Computer Games Awards in 2022.
- The studio has also been included among Germany’s Top 100 Best Employers.
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Where CipSoft is based
- Prüfeninger Straße 20, 93049 RegensburgRegensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Regensburg Global Headquarters
HeadquartersAbout this office
Global headquarters and sole operational studio location. The facility includes developer workstations, conference rooms, an open-plan kitchen, the CipLoft lounge, and gaming and arcade test labs.
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