While many other game studios are laying off employees and closing projects, one company in Regensburg has been following its success strategy for years, benefiting its employees year after year.
What kind of company is this? Behind CipSoft from Regensburg are MMORPG pioneers who were able to publish a genre milestone with Tibia in 1997, which remains relevant to this day. Due to the not only sustained but gradually growing success, the studio has been able to steadily grow over the years, currently employing just over 110 people.
In fact, the CipSoft executives look back on the most successful year in the studio’s history. With 28.32 million euros, they achieved a record turnover in 2025. The previous record from 2020 was 25.60 million euros – at that time, they benefited equally from the Corona pandemic and the introduction of a service that allowed characters to be sold to other players.
Enormous success, enormous bonuses
What is special about CipSoft? It is part of the corporate strategy of the Regensburg company to directly involve employees in financial success. Due to strong sales figures in 2025, almost eight additional monthly salaries are on the table this time. In previous years, the bonuses distributed were comparably high.
Therefore, it probably does not surprise anyone that CipSoft was awarded the title of “Germany’s Best Employers 2026” by the Cologne Institute “Great Place to Work” in March. CEO Stephan Vogler commented on the award with the following words:
In 2025, we welcomed as many new colleagues at CipSoft as never before. We are even more pleased to win an award as one of Germany’s best employers, which is based on an employee survey. The award demonstrates that we also benefit from the unique corporate culture we have built together during a growth phase.
CipSoft CEO Stephan Vogler, via cipsoft.com
The reasons for success: Despite its old age and old-school gaming experience, Tibia remains very popular among many MMORPG fans and can even report increasing player numbers. In 2025, for the first time in a long time, a new class was introduced to the servers, which many players naturally wanted to try. In addition, efforts are constantly being made to improve the onboarding and attract newcomers to the servers.
The second reason arises from the acquisition of the city-building strategy game “Die Siedler Online” from Ubisoft, which now brings additional money into CipSoft’s coffers.
To ensure that the successful path can also be continued in the coming years, Persist Online is expected to help. The zombie MMORPG with Fortnite vibes was announced in 2024 and is currently undergoing pre-alpha testing. MeinMMO spoke with 2 developers from CipSoft about the new project: New PC MMORPG from Germany is more DayZ than Fortnite, like a Tibia in 3D and with zombies
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