Salem is a

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based

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developed by Mortal Moments. The game is set in a fantastic 17th century

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featuring

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and

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creatures. This world is persistent and mutable, meaning player characters are able to make permanent changes to it by destroying and building landscape and houses etc. Gameplay in Salem is focused on all manner of crafting (farming, building, invention and so forth) and developing required character skills for doing so. It also features free-for-all PvP combat with the possibility to permanently kill player characters. Originally announced in January 2011 and developed by Seatribe, a two-man development team, with

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attached as a publisher, it has been managed by

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Mortal Moments since 2014.

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* {{Official website, www.salemthegame.com 2015 video games Windows games MacOS games Linux games Massively multiplayer online role-playing games Paradox Interactive games