diff --git a/examples/TicTacToe/test_load.txt b/examples/TicTacToe/test_load.txt
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+y
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+0 2
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diff --git a/examples/TicTacToe/test_save.txt b/examples/TicTacToe/test_save.txt
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diff --git a/src/OECS/WorldSerializer.cs b/src/OECS/WorldSerializer.cs
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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace OECS;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Saves and loads a <see cref="World"/> to/from a MessagePack stream.
+///
+/// Components are serialized by their runtime type. The caller must
+/// ensure all component types used in the world are resolvable via
+/// <see cref="Type.GetType(string)"/> at load time.
+/// </summary>
+public static class WorldSerializer
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Saves the world state to a stream.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void Save(World world, Stream stream)
+    {
+        var entityComponents = new Dictionary<Entity, List<ComponentEntry>>();
+
+        foreach (var ct in world.Components.ComponentTypes)
+        {
+            var set = world.Components.GetSet(ct);
+            if (set == null || set.Count == 0) continue;
+
+            var entities = set.GetDenseEntities();
+            for (int i = 0; i < set.Count; i++)
+            {
+                var entity = entities[i];
+                var component = set.GetComponentAt(i);
+
+                if (!entityComponents.TryGetValue(entity, out var list))
+                {
+                    list = new List<ComponentEntry>();
+                    entityComponents[entity] = list;
+                }
+
+                list.Add(new ComponentEntry
+                {
+                    TypeName = ct.AssemblyQualifiedName!,
+                    Data = MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(ct, component)
+                });
+            }
+        }
+
+        var snapshot = new WorldSnapshot
+        {
+            Entities = entityComponents
+                .Select(kv => new EntitySnapshot
+                {
+                    Id = kv.Key.Id,
+                    Version = kv.Key.Version,
+                    Components = kv.Value.ToArray()
+                })
+                .ToArray()
+        };
+
+        MessagePackSerializer.Serialize(stream, snapshot);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Loads the world state from a stream, adding entities and components
+    /// to the given world. The world should be empty or the caller is
+    /// responsible for managing duplicate entities.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static void Load(World world, Stream stream)
+    {
+        var snapshot = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<WorldSnapshot>(stream);
+
+        foreach (var es in snapshot.Entities)
+        {
+            var entity = world.CreateEntity(es.Entity);
+
+            foreach (var ce in es.Components)
+            {
+                var type = Type.GetType(ce.TypeName)
+                    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        $"Unknown component type '{ce.TypeName}'. " +
+                        $"Ensure the assembly is loaded.");
+
+                var component = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize(type, ce.Data)
+                    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+                        $"Failed to deserialize component of type '{ce.TypeName}'.");
+
+                var method = typeof(World).GetMethod(nameof(World.AddComponent))!
+                    .MakeGenericMethod(type);
+                method.Invoke(world, [entity, component]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/OECS/WorldSnapshot.cs b/src/OECS/WorldSnapshot.cs
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+using MessagePack;
+
+namespace OECS;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Serializable snapshot of the entire world state.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public class WorldSnapshot
+{
+    [Key(0)] public EntitySnapshot[] Entities { get; set; } = [];
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A single entity and all its components, serialized as name/data pairs.
+/// Entity ID and Version are stored separately to avoid issues with
+/// MessagePack deserialization of the opaque Entity struct.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public class EntitySnapshot
+{
+    [Key(0)] public uint Id { get; set; }
+    [Key(1)] public uint Version { get; set; }
+    [Key(2)] public ComponentEntry[] Components { get; set; } = [];
+
+    [IgnoreMember]
+    public Entity Entity => new(Id, Version);
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A single component, identified by its fully-qualified type name and
+/// serialized as a MessagePack byte blob.
+/// </summary>
+[MessagePackObject]
+public class ComponentEntry
+{
+    [Key(0)] public string TypeName { get; set; } = "";
+    [Key(1)] public byte[] Data { get; set; } = [];
+}
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