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12 orbits cover art

12 orbits

Roman Uhlig · 2016-10-24

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 17, 2016 (Mac), Oct 24, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 22, 2016 (Linux), Jul 09, 2016 (Android), Jul 09, 2016 (iOS)

12 orbits is the only local multiplayer game for 2-12 people at once, no matter what you play on. A single keyboard, touchscreen or controller will do.

12 orbits is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Sports game released in 2016, priced at $0.97, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 293 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 293 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.97
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Play with everybody at once. Anywhere. Anytime. 12 orbits doesn't require any prior knowledge, preparation time or additional controllers. Your left and right Joy-Con, or even the touch screen alone, are all you need for any number of players. The only limit is how close you'd like to be together. 12 orbits is colorful, friendly, fun, and sometimes a little chaotic. You will score goals, color spheres, defend your territory and try to grow as long as possible in 4 varied game modes. It’s you against all comers, or grouped as teams. With simple rules and only one button per player, 12 orbits(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,539 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.3k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 293 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.87 at Steam (2023-02-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620162026Week of 2016-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-16 02:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.872016-10-252026-08-242016-10-25 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-02-26 — best price $1.502017-08-21 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-11-01 — best price $1.992020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-03-29 — best price $1.992021-11-01 — best price $1.992021-12-22 — best price $1.332022-01-10 — best price $1.002022-03-07 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-02-19 — best price $1.992023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-05-29 — best price $1.992023-07-17 — best price $0.992023-09-14 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-03-15 — best price $0.972024-05-06 — best price $0.972024-06-27 — best price $0.972024-09-09 — best price $0.972024-11-27 — best price $0.972024-12-19 — best price $0.972025-03-13 — best price $0.972025-05-05 — best price $0.972025-06-27 — best price $0.972025-09-08 — best price $0.972025-10-20 — best price $0.972025-12-18 — best price $0.972026-03-02 — best price $0.972026-04-13 — best price $0.972026-06-25 — best price $0.972026-08-24 — best price $0.97
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
21.7%
earned "[Tier 1] Fireworks"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)41515%25
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DPartyArcadeCasualColorfulMinigamesControllerFast-PacedParty GameTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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