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Holding Pattern

Orange Acorn Games · 2026-04-22

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 22, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 22, 2026 (Mac)

Holding Pattern is a minimal incremental game about protecting your galaxy from invaders. Defeat enemies, collect cash and purchase powerful moons and abilities! What crazy builds will you discover? Play either incremental or roguelike modes to put your skills to the test!

Holding Pattern is a Casual, Strategy game released in 2026, priced at $4.99, with a Positive review sentiment (97% of 32 reviews).

97%
positive of 33 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 57% of 29,991 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620262026Week of 2026-04-22: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

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