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Orb Tower cover art

Orb Tower

Pierre Vandermaesen · VANDERMAESEN GAMES · 2025-03-10

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 10, 2025 (Linux), Mar 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A Roguelike Bubble Puzzler! Choose your school of magic and reach the top of the tower! Chill pick up and play feel and nostalgic pixel art and music. Get your staff and prepare to shoot orbastical spells !

96%
positive of 202 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

A group of clumsy mages try to conquer the Orb Tower, filled with traps and bosses. Fortunately, the trusty shopkeeper is here to provide items to aid you in your quest!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (52 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.0k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 202 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-05-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
505020252026Week of 2025-03-10: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-31: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.992025-03-102026-10-082025-03-10 — best price $1.392025-03-24 — best price $1.992025-05-30 — best price $0.992025-06-06 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $1.392025-07-10 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-10-06 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $1.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $1.992026-10-01 — best price $0.992026-10-08 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
87.8%
earned "CHAIN REACTION"
52.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)25225%22

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

Player tags

2DIndieMagicActionArcadeCasualFantasyColorfulMedievalOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.