The Game Census
Orbital Gear cover art

Orbital Gear

Night Node · 2014-08-07

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jul 04, 2014 (Linux), Jul 04, 2014 (Mac), Aug 07, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-03-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.09 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-282015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-01-12 — best price $9.992015-03-09 — best price $7.492015-05-25 — best price $0.992015-07-10 — best price $6.992015-08-03 — best price $9.992015-11-27 — best price $9.992015-12-14 — best price $9.992016-01-05 — best price $6.992016-02-22 — best price $9.992016-04-04 — best price $6.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-07-12 — best price $0.992016-11-07 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-03-30 — best price $0.992017-06-23 — best price $0.992017-10-09 — best price $0.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-02-16 — best price $0.992018-03-26 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-01 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-25 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-18 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $0.992022-06-23 — best price $0.992023-02-27 — best price $0.992023-04-10 — best price $0.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-09-09 — best price $3.492023-10-05 — best price $6.992023-12-22 — best price $0.002026-07-28 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
49.9%
earned "Shield"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4833%12

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

Player tags

2DPvPIndieMechsSpaceActionSci-fiShooterFast-PacedSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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