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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.

Orbital Gear is an Action, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play game released in 2014, which is free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1806 reviews).

3
playing now
83%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420172026Week of 2017-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-27 (Steam store data)

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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