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Orebound cover art

Orebound

Emberforge · 2024-10-24

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 24, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.

55
playing now
78%
positive of 975 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 55 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (125 reviews).
  • · Top 35% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 975 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
989820242026Week of 2024-10-24: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-07: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

109132026-08-23 20:00 — 109 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 49 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 29 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 37 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 35 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 29 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 62 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$9.992024-10-242026-08-142024-10-24 — best price $22.492024-10-31 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $18.742024-12-04 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $17.492025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-01-25 — best price $18.742025-01-28 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $18.742025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-04-07 — best price $16.742025-04-14 — best price $24.992025-06-21 — best price $12.492025-07-05 — best price $24.992025-08-11 — best price $14.992025-08-18 — best price $24.992025-09-22 — best price $17.492025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-20 — best price $12.492025-11-30 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $16.242026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-01-26 — best price $16.742026-02-02 — best price $24.992026-03-09 — best price $16.242026-03-16 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $16.242026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-25 — best price $12.492026-05-09 — best price $24.992026-06-10 — best price $16.242026-06-17 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "Pig menace"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed Input1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7180%33

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

Player tags

VoxelMiningSandboxBuildingCraftingAdventureAutomationColony SimOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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