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ORION: Prelude cover art

ORION: Prelude

DANKIE · 2013-04-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 16, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

ORION: Prelude is a $0.99 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2013, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 28346 reviews).

5
playing now
75%
positive of 28k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (21 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Orion: Prelude is a first-person shooter and online cooperative multiplayer game, developed and published by Spiral Game Studios for Microsoft Windows. In the game, armed players work together to defend generators against dinosaurs.

Trailer

ORION: Prelude trailer thumbnail

ORION: Prelude | Launch Trailer

≈275,738 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,346 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2014-12-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 1 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1712026-09-15 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k3Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 21 · peak 88Dec 2012 — avg 3 · peak 19May 2013 — avg 22 · peak 762Oct 2013 — avg 37 · peak 162Mar 2014 — avg 544 · peak 3,020Aug 2014 — avg 451 · peak 2,546Jan 2015 — avg 265 · peak 581Jun 2015 — avg 280 · peak 1,369Nov 2015 — avg 164 · peak 464Apr 2016 — avg 105 · peak 250Sep 2016 — avg 112 · peak 252Feb 2017 — avg 65 · peak 132Jul 2017 — avg 56 · peak 112Dec 2017 — avg 46 · peak 98May 2018 — avg 31 · peak 69Oct 2018 — avg 21 · peak 55Mar 2019 — avg 17 · peak 47Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 42Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 13 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 48Sep 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 23Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 27May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 21Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.99$0.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $0.742015-06-11 — best price $0.742015-10-12 — best price $0.492015-11-25 — best price $0.492016-02-05 — best price $0.492016-05-02 — best price $0.492016-07-11 — best price $0.992016-11-01 — best price $0.992017-01-02 — best price $0.992017-05-29 — best price $0.992017-08-21 — best price $0.742017-11-13 — best price $0.622017-12-21 — best price $0.622018-02-15 — best price $0.622018-04-02 — best price $0.622018-06-22 — best price $0.622018-08-30 — best price $0.742018-10-30 — best price $0.622018-11-27 — best price $0.992019-01-14 — best price $0.892019-02-11 — best price $0.992019-05-27 — best price $0.992019-09-09 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-05-25 — best price $0.992020-10-19 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-01-29 — best price $0.992021-04-09 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-12-01 — best price $0.992022-08-31 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.992024-04-22 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-02-17 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $0.992026-03-02 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4732026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 9 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 7 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 8 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 12 pageviews2026-09-12 — 9 pageviews2026-09-16 — 10 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 32 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 10 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
53.4%
earned "Caveman"
11.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)50,6201%251

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSCo-opIndieActionSci-fiShooterAdventureDinosaursOpen WorldTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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