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ORION: Prelude cover art

ORION: Prelude

DANKIE · 2013-04-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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

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

5
playing now
75%
positive of 28k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

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 6% of 10,791 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 28,338 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 11 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

3222026-08-06 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-06 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-09 — 6 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 4 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 44 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 24 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 16 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews2026-08-26 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 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

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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