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Orion Trail cover art

Orion Trail

Schell Games · 2015-10-12

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Oct 12, 2015 (Linux), Oct 12, 2015 (Mac), Oct 12, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Dare to travel the absurd and dangerous Orion Trail, where only the luckiest, bravest, and most stubborn captains will make it all the way to the end. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead in this single player choose-your-own-space-adventure!

Orion Trail is a 2015 Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $7.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 207 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 207 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Dare to travel the absurd and dangerous Orion Trail, where only the luckiest, bravest, and most stubborn captains will make it all the way to the end. Come face the terrible and weird Synapsion Brain Beast. Cower before the pedantic might of Baxxtor the Instructor. Submit to the overwhelming cuteness of the three eyed Warp Weasel. Become famously incredible or incredibly dead!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2023-06-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420152026Week of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.592015-08-182026-08-142015-08-18 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-04-29 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-11 — best price $6.392017-08-16 — best price $2.502018-01-04 — best price $7.992018-07-05 — best price $7.992019-01-03 — best price $7.992019-07-09 — best price $7.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-01-27 — best price $7.992020-07-09 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $7.992023-07-13 — best price $7.992024-01-04 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $7.992024-06-10 — best price $7.992024-09-07 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-03-01 — best price $7.992025-04-21 — best price $7.992025-07-24 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-03-03 — best price $3.192026-04-16 — best price $3.192026-06-25 — best price $3.192026-08-14 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
74.3%
earned "Obvious Trope"
23.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5782%30

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceActionComedySci-fiAdventurePixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackChoose Your Own Adventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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