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Orb of Creation
Orb of Creation is an active incremental-puzzle game in which you recreate the world with nothing but magic and ingenuity. Conjure resources, buy upgrades, and become an all-powerful wizard!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“for anyone looking to play this game on linux mint, seeing as i spent the last hour figuring out how to get it to run i thought id share. first insure that your os is up to date and then go into properties and select proton 9.0-4 as of today on the latest beta release. i love…”
— a player, Steam review · 200 hrs played“You're trapped in a void with THE ORB, and THE ORB has magically properties and the innate ability to Create stuff, and my Orb do you create a lot of stuff with THE ORB. ORB/10 game.”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“One of the best and most in depth incrementals out there. If you like the style of game, just try it out. Great value for 5 dollars.”
— a player, Steam review · 36 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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v1.0.4
More bug fixes and UI improvements. An attribute auto buyer was added to the game. I'm sitting on a simple and fairly elegant idea on how to rework Zeal, but it'll also nerf how much stacking you can
v1.0.3 - Balance Update
Thanks for all the feedback so far! This update includes several bug fixes, a couple QoL items, and a few balance changes. I'm seeing a lot of common pain points: - Agromancy obtuseness - Agromancy /
v1.0.2
I've updated Steam could settings for mac users to make cross-platform cloud saving possible. This may cause a cloud-save collision for mac users, just a heads up. UI: - Lots of typos cleaned up, than
v1.0.1 - Hotfix
UI: - Added a settings option for Light Sensitivity. This option removes lots of the flashing indicators. Let me know if there anything else that is still causing light sensitivity issues. Bug Fixes:
Orb of Creation 1.0
Hey Ponderers.The time has come. The orb beckons.Play 1.0 on Steam now!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Magic · Casual · Strategy · Resource Management · Idler · Puzzle · Clicker · Minimalist · Indie · Crafting · Early Access · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 1 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later (64 bit) Processor: An Intel Pentium 4 processor or later that's SSE2 capable Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: Intel Integrated Graphics Storage: 512 MB available space