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Orbital Gear
Orbital Gear is a fast paced sidescroller shooter where you utilize the gravitation of celestial objects to give you momentum through space. Arm your Mech with two of the twelve different weapons and destroy your enemies.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“The movement may take some time to understand, but after just a little mastery it becomes an essential part of the gameplay. Jumping and orbiting the planets can allow you to move significantly faster than you would by simply running on a surface. Learning how to move quickly…”
— a player, Steam review · 157 hrs played“Sorry I did not change the review when the updates came! Now it has pretty much everything I complained about in the old review. It is an awesome couch game. I won't say much. 1. The controls feel great. Very fluid 2. Local Coop is really Fun Really great game! I hope everyone…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Well this game is actually pretty good it has a good concept but my problem is that there is like no people playing this game which is pretty bad, because when i saw this game i actually thought it was going to be good and there was an active community like in any game but in…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Night Node closes down - Orbital Gear becomes free
Dear Orbital Gear Community, After a decade of living the indie dev life, we have decided to close down Night Node. In order to preserve Orbital Gear it will become free to play. The game will no long
Patch v1.3.3 Changelog
Fixed: The black pause fadeout effect should now only be visible for the paused player in local multiplayer. Issues with controller support on Mac has been resolved, they have been verified to work wi
Patch v1.3.3 Changelog
Fixed: The black pause fadeout effect should now only be visible for the paused player in local multiplayer. Issues with controller support on Mac has been resolved, they have been verified to work wi
Patch v1.3.2 Changelog
Fixed: Dedicated Server Dedicated servers should now be joinable again. The dedicatedserver.cfg file is no longer case sensitive. A dedicated server can select the best region automatically by setting
Patch v1.3.2 Changelog
Fixed: Dedicated Server Dedicated servers should now be joinable again. The dedicatedserver.cfg file is no longer case sensitive. A dedicated server can select the best region automatically by setting
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Mechs · Multiplayer · Simulation · Shooter · Arena Shooter · Sci-fi · Free to Play · Side Scroller · Fast-Paced · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Official site | http://orbitalgear.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista Processor: Dual Core Processor Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: NVidia GeForce 8800GT DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space