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Orbital Gear

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.

Released Aug 7, 2014 Developer Night Node Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionIndieMechsMultiplayerSimulation
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

83.0%positive1,787 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Orbital Gear, developed and published by Night Node, is a multiplayer arena shooter that builds its entire identity around a single, standout idea: combat governed by shifting gravity. Instead of traditional flat arenas, matches take place across clusters of small planets and…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good party game but has degenerate circle camping in 1v1s”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Originally a $9.99 game that went Free. The online elements no longer connect leaving the local end stuff. I tried the time trials a little and just wasn't feeling it.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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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.

12achievements
5.4%median completion
2.6%rarest: Destroyer
49.9% of players 21.7% of players 21.2% of players 18.6% of players 10.7% of players 10.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.4% of players 4.4% of players 3.9% of players 3.3% of players 2.6% of players 49.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
49.9%Shield — Shoot down 10 projectiles
21.7%Vendetta — Kill the same player three times in a row
21.2%Support — Get the most assists in a match
Rarest badges of honor
2.6%Destroyer — Destroy 100 buildings in Orbital Warfare
3.3%Obliterator — Kill 500 Gears
3.9%Explosives Expert — Kill 10 Gears with Mines

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-25

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 13, 2023
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

May 21, 2015
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

May 21, 2015
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

Mar 26, 2015
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

Mar 26, 2015
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 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Simulation, Free To Play
Player tagsAction · Indie · Mechs · Multiplayer · Simulation · Shooter · Arena Shooter · Sci-fi · Free to Play · Side Scroller · Fast-Paced · Space (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Stats
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements12
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://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