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Orebound
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Mining automation and factory building” (47 of 82 reviews) and “Dwarven steampunk aesthetic” (10); the most common complaint is “Shallow combat and repetitive systems” (28). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
47 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“The whole digging part was really fun, then we hit the deep seeker. And the whole thing just took the worst part fo satisfactory to sink time in. Devs, PLEASE don't go the space elevator way. It's boring as hell. Make…”
“Game is awesome, reminds me a lot of Satisfactory meets Deep Rock Galactic with a very nice steampunk aesthetic.”
“Really enjoying so far. cant wait to see what the developers do to improve an already fun game.”
10 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“Game is awesome, reminds me a lot of Satisfactory meets Deep Rock Galactic with a very nice steampunk aesthetic.”
“You know, the first few minutes were a bit hard to wrap my noggin around. It doesnt present itself the way you might expect, but this Emberforge Team has successfully implemented a gameplay loop that is capable of…”
“Orebound is a pretty solid factory game and the dwarf theme is perfect for a game of this genre. However it still needs a lot more work before I consider this game to be on par with Satisfactory or Factorio. What It…”
8 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“Excellent EA game, the four major updates, each slowly building a sound and fun game. After over 250 game hours, think I can say this is a game I enjoy. With each new play through I find a new way to archive the goal. I…”
“I look forward to seeing how this game develops in the future. Me and my girlfriend picked it up for half price on the deal and had a lot of fun. We built a massive hall to house all the workshops and shops with our…”
“Great game with a bright future if they keep it up!”
6 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“This is an excellent choice if you like building, digging, gathering survival type games. It plays a bit like minecraft but on steroids and with better graphics. I'm still finding new stuff to explore and learn. Its…”
“49 hours for me to reach the end of the current early access content, so I will consider this one time and money well spent. I appreciated the fact that it included a story/goal to work toward, and wasn't just a…”
“One of the better "mining" simulator style games out there. Its giant maps and exploration makes it the top of its class atm. it only lacks public servers and larger "hords" and maybe some ranged enemies (spear chucker)…”
6 of the 82 reviews raise this.
“This is an excellent choice if you like building, digging, gathering survival type games. It plays a bit like minecraft but on steroids and with better graphics. I'm still finding new stuff to explore and learn. Its…”
“Fun factory building game. Not as polished as Satisfactory, in terms of movement tech, and building/placement options, but fun, nonetheless. If you like digging, and I know you do, it's a fun time-waster. If you caught…”
“49 hours for me to reach the end of the current early access content, so I will consider this one time and money well spent. I appreciated the fact that it included a story/goal to work toward, and wasn't just a…”
28 of the 82 reviews raise this · 16 of them still recommend the game.
“The whole digging part was really fun, then we hit the deep seeker. And the whole thing just took the worst part fo satisfactory to sink time in. Devs, PLEASE don't go the space elevator way. It's boring as hell. Make…”
“"Lacks depth and challenge."Don't buy this yet! The game is currently riddled with invisible walls and a depth limit of 140 meters by lava. There are no dungeons to find, and the enemy AI is non-existent; they won't…”
10 of the 82 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“What can I say about this game, If you look at the community there is a crash worthy bug every few weeks which take them a day to fix making it pointless trying to play the game after an update as I have had it multiple…”
“"Lacks depth and challenge."Don't buy this yet! The game is currently riddled with invisible walls and a depth limit of 140 meters by lava. There are no dungeons to find, and the enemy AI is non-existent; they won't…”
“I started off being optimistic, oh look a dwarf automation game, sounds fun, my son likes dwarf games so we get it together but the content is so dry and meaningless and buggy, he has already lost interest in it and I…”
6 of the 82 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“What can I say about this game, If you look at the community there is a crash worthy bug every few weeks which take them a day to fix making it pointless trying to play the game after an update as I have had it multiple…”
“This game is surprising a lot of fun. I say surprisingly because I owned this game for almost a year before I played it more than a couple of hours. But once I got past the introduction and tutorial it was a blast. I…”
“HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND, this game is really well done. Like if your the factory survival mining type, then this is the game for you. Rock and Stone pales in comparison, as the build features and mining is great. The…”
4 of the 82 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Satisfactory the ugly version”
“You know, the first few minutes were a bit hard to wrap my noggin around. It doesnt present itself the way you might expect, but this Emberforge Team has successfully implemented a gameplay loop that is capable of…”
“"Lacks depth and challenge."Don't buy this yet! The game is currently riddled with invisible walls and a depth limit of 140 meters by lava. There are no dungeons to find, and the enemy AI is non-existent; they won't…”
4 of the 82 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun game. But I'd like to see adjustments for UI size and transparency. I can't read any of it.”
“Well first off I will start off by saying I got this game when it was discounted. Thus far I'm thoroughly enjoying the game. Would I recommend it, yes. The few very minor gripes I have is that sometimes a world will be…”
Counted across 82 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 77.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I think this game has potential, it has some decent graphics, and it captures the dwarf lifestyle well, having the player spend most of their time in caves below ground, and building with dwarven architecture. But a major problem is, the game lacks depth with the automation…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“This game said it isnt playable on the Steam Deck but ive just paid 8 hours of this game on my steam deck and it runs completely fine, Yes i had 1 crash 6 hours in due to some issue I dont know but no other problems at all. Please correct the steam deck rating for this game…”
— a player, Steam review · 60 hrs played“At this time I would not recommend this game. I see the vision and will be keeping a close eye on this game. I think it has a lot of potential but needs work. The bad: -Starting the game there is no option to load your game. You have to start adventure and end up in the massive…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Orebound Turns Two!
New Machines, Combat Improvements, Better AI, Character Customisation, Upgrade System, And countless QoL upgrades. And we've still got plenty of steam in our tank! Please keep your feedback coming, an
QoL Update- Destructive Effects, Elevators, & More
Greetings Fellow Dwarves! We are happy to announce that tonight we are releasing our newest QoL Update for Orebound! Today's highlights focus on: Gamewide sfx and vfx improvements for destroying objec
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- Added new graphics for the UI for the kings quest board - Fixed wood wall corner having wrong destroy, the pivot has been changed so they will all be facing the "correct" way now. - Added missing fo
Combat & QoL Additions
Fellow Dwarves! Our latest update is now live, with a brief overview brought to us by our brand-new Community Manager, Nate. Please give him a warm welcome to the team! Combat Update We continue to it
Autosave Reactivate
Fellow Dwarves, after a late night and early morning, we have found the issue to the autosave problem and put in a fix. Auto saves are about a 10th of a second on new games, with all the of the variou
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Resource Management · Automation · Simulation · Crafting · Base-Building · Mining · Building · Voxel · Open World · Exploration · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish * |
| Achievements | 33 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Win 10 or later Processor: Intel i5 or AMD equivalent 9th gen Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: 1050ti or higher and AMD equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: N/A VR Support: N/A Additional Notes: Requirements may vary upon development milestones.