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ORION: Prelude

ORION: Prelude

Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.

Released Apr 16, 2013 Developer DANKIE Platforms Windows DinosaursActionFPSMultiplayerOnline Co-Op
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-09-10)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

75.5%positive28,338 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“I remember playing this well over a decade ago now back in my high school days. It was good fun to play with friends and wasting some dinosaurs. After trying it now in 2026, Its dead to say the least. If you can get some friends together, This would be a fun cheap game to enjoy…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“While nobody really plays this game anymore, its just a mindless fun game. Not a lot of depth, but lots of action.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Oh, it's one of those flawed fun games. Now you can only play it solo, unless you have people who want to play this one. Some mechanics are very wonky. Most of the times you shoot dinosaurs and have no idea what is going on around you. Fun for 30 minutes.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

7,876all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 1.2k avg · Jun 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.

251achievements
2.5%median completion
2.0%rarest: Duel Master
53.4% of players 41.4% of players 28.6% of players 23.2% of players 18.0% of players 16.3% of players 13.4% of players 12.0% of players 9.5% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 4.2% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 53.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
53.4%Caveman — Kill 25 dinosaurs
48.9%Welcome to Persistence — Reach Level 1
45.5%Bravo! — Complete 10 Mission Objectives
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Duel Master — Win 10 Team Duel Matches
2.0%Excuse Me - Have You Met My Sword? — Obtain 1,000 Melee Kills in any Duel Game Mode
2.0%What's For Dinner? — Eat 100 Humans in Rampage

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99current · sampled 2026-09-10 20:53 UTC
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US0.99 USD
EU0.99 EUR
UK0.79 GBP
Australia1.50 AUD
Canada1.09 CAD
Japan98 JPY
Brazil2.19 BRL
China6.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.4 Japan Canada China US UK Australia EU≈$1.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-10). Relative comparison only.

$0 $1 $2 07-11 07-22 08-03 08-16 08-29 09-10

Latest official news

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

Sep 07, 2026
ORION Q&A 2026

ORION Q&A 2026 I've been gathering your questions for the last few weeks across DM, Discord, Forums, Email & more. Today I want to answer as many questions as I possibly can for the 2026 edition of th

Aug 31, 2026
An important update.

⚠️ An Important Update ⚠️ I have good news to share: I've achieved near parity with the original ORION: Prelude . Achievements stay exactly as they are, the content you know is carrying forward and it

Aug 25, 2026
ORION (26 Year Anniversary)

26 YEAR ANNIVERSARY On August 25th, 2000 , a mod called INCOMING was announced to the internet with a promise: ［ Jetpacks + Dinosaurs & Vehicles ］ Twenty six years later those are still the three pill

Aug 19, 2026
(CHAT) Achievements 2.0

ACHIEVEMENTS 2.0 I am going to be thinking about ACHIEVEMENTS soon enough and I wanted to start a discussion here to see what players are thinking to consider as additional perspectives. There are a f

Aug 17, 2026
(DEV) Third Person 2.0

THIRD PERSON 2.0 When I first decided to return to ORION: Prelude one of my first notes was " FPS Only ". First-Person was always the bread and butter for this game and Third Person was slated to just

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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.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Player tagsDinosaurs · Action · FPS · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Co-op · Shooter · Adventure · Indie · Open World · Sci-fi · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements251
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2 32-Bit Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHZ / Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHZ Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB Graphics Memory (SM3) DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 8 GB HD space Sound: DirectX 9 Compatible