HALLOWEEN
( HOLIDAY ARMOR BUNDLE )
FREE (LIMITED TIME)
[p align="start"]FREE for ALL players who login from NOW - November 2, 2026.
GENERATION 1 Halloween 2026 (Assault Gen1)
Halloween 2026 (Support Gen1)
Halloween 2026 (Recon Gen1)
GENERATION 2
Halloween 2026 (Assault Gen2)
Halloween 2026 (Support Gen2)
Halloween 2026 (Recon Gen2)
>> GRAB IT NOW
TO UNLOCK
( HALLOWEEN 2026 )
Brand new Armor Skin Bundle (6x skins)
Download the latest update (v10.0.16).
Open "ORION: Prelude" via Steam.
You'll see a pop-up appear automatically confirming you've been granted the Halloween 2026 Armor Skin Bundle.
Enjoy.
WARNING:
After November 2, 2026 the Halloween 2026 will be a Premium Bundle -- so make sure to grab it and tell your friends to do the same.
Version 10.0.16
New patch just went live for the \[Default] branch.
NEW:
FREE Holiday Armor Skin Bundle (6x Skins) for Halloween 2026.
• Log in to automatically claim between October 26, 2026 - November 2, 2026. • After this it'll only be available for Premium Purchase.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Playtester] role.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Elite Founder] role.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Founder] role.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Elite] role.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Pioneer] role.
Updated CREDITS on Main Menu to include \[Guardian] role.
FIXES:
Dilophosaurus no longer gets launched into the air. Living AI Dilas near big dinos (T-Rex, Spino, Stegosaurus, Triceratops and the others) were sometimes thrown off the ground and sent flying.
Gatling Gun: no more ear-flipping spin-up sound
• Spinning up or firing the Gatling while sprinting in Overdrive no longer makes the sound jump rapidly between your left and right ear.
Longbow: no more “fake pull” on the draw
• Holding fire no longer does a short false pull, stops, then pulls again.
• Accidentally clicking the left stick (sprint) while drawing no longer interrupts the draw.
• Aim (M2 / LT) only cancels the draw when an arrow is actually drawn and no longer cancels your sprint.
• Pressing fire while the bow is lowering from a cancel now starts a new draw right away.
• Each draw now starts its animation cleanly from the beginning.
Shop terminals (Armory, Barracks, Garage, Health/Ammo cabinet) now look and sit exactly as the host sees them on every client.
Power generator now matches the host on clients the same way. Expected to fix the “sinking into the generator” report where the client was colliding with its own copy of the generator while the server corrected it against the real one.
Air Tower garages read AIR TOWER on clients by the placed flag itself, no longer dependent on replication.
Vehicle garage spawn points are now present on clients (previously an empty list on the client side of the Garage menu).
First-person weapons no longer slide out of frame when looking down. Reported on the RNC-9, RNC-44 and Rocket Launcher while sprinting.
Removed the hidden hip-to-ADS basis jump at steep pitch that came from the same mismatch. Entering or leaving ADS while looking down no longer snaps the gun by a few units.
Players, dinosaurs and deployable turrets no longer pop into view at ~150 m when FOLIAGE QUALITY is set to LOW.
Third person: the flashlight no longer sits on the camera behind the player.
Fake quick longbow pull before the real one (the held-fire auto-redraw after any cut-short draw).
Sprint press mid-draw dropping the longbow out of the draw (gamepad stick click was the common trigger).
First pull after each arrow shot cancelling itself while sprint is toggled/latched (stale post-shot timer).
Releasing longbow aim mid-draw zooming the bow out.
Re-pull after longbow melee appearing already drawn.
Sprint-fire delayed longbow draw timer hijacking a melee/roll or restarting a draw already begun.
XP earned in a match is no longer lost when you leave early. Leaving through the pause menu, quitting to the main menu, or closing the game now saves your class and overall XP before the match is torn down.
Stat saves can no longer stall for a whole match. If Steam fails to acknowledge a stats store, the game now retries after 15 seconds.
The main menu shows your earned XP immediately after leaving.
ADJUSTMENTS:
Big dinos still hurt the Dilas next to them. A nose lift from a big dino now deals 2,000 damage to an AI Dila, the same as it already does to raptors, but without the throw.
Big-dino stomps no longer affect AI Dilas.
Create Game: WEATHER is now LIGHTING. The options have new names that say more clearly what you get: DYNAMIC (was ENABLED) plays the dynamic-weather version of the map, on maps that have one and NEXT GEN (was DISABLED) plays the high fidelity version map.
You can now melee with an arrow drawn. It cancels the draw, swings, and draws again automatically if you’re still holding fire.
Rolling, meleeing or sprinting during an arrow-type swap no longer loses the swap.
Sprint, reload and melee pose rotations now compose as a local rotation instead of a per-axis add.
The flashlight now reads the game’s actual view mode (the pawn’s first-person check) rather than the legacy behind-view flag.
Third-person players now see their own volumetric beam cone, matching what other players already saw.
Settings > Gameplay: the Ultimate Edition progression reset row is now labelled ULTIMATE RESET instead of RESET PROGRESSION, so it reads as the Ultimate Edition feature it is.
The reset’s confirmation, error, and “Saving to Steam” popups are now titled “Ultimate reset” to match the row.
ORION: PRELUDE
VERSION 10x
[p align="start"]The new version of ORION: Prelude features massive revamps to core systems for an entirely improved game feel, graphics and performance.- [p align="start"]First-Person Gameplay 2.0 [dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/698771718397757653"]
- [p align="start"]Third-Person Gameplay 2.0
[dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/687513987435203534"]
- [p align="start"]Dinosaurs & AI 2.0
[dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/716790555855553345"]
BUY @ STEAM:
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/104900/ORION_Prelude/"]
DETAILS
ANNOUNCEMENT
[dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/688637984545704551"]
CHANGELOG: [dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/684141361612459338"]
SCOPE & SCALE
WHAT IS THIS NEW UPDATE??
FROM THE 2026 Q&A:
[dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/702151321303646328"]
SCOPE
When I decided to come back to ORION: Prelude there were a few core pillars that I was focused on in particular:
FOUNDATION
= FPS, TPS, Vehicles, Combat, AI. The stuff everything else sits on.
COOPERATIVE
= Large-Scale Action & Adventure.
SYSTEMIC
= Multiplayer, UI, AI, Combat, Content Pipeline. I needed to own the whole stack which means getting the project, files, backend and workflow into a state where fixes can ship quickly, content integrates and I am not blocked by any one thing.
SCALE
To set expectations honestly the first release will be smaller:
The first release will ship likely with one game mode and one map
It’s a new foundation built by me for you.
It grows from there.
BASE DEFENSE CO-OP
SURVIVAL MODE
The first mode that has been revamped and introduced in the fan-favorite Survival game mode; otherwise known as BASE DEFENSE.
This is an objective-based game mode that has you protecting your Power Generator and Base against ever-increasing waves of Dinosaurs. Venture into the world and take over outposts, upgrade weapons/gear and unlock vehicles to achieve Victory.
>> TWO LAUNCH MAPS
The first two maps have been ported over.
These have both been updated and have higher fidelity than ever while still keeping performance in mind.
"The new graphics look great. Cant believe this is on a game as old as it is. Comparing the graphics from the original "ORION: Dino Beatdown" to the current EXPERIMENTAL is like night and day."
RAUPI
Valleys
ARID
Canyons
ULTIMATE EDITION
LAST CHANCE
6x EXCLUSIVE SKINS
This has been extended until the end of the month.
This is your last chance to grab the Ultimate Edition DLC and the following perks:
ALL 210 Progression Levels (70 per Class) are unlocked.
ALL Starting Weapons are available via Loadout.
ALL Store Items & Cosmetics across Hats, Sabres, Armor Shaders, Weapon Shaders & more.
ULTIMATE RESET (OPT-IN)
A brand new feature specifically for owners of the Ultimate Edition DLC is the Ultimate Reset. This is an opt-in feature where you can choose to reset your purchased progression aspects and level up manually. You will keep all of your unlocked Cosmetics and Store Items.
CEREMONIAL ARMOR BUNDLE
( SIX EXCLUSIVE SKINS )
If you do choose to participate in the Ultimate Reset you will be instantly awarded 6 rare and exclusive armor skins, one for each hero across both generations.
These are skins that will NOT be sold in the store or available elsewhere.
You can choose to reset at ANY point now or in the future as long as you own Ultimate Edition DLC while it is still available.
// ULTIMATE RETIREMENT
The Ultimate Edition DLC was originally released over 10 years ago (September 30, 2016) and will be retired with the official launch of the First Preview of ORION: Prelude v10x on October 25, 2026.
This is your absolute last chance to upgrade to Ultimate, unlock all of its perks and earn the Ceremonial Armor Bundle.
Read more:
[dynamiclink href="https://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/detail/701030583835296532"]
BUY @ STEAM:
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/538190/ORION_Prelude_ULTIMATE_EDITION/"]
FEEDBACK SURVEY
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
There is a brand new Player Survey for the new version of ORION: Prelude.
https://forms.gle/GoVzAbU7rEbdM4tE7
Please take some time and share your feedback and thoughts via the Google Form:
What you enjoy
What you want to change
What you want added
EARLY REACTIONS
Testing has been underway since October 1st.
Opening up via tiers such as Direct Supporters, Owners of Guardians of Orion & more. There have been daily patches for this process improving on reports coming and some of the early feedback from players on these early tests are shared below:
"The gun play in the current private version is frickin crazy"
"A frankly astonishing increase in visual fidelity far beyond what I'd remembered."
"We're literally talking about a 10-20% GPU usage increase for like a 200% graphics improvement"
"Smoothest the game has felt"
"Overall gameplay feels a lot smoother"
"To be honest, I know you said to play both for comparison, I played the new branch first because I wanted to judge the game based on whether it was good or not, irrespective of the original version, and now that I have both perspectives, I can say that this update is great"
"New menus are snappy AF"
"New Third Person is a universal upgrade"
"Mech feels good on tracks; good job on the update"
"Really appreciate this rework"
GAMEPLAY PREVIEW
NEW VERSION
The new version is now the New Default.
= This way you receive the updates and patches automatically.
You can still play the original version of the game if desired:
>> CLASSIC VERSIONS <<
STEPS TO INSTALL
Right-click ORION: Prelude in your Steam Library and select "Properties".
Select "Game Version & Betas" tab (4th on the list).
Select any available branch and let it download.
• "Default" New Version (2026+)
• "prelude2015" Original version of ORION: Prelude (2015
• "originalbeatdown" Original version of ORION: Dino Beatdown (2012)
\[ Discord ]
The Discord is open to ALL fans of ORION, with a focus on poll voting, developer interaction and community.
Join today:
https://discord.gg/cY5XHC3
\[ Patreon ]
The Patreon is a brand-new outlet for fans who want to support development, with unique rewards including being listed in the game credits, playing early, private Discord channel access and more. Many development updates are shared there, so if you want as much information as possible, take a look:
Support today:
https://www.patreon.com/cw/DANKIE
THE NEW ERA
ORION: Prelude is back in active development.
The goals are simple:
A better game across gameplay and feel.
A more optimized game across polish and performance.
An open development process worth following along with.
This is all on an existing game that you may already own. Every update and quality-of-life improvement goes to existing owners for FREE.
FREE UPDATE
The new version of ORION: Prelude in development goes to existing owners for FREE.
PRICING MODEL
The price of ORION: Prelude is increasing on October 25, 2026 from $0.99 to $9.99.
The Ultimate Edition DLC will be retired on this day; unlocks will continue to work for existing owners.
NEW GAME(S)
New ORION project(s) are in development.
ORION: Prelude @ Steam
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/104900/ORION_Prelude/"]
How To Help:
Join the Discord https://discord.gg/cY5XHC3
Vote on Polls to provide feedback
Share with your Friends
Leave a Review on Prelude
