Orbital Gear
| App ID | 298520 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Night Node |
| Publisher | Night Node |
| Supported Systems | Windows macOS Linux |
| Technologies | Unity Engine |
| Last Changenumber | 29639370 |
| Last Record Update | 19 June 2025 – 00:13:50 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 7 August 2014 – 22:42:00 UTC ( |
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.
Additional Information
This game is excluded from Steam Family Sharing because: Free Game
| Developer | Night Node | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_name | Orbital Gear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_score | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| metacritic_fullurl | https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/orbital-gear?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DLCAvailableOnStore | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ShowCDKeyOnLaunch | Yes [view your cd keys in client] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Night Node | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IsFreeApp | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exclude from family sharing (exfgls) | 3 (Free Game) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 7 August 2014 – 22:42:00 UTC ( |
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| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1), Indie (23), Simulation (28), Free to Play (37) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 7 August 2014 – 22:42:00 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 29 October 2019 – 10:03:58 UTC ( |
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| Is free on the store? | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_score | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 83 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unity Engine, Photon SDK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First seen on SteamDB | 24 April 2014 – 21:15:20 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 7 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles |
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| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | ||
| Portuguese - Portugal | Yes | ||
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | ||
| Russian | Yes |
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Cross-Platform Multiplayer
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Shared/Split Screen
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Steam charts
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- 0 players right now
- 3 24-hour peak
- 2,034 all-time peak
3 March 2018
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Store data
- 6,683 followers
- 1,488 positive reviews
- 304 negative reviews
- 83.04% positive reviews
Twitch stats
- 0 viewers right now
- 0 24-hour peak
- 620 all-time peak
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Owner estimations
- ~289.7 k by VG Insights
- ~361.0 k by SteamSpy
- ~437.2 k by Gamalytic
- ~1.39 M by PlayTracker
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Markers
| Date | Label | 30-day Peak |
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| 7 August 2014 – 22:42 | Steam Release | - |
| 1 September 2014 – 18:00 | ⇄ Fanatical: The Inferno Bundle | - |
| 24 October 2014 – 17:00 | ⇄ Groupees: Who's Gaming Now? | - |
| 9 April 2015 – 17:00 | ⇄ Fanatical: Factions Bundle | - |
| 13 August 2015 – 16:00 | ⇄ Fanatical: Multiplayer Mega Bundle | - |
| 16 March 2016 – 17:00 | ⇄ Indiegala: The Indie Mosaic Bundle | - |
| 19 May 2017 – 16:00 | ⇄ Fanatical: Factions Bundle (Rebundle) | - |
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How many players are playing Orbital Gear right now on Steam?
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Orbital Gear had an all-time peak of 2034 concurrent players on 3 March 2018.
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