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Orbital Gear

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App ID 298520
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Night Node
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28971452
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 01:37:37 UTC ()
Release Date 7 August 2014 – 22:42:00 UTC ()
😏 79.53%
1k reviews
0
In-Game

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 ()
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 ()
Store Asset Modification Time 29 October 2019 – 10:03:58 UTC () (1572343438)
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 82
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Photon SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 18 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 630506
  • configuration:
    supported_inputgamepad
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 24 April 2014 – 21:15:20 UTC (), in changelist #478622

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🌱 Indie 🤖 Mechs 🕹️ Multiplayer 🖥️ Simulation 🔫 Shooter 🌟 Arena Shooter 🚀 Sci-fi 🆓 Free to Play 📺 Side Scroller ⚡ Fast-Paced 🌠 Space 4️⃣ 4 Player Local 🏽 2D 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🥊 PvP 🏗️ Platformer 👤 Singleplayer 🤖 Robots 📺 Local Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Stats Steam Leaderboards Remote Play Together Multi-player Shared/Split Screen

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp21 December 2023 – 22:22:46 UTC
Trailers
2033806 ↴
trailer_nameOrbital Gear Launch Trailer
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Steam charts

  • 0 players right now
  • 2 24-hour peak
  • 2,034 all-time peak 3 March 2018
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Store data

  • 6,689 followers
  • 1,483 positive reviews
  • 304 negative reviews
  • 82.99% positive reviews

Twitch stats

  • 0 viewers right now
  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 620 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Very Positive
  • 79.53% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,483 83.0% positive reviews
  • 304 17.0% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
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?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 0 players live playing Orbital Gear on Steam.

Orbital Gear had an all-time peak of 2034 concurrent players on 3 March 2018.

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