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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 29639370
Last Record Update 19 June 2025 – 00:13:50 UTC ()
Release Date 7 August 2014 – 22:42:00 UTC ()
😏 79.57%
1k reviews
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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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library_heroen
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Is free on the store? Yes
review_score 8
review_percentage 83
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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header_image
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library_hero ↴
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Assets
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page_background_pathapp/298520
timestamp21 December 2023 – 22:22:46 UTC
Trailers
2033806 ↴
trailer_nameOrbital Gear Launch Trailer
trailer_category0
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timestamp1447363047

Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
298521 Linux EnglishOrbital Gear Linux x86 688.61 MiB 148.87 MiB
298522 Windows EnglishOrbital Gear Windows x86 687.57 MiB 146.78 MiB
298523 macOS EnglishOrbital Gear Mac x86 690.81 MiB 140.39 MiB
358880 DLC 358880Orbital Gear Soundtrack (358880) Depot 63.84 MiB 57.26 MiB

Total size on disk is 2.08 GiB and total download size is 493.31 MiB.

Total size on disk is 687.57 MiB and total download size is 146.78 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 630506

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