ORION: Prelude

ORION: Prelude

Steam Deck Unsupported

DANKIE · Dinosaurs · Apr 16, 2013

Worth it for the right player.

At $0.99. It has been as low as $0.79.

75%
Mostly Positive
28k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 22 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 28k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise27% are divided46% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay: At its core, ORION: Prelude is a mix of survival, exploration, and action.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
The game supports both solo and multiplayer modes, with the co-op experience being a major highlight.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Game has really nice graphics (like for the year when it came out), great arranged battle music and sounds and can offer: 8 game modes, around 15 different maps (beautifully designed starting from the real-looking, ending up on cartoon ones), 7 types of vehicles (both land and air), 10 well-known, extinct dinosaur species, 6 difficulty levels and 3 characters with different abilities (stealth, jetpack or medgun) for you to choice, before the match start (can't switch mid-game).
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay39 reviews
Co-op25 reviews
Story and characters18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics30 reviews
77%
Multiplayer21 reviews
86%
Difficulty9 reviews
89%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat32 reviews
88%
Bugs22 reviews
82%
Performance17 reviews
76%
Servers and matchmaking10 reviews
70%
Crashes8 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $0.99. The lowest we've tracked is $0.79.

4 points recordedtoday · $0.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
251
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.