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Orbitals
Team up as Maki and Omura, two inseparable explorers with a whole lot more determination than experience. You’ll brave the perils of space in search of help for their crumbling station home, now trapped within a supernatural cosmic storm.
Details
- Released
- September 3, 2026
- Developer
- Shapefarm
- Publisher
- Kepler Interactive
- Platforms
- Switch 2
How it plays
Up to 2 players
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Orbitals Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Orbitals is a visually spectacular co-op game that kept me smiling from start to finish, with loads of clever ideas for you and a friend to experience.
Developed by Shapefarm, which features former members of the Hazelight team, can Orbitals manage to carve out its own identity?
Orbitals | Switch 2 Review | The co-op adventure that pays homage to '80s anime and reminds us of all the beauty of gaming with friends.
Despite its presentation, Orbitals doesn't quite live up to the high expectations it generated upon first seeing it. However, it fulfills its purpose as a cooperative game designed to be enjoyed with friends. The story felt somewhat tedious, and certain mechanics felt simplistic, but the cooperative gameplay provided enough enjoyable moments to make the eight to twelve hours of the adventure worthwhile.
Review: A co-op only experience in a similar vein to It Takes Two, Orbitals sets itself apart with its gorgeous anime visuals.
Orbitals takes the co-op splitscreen platforming that made games like Split Fiction and It Takes Two winners and applies it to a retro anime-style sci-fi adventure.
The space-team continuum.If art direction alone decided the year's best game, we could skip game-of-the-year voting and crown Orbitals the [...]
Is the anime-infused cooperative adventure all we've been looking for?
Orbitals looks incredible and it's a great time to play with a friend, but can't quite match the sheer inventiveness of It Takes Two.
Immaculate anime stylings aside, Orbitals doesn't bring an awful lot to the post-It Takes Two co-op renaissance, but it's rarely a bad hang. Our review.
Orbitals is full of joy, wonder, and novel ideas from start to finish, which is why it's such a shame its runtime is so brief. J Simpson reviews.