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Team up as sci-fi soldiers to fight dinosaur hordes, defend objectives, and take on cooperative or competitive shooter modes.
Released 16 Apr 2013
Defend the Generator
Battle Dinosaur Hordes
Drive Sci-Fi Vehicles
Work together to survive the devastating Dinosaur horde in huge, endless environments.
Developed by DANKIE · Published by DANKIE
ORION: Prelude is a sci-fi shooter where you play as a soldier facing dinosaur threats across large maps. Its modes include objective-based survival, timed combat, playable dinosaurs, and player-versus-player battles.
In cooperative survival, work with other players to hold objectives such as a generator against waves of dinosaurs. Other modes mix human opponents with dinosaur enemies or set players against one another.
Choose weapons and gear, use vehicles, and build a character through classes, loadouts, and progression. The game supports first- and third-person perspectives, as well as solo play with bots.
Players who enjoy ORION: Prelude often describe its dinosaur battles as chaotic, straightforward fun, especially when played cooperatively with friends. They also appreciate the range of modes, weapons, and upgrades. Some reviewers find the experience rough or repetitive, and note that sparse online activity can make solo play less enjoyable.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 251 |
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| Players | 1–10 |
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| Multiplayer | ORION: Prelude supports both online co-op and online PvP. Store text states support for up to 10 players overall, with Conquest listed as cooperative for 5 players and Vital listed as PvPvE for 10 players; reviews repeatedly describe the core co-op modes as 5-player and PvP lobbies up to 10 players. Single-player and offline play with bots are explicitly mentioned. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop and an SDK for custom maps are listed. No provided text states how mods function in multiplayer beyond custom map support. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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