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Games like Orb Overload

If Orb Overload is your kind of game, the closest matches are Indirection, Bubbles The Octopus and SkyDungeon Shinobigaeshi Peak — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Orb Overload: Go on a adventure through outer space in Orb Overload. Play, make and discover planets in this journey to get back to your ship while not dying from oxygen by connecting to Orbs!

2021AdventureCasual2.99 USDWindowsby Mick Sengers
Orb Overload — Steam game cover

Players who liked Orb Overload also play

Steam players who put hours into Orb Overload also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Indirection

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orb Overload.

    A challenging puzzle platformer where you can only move in one direction.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bubbles The Octopus

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    A merciless platformer where you play as a cute octopus named Bubbles, collecting pearls and failing countless times against mean, downright unfair traps. Perfect your controls, defy vicious obstacles, and challenge your nerves.

    ActionIndieCasualSteam ↗
  3. SkyDungeon Shinobigaeshi Peak

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    A tough 30–60 second ninja precision platformer built for fast retries, speedruns, and brutal custom levels. Master jumps, dashes, wall moves, and frog assists across 150+ bite-sized courses, then create and share your own trials through Steam Workshop.

    2026ActionIndieCasual3.39 USDSteam ↗
  4. ExtraGalactica

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Slow time to a crawl as you pilot your super charged space craft through randomly generated waves of enemies, defeat huge bosses, and explore a cyberpunk planet with a flunking college football captain and his team's feline mascot Nova!

    2020ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  5. Delta 78: The Passenger

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orb Overload.

    A crew member wakes up alone on a silent ship. Something is wrong. Something is watching. Delta 78: The Passenger is a dark sci-fi experience with interactive storytelling and stealth gameplay.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Cosmic collapse

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Lasers, blasters, black holes and a lot of enemies... All this is in the endless space, the expanses of which you have to clean up from enemies!

    2022ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Blokour

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orb Overload.

    Jump, build and fight through the dungeons of Blokour! In this puzzle platformer, you place and break blocks whilst solving puzzles and dodging dangerous traps. Featuring 125 levels, 4 boss fights and more than 60 different types of blocks, you'll venture through a wide range of exciting challenges.

    2026IndieAdventureCasualSteam ↗
  8. Captain Galactic

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Orb Overload fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    Captain Galactic is a colorful retro sci-fi platformer where you ride a hoverboard through strange alien worlds, collect crystals, unlock abilities and items, dodge deadly traps, and blast enemies with your phaser.

    2026ActionIndieCasual2.54 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Orb Overload at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orb Overload.

    This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Orb Overload on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Orb Overload.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure and Casual with Orb Overload.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Orb Overload.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Orb Overload

How much does Orb Overload cost?
Orb Overload is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Orb Overload?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Orb Overload are Indirection, Bubbles The Octopus, SkyDungeon Shinobigaeshi Peak.
Who developed Orb Overload?
Orb Overload was developed by Mick Sengers.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Orb Overload.

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