Orion Trail
Choice-based space adventure about keeping your ship and crew alive
Schell Games · Released Oct 12, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 68% of 121
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 10 years ago
- Dec 21, 2015
What is Orion Trail?
You captain a ship along a dangerous space route in this single-player, choice-based adventure. You select a crew, choose responses to random encounters, and send officers and redshirts on away missions while managing food, fuel, hull condition, and personnel.
For you if...
- +you like storybook adventures with multiple outcomes per encounter
- +you enjoy balancing crew strengths against limited resources
Not for you if...
- −you expect new situations on every journey
What players say
68% of 121 reviews are positive
Players praise the sci-fi parody writing and pixel art. The main complaint is that random rolls overshadow decisions, with players describing failures as excessively punishing even when their crew has strong abilities.
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Orion Trail system requirements
Minimum: DirectX 9 GPU, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Orion Trail?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz
- Graphics
- 256 MB Graphics Memory and Directx 9.0c Compatible gpu
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 300 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- Mouse Required
Does Orion Trail have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Orion Trail run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Orion Trail use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Dec 21, 2015 · 12/21/15 - New Content, Characters, and Captain Forever: Remix Crossover!
- Nov 6, 2015 · Ship Loadouts, Trade Post Changes and More!
- Oct 19, 2015 · 10/19/15 - Balance Patch
- Oct 19, 2015 · 10/19/15 - Balance Patch
- Oct 14, 2015 · 10/14 - Bugfixes and Balance Tweaks
