From Orbit
From Orbit is a quick and light single player Action RTS. Guide your stranded crew home as they land on alien planets, scout out the area, build defenses, harvest valuable resources, and launch back into orbit…
From Orbit is an arcade developed by Tentacle Head Games, released 27 August 2019 on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What From Orbit is
From Orbit is an arcade game developed by Tentacle Head Games and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
From Orbit is a quick and light single player Action RTS. Guide your stranded crew home as they land on alien planets, scout out the area, build defenses, harvest valuable resources, and launch back into orbit before being overwhelmed by hostile aliens.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
From Orbit launched on 27 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and Gears 5. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, Gears 5.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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