2026-09-10 12:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
After almost 20 months of development, Orebits is finally available on Steam!Orebits is an atmospheric active incremental game about working as a lone asteroid miner for a greedy corporation at the edge of known space.Smash alien asteroids with bouncing Mining Tools, build powerful synergies in a roguelite Upgrade Tree and venture deeper into the unknown as you uncover strange artifacts and the mysteries of deep space.Orebits is NOW AVAILABLE!To celebrate the launch you can grab Orebits with a 10% launch discount!Watch the Launch TrailerWatch the Orebits Launch Trailer on YouTubeWelcome to the
2026-09-08 09:09 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
Devs Play Orebits!Join us, Maarten & Bob from Upgraded Studio, as we sit down and play Orebits for 75 minutes!How do the devs play?We’ll start a fresh mining operation and show you how we like to play, which upgrades we prioritize and how we build synergies between Mining Tools, Deployables and the roguelite Upgrade Tree.Strategy, builds & questionable decisionsThere’s no carefully rehearsed showcase here. We’re simply playing the game, talking through our decisions and probably disagreeing about the best strategy along the way (mostly Idle or Active).Join us in the asteroid belt!If you’re new
2026-08-24 08:08 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
It's official: Orebits launches on Steam on September 10, 2026 at 12:00 UTC!After 18 months of development on Fridays, we're finally ready to send you into the asteroid belt.In Orebits, you work as a lone asteroid miner for a greedy corporation at the edge of known space. Deploy powerful Mining Tools, shatter alien asteroids, build clever synergies in your roguelite Upgrade Tree and uncover the mysteries of deep space.Along the way, tougher asteroids, increasing production demands and strange discoveries will force you to keep adapting your mining operation.The full release features the comple
2026-06-13 19:38 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
Hello Operators,We're excited to announce that Orebits will be participating in Steam Next Fest!Since launching our first public demo, we've received a lot of valuable feedback from players. We've been reading your comments, watching your gameplay and discussing your suggestions. Over the past weeks we've focused on improving the experience from the very first asteroid all the way to the end of the demo.Here are some of the biggest improvements in the updated demo:New Active Mode & Heat Meter Push your Clickaxe into overdrive for increased mining speed and critical damage. But be careful: the
2026-05-14 07:49 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
The Orebits Demo just launched!We are so excited and proud to announce that the Orebits Demo is now available for you to play. Let the asteroid mining begin!We (Bob and Maarten) have been chipping away at Orebits every Friday for the past 18 months! So releasing the demo is a big milestone for us.Share your thoughtsSince the playtest we have added lots of improvements and bugfixes. If you still encounter an issue or bug, please share it in our demo survey or on our discord. We would love to hear your (honest) feedback and ideas for improving Orebits. What does the future hold?From here on, we
2025-08-10 11:05 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
Our first ever showcase is here! 🎉On August 19th, we’ll be at Courage Cologne during DevCom 2025 in Köln, Germany. This will be the very first time Orebits is shown publicly. We couldn’t be more excited to share it with you!We’re bringing a fresh demo build for the event, and the flyers, shirts and stand decorations are coming in! Here’s a peek:This showcase and 'real' physical stuff makes our game dev journey even more 'real'!GamesCom We’ll also be walking the floors at GamesCom on Thursday to soak in all the gaming goodness.If you’re showcasing or visiting DevCom or GamesCom and want to mee
2025-08-10 11:04 UTC · Community Announcements · Upgraded Studio
Orebits is live on Steam!Adding a storepage for Orebits is a big milestone to check off our (big) to do list! It takes a lot of work to build a nice Steam page: research, copywriting, capsules, screenshots, trailer, gifs, feature lists, and much more.But we have made it! We hope that you enjoy our Steam page and please let us know if you have any suggestions to improve it.And of course: a wishlist would help us out so much!Thanks for being here!
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