OrbiTank

Great little game to play with friends. The orbital physics make for a lot of fun and some crazy shots. Great soundtrack as well (Very similar to the Tiger Kings)

OrbiTank is a small-scale competitive action game that takes the classic idea of tank duels and gives it a clever space-based identity. Developed by Harper Rhett and Voltaic Studios and published by Voltaic Studios, the game centers on two-player battles in which tanks fight across miniature planetary environments. Instead of relying on ordinary straight-line shooting, OrbiTank makes gravity an essential part of every confrontation. The result is an accessible arcade game with an unusual tactical layer, where understanding the environment can be just as important as having good aim. The defining feature is the way gravitational forces affect projectiles. Planets and other celestial objects can bend the path of incoming shots, allowing shells to curve around obstacles or approach opponents from directions that would normally be impossible. A direct shot may be convenient, but a projectile sent around a planet can sometimes produce a much better attack. This creates an enjoyable mixture of calculation and experimentation. Players gradually learn how different trajectories behave, and particularly satisfying moments occur when an apparently unlikely shot successfully travels around a…

"OrbiTank" is right out of the "Bad Ideas Implemented Badly" bucket on Steam, an objectively failed attempt to make a PvP "party game" like Worms (itself a ripoff of Scorched Earth), except without the terrain destruction, interesting weapons, almost tolerable graphics etc... and instead with a rather lame small planet physics gimmick that has you roll around little circles and jump around exactly the way tanks really can't. What do you do in the game? Nothing, there's no players, the developer couldn't work out how to do multiplayer netcode, and if you ask your friends to play this kind of game you soon won't have any. On the topic of visuals, the weak looking 2D retro assets seem like they'd be more at home in a browser game or a mobile app. 3D graphics accelerators hit the mainstream of PC gaming in the mid 1990's with cards like the ATI Rage and Voodoo3D, there's no excuse for such poor 2D graphics in 2025. That alone is enough to disqualify this for recommendation. It's free... now, but it wasn't before. The developer was charging $2 USD for this. Price barriers, especially on low quality products, can be a direct cause of failure. It's a nice gesture for the game t…

Perfect pick up and play couch co-op Space tank go pew pew

Orbitank is a 2-D arena shooter where you and a friend duke it out on various planets, using the gravity of each planet to influence your shots. The draw of the game is being able to shoot cross-planet arcing shots that hit your enemies in the most unexpected ways, and the game lends itself well to this premise. You have a guiding line shown when aiming as well as a smaller initial speed to make lining up precise shots easier. The only issue I've spotted with how the game controls is that sometimes landing on planets can invert your movement controls, but it handled this well most of the time. This game sets itself up as a party game format, where you pass off between a couple of people every now and then, but as of right now, you can only play in a best of 5 format. The developer has stated he's still working on the game, so this may change at a later date. As of right now, it's a fun replayable party game that doesn't demand too much of a player but also lets them do some cool shots.

OrbiTank changed my life forever in the thirty minutes I played it. After playing this game, I became a better person, and now I do charity work and have found a newfound passion for helping others.