Guardians of Orion (Phase 2)

ORION | 25 Year Anniversary

DANKIE

First and foremost, this is a very special day. The quarter century celebration for Orion, originally announced on August 25, 2000.

That is absolutely wild to think about! With the first commercial release ("ORION: Prelude") starting development back in 2009 and releasing in 2012. It's been a crazy adventure so far and it's brought me a lot of experience, learnings, opportunity, perspective and I am very appreciative for that. The good, the bad, the ugly; I've certainly seen and learned a lot, all of which compounds and culminates into what I want to do next.

Secondly and very importantly; Hello . It's been some time. I apologize for the lack of communication and I know some folks may be wondering if I have plans for anything more with Orion.

The short answer is: Yes.

The long answer is: The story continues...

\[ READ the Update ]

https://www.dankiedev.com/updates/orion-25

\[ WATCH the Update ] https://youtu.be/Ix4yLIv0p2w

2025 QUESTIONNAIRE

We’ve put together a 2025 Questionnaire that will help us analyze additional perspectives. If you could take a few minutes and answer the questions there it’d be a tremendous help. https://forms.gle/fxJWThvaT6Cv6NDM8

STEAM SALE (25 YEARS)

We have also put together a Steam Sale across all legacy Orion games to celebrate. This is a week long discount from August 25 - September 1, 2025 (10am PST).

\[ ORION: Prelude @ Steam ]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/104900

\[ Guardians of Orion @ Steam ]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/407840

ORION @ DISCORD

Feel free to join and share the Orion Discord. Interact, react, suggest and discuss: https://discord.com/invite/cY5XHC3

Thank you to all! Happy 25th birthday, Orion.

This announcement was originally published by DANKIE on Steam on Aug 25, 2025.

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