ORION | 25 Year Anniversary
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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