MIO: Memories in Orbit on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a metroidvania, exploration and platformer game developed by Douze Dixièmes and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on January 20th 2026 is available only on Windows in 15 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America and Turkish.

It has received 1,066 reviews of which 840 were positive and 226 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified MIO: Memories in Orbit into these genres:

Metroidvania Exploration Platformer Action-Adventure Singleplayer Atmospheric Indie 2D Colorful Robots Souls-like Difficult Hand-drawn Combat 2D Platformer Futuristic Sci-fi Precision Platformer Action Mystery

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 / Intel Core i3-6100
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 460 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 4 GB available space
Additional Notes: 60 FPS in 1920x1080 with "Low" preset. GPU with DirectX12 & Shader Model 6.0 mandatory

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Jan. 2026

fantastic metroidvania. I don't find it nearly as punishing as most reviews are stating. the boss fights have very clear tells and plenty of time to react. They do have a lot of health though so they demand that you have endurance and can dodge their attacks for a fair amount of time. The platforming can be devilish in some late game stuff but totally doable with plenty of checkpoints. Harder platforming than the average metroidvania, nowhere near as hard as something like celeste. The losing currency on death honestly doesn't matter, you end up with plenty of ways to maintain it over time and you get it so fast that you won't have a hard time buying everything you want to buy even with the system. The permanent health loss mechanic that people are talking about is tied to the story but I can see why it would rub someone the wrong way. Just know that if you explore you will find health at a rate that outpaces this mechanic AND the enemies around you get weaker as well. I haven't finished quite yet but the runbacks are never very long with shortcuts keeping them relatively close to checkpoints. Sorry most of this review is just addressing other people's criticism. Long story short I just don't agree with most of it. I totally respect anyone for not enjoying it if the mechanics simply aren't fun for them, but I'd wager some percentage got more upset with the idea of something like permanently losing health more-so than how it felt in the moment. When you actually just play it, the systems just work and are well balanced. I really like the art style. 2.5 D with a lot of depth is a really satisfying look for a game. I don't want to spoil anything but I'll just say some details about how the game looks second to second that may even feel a bit "off" all come together in an environment that is just flat out amazing and a joy to explore and realize the scope of. The combat is simple like the first Hollow Knight game but you have way higher mobility than that game and it feels a bit more action oriented than that game. everything feels smooth and easy to translate intent into action. Overall. I recommend if you love metroidvanias. If you just play them occasionally you probably just played Hollowknight Silksong and I don't think this will wow you so close to that game, but maybe get it later when you are craving another.

Jan. 2026

This game nearly ruins itself with a late game mechanic of permanently reducing your health. It's really unfortunate because the game has a really good natural difficulty curve, where the fights ramp up in difficulty by increasing the complexity of enemies attacks, and introducing platforming challenges into the fighting arenas. Sapping you of your most important resource (health) upsets that balance quite badly. The enemies continue to increase in difficulty and complexity, but your capacity to deal with them gets reduced mechanically. It also screws up the exploration, which is quite platform heavy. Backtracking through areas to find missed collectables is a lot less appealing when you have little to no survivability. It really drained my desire to keep playing the game and I left a bunch of places uninvestigated because of that. Theres a lot of good stuff about MIO, the art and sound first and foremost. It is absolutely gorgeous to both look at and listen to. Further, outside of the aforementioned issues, the boss fights and platforming are really solid. Im leaving this as a recommend because its worth the price of admission for the environment design alone. Its a shame it chose to shoot itself in the foot, seemingly just to be as sweaty as possible.

Jan. 2026

I haven't been as surprised by a game for as long as I can remember. Put that down the the price-point (low), the occasional negative review or my failing memory. This game is an utter delight visually, phonically and actionly. This gem has been crafted meticulously. There are some refreshing tweaks to the formula which aren't immediately obvious. Here are a few: no contact damage (up yours, Silksong) and you can refresh your health points without respawning enemies. I'm usually bothered by run-backs (up yours, Last Judge) but I haven't been in this game, despite what others are saying. They even put a health regen spot next to a particularly challenging jumping section. Thank you, devs! If you're a Metroidvania fan, or just a fan of well made, beautiful, high quality games, do yourself a favor and give this shot.

Jan. 2026

If you are wondering what to expect from this game. Think Nine Sols difficulty/level design with Ori artstyle and a cyrptic lore simular to hollowknight. overall amazing game

Jan. 2026

Most of the negative reviews here come down to one thing: expectations. The Metroidvania genre is well-established at this point, and there are a lot of tropes that have been canonized as generally "good design" since then. MIO spits in the face of most of those. As such, this is not a game for everyone. MIO is a patient game. A game where there are long runbacks, a game where you must think critically about each encounter with even the most basic enemy because if you make a mistake, you probably cannot get that HP back until you die. Heck, this is the first time I've EVER seen a game of this genre progressively take away progress (HP) throughout the game. That may not be for you, and that's okay. Don't let people tell you it's a skill issue - it's not. The game is about a dying world that wasn't made for you. The designers are aware of this, trust them, even if it doesn't fit in with what you'd expect or feel good. Don't go into MIO with the sole intent of "I want to beat this game." It will kick back, and HARD. But if you take it patiently, lean into what it excels at in its map design, atmosphere, boss design, platforming sections, and just generally creating an incredible coherent world, this is genuinely one of the best games in the genre. Its appeal is niche intentionally -- but I see Steam users all the time asking for games as art that don't compromise on the developers' vision to appeal to the masses. This game is that. And for people like me, it's one of the best out there.

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MIO: Memories in Orbit is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

MIO: Memories in Orbit received 840 positive votes out of a total of 1,066 achieving a rating of 7.53.

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MIO: Memories in Orbit was developed by Douze Dixièmes and published by Focus Entertainment.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is playable and fully supported on Windows.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is not playable on MacOS.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is not playable on Linux.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a single-player game.

MIO: Memories in Orbit does not currently offer any DLC.

MIO: Memories in Orbit does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

MIO: Memories in Orbit does not support Steam Remote Play.

MIO: Memories in Orbit is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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