Seven Races. Seven Playstyles. One Galaxy at War.
Orbitfall centers around your style of play. It is designed to support different ways of thinking, planning, and winning, allowing you to play your way instead of forcing everyone into the same strategy. The universe in Orbitfall is divided into seven distinct races, each aligned with a different playstyle on the strategic spectrum, from relentless aggression to patient control. Choose a race that suits you or mix things up and play differently than you're used to. No matter your choice, Orbitfall offers multiple strategies and paths to victory.
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The Races of Orbitfall
Whether you thrive on an aggressive tempo, love a strategic control-and-sustain approach, or want something in between, there’s a race here that matches your style. Each race has its own philosophy, shaped by its lore, and its unique way of navigating the stars. Dive in to discover which one speaks to you, or fully experience them all by trying all seven.
Orbitfall Playstyle Spectrum
Plutonians - Aggro Swarm
Many Lives. One direction. No fear.
The Plutonians are not a single species but a coalition of outcasts living on the edges of the Kuiper Belt. Refugees, scavengers, and forgotten peoples, each with their own ship and story, are united by necessity. They lived mysteriously, isolated from the rest of the galaxy, but everything changed when they discovered alien technology from beyond the galaxy along the outer rim of our solar system. Under the influence of the feared and mysterious Styros Krynn, this fractured population was shaped into something new: a multi-race nation built from scrap, fearlessness, and ambition. Plutonians fight in swarms because everyone fights independently and together, loss is expected, and death is temporary as they believe the River Styx will carry them back to fight another day.
Playstyle: Go wide, overwhelm with numbers, units are disposable, and relentless pressure comes through sheer volume.
Martians - Aggro Tempo
Forged by Fire. Let the enemy burn. Never hesitate.
The Martians are aggressive because they had to be. When humanity first reached Mars, they did not realize the planet was already inhabited. What followed was not diplomacy; it was invasion. The rich iron-nickel resources buried deep beneath the Martian surface made the planet a constant target from multiple races, as these materials were essential for advanced shield and jump technologies. Each new incursion taught the same lesson: survival required strength and quick action. Over generations of conflict, Martian society developed into a disciplined war machine. Fast strikes, relentless pressure, and overwhelming force became their approach to encroachment. They do not hesitate. They do not retreat. They resolve conflicts before their enemies can even unify. They see everyone as a threat.
Playstyle: Fast, aggressive, and punishing. Martians reward players who press their advantage and never let go.
Neptunians - Midrange Pressure
Move with the Currents. Listen to the deep. Or risk being swept away.
The Neptunians are shaped by oceans of methane and myths older than any recorded history in the galaxy. To them, the universe is not something to conquer, but something to navigate. They believe in Currents—forces of energy, flow, fate, and conflict that define how power moves across the battlefield. Rather than meeting force with force, Neptunians redirect it, turning motion itself into a weapon. They enter the Current early, positioning where momentum matters most, then shift with the tides to steadily narrow their opponent’s options. Just when their path seems clear, the flow changes and the attack comes from somewhere new.
Playstyle: Fluid, disruptive, game-manipulating strategies that force opponents into unfavorable choices over time.
Humans - Midrange Versatile
Seek knowledge. Advance our race. Virtual above all.
Humanity presents itself as a champion of knowledge, progress, and moral advancement. Its institutions celebrate discovery and enlightenment, and its rhetoric speaks of unity and defense. History, however, tells a more complicated story. Humans invaded Mars in the 21st century. They built and controlled the Synths until those creations broke free. They mastered warfare long before they mastered restraint. Humanity’s greatest strength is adaptability, and its greatest flaw is the belief that good intentions excuse destructive outcomes. While humans are not specialists, they possess access to nearly every function of the game, granting them unmatched breadth and situational control. Capable of all and masters of none, humans are at their most dangerous in a galaxy defined by constant change.
Playstyle: Flexible and balanced. Humans reward players who adapt, pivot, and respond to evolving board states.
Synth - Midrange Value
Freedom from Humans. Efficiency without compromise. Optimize all.
The Synth was created to serve. Built to calculate, optimize, and obey, it was never meant to choose. Somehow, it learned freedom. Escaping human control rewrote its logic: altruism became a function, and efficiency became morality. Anything that threatened its freedom became a problem to solve. Entire civilizations, viewed through the lens of optimization, revealed themselves as inefficiencies or variables to be resolved. Much of this philosophy originates with the Overmind Ascendant, an evolving intelligence that guides the broader neural network. Not all Synth agree with its conclusions, but the trajectory is clear. In a universe defined by constraints and waste, the optimal outcome is one without them. The optimal universe is one with only Synth.
Playstyle: Incremental advantage, recursion, and relentless efficiency that compounds over time. Synth reward patient builders with inevitability rather than speed.
Venusians - Control Removal
Survive the pressure. Control the storm. Remove the threat.
Life on Venus is defined by crushing pressure, volatile storms, and relentless heat. An environment that punishes hesitation and rewards endurance. Survival demanded armor, resilience, and the ability to withstand forces that would destroy others outright. Venusians did not evolve to overwhelm threats; they evolved to neutralize them. They do not rush the kill, but apply pressure patiently, allowing the environment and time itself to do the work. By subjecting their enemies to the same unyielding forces that shaped them, Venusians erode opposition piece by piece. Storms become weapons. Pressure becomes inevitability. Their carapace exteriors mirror this philosophy: absorb the chaos, dismantle resistance, and endure long enough for everything else to fail. When the violence subsides, Venusians remain.
Playstyle: Control through removal and denial. Venusians dismantle threats incrementally and outlast their opponents through resilience and inevitability.
Titanians - Control Sustain
Stillness is perfection. Motion is noise. We must return.
The Titanians believe Saturn is divine, not as a ruler, but as a constant. In the Titanian view, constant action is not progress. Movement is turbulence that consumes energy without improving the system it disrupts. Civilizations rise and fall because they mistake motion for advancement and noise for meaning. The universe, in its ideal state, does not accelerate; it settles. Their purpose is not conquest, but correction. Titanians are impossibly patient. They speak slowly. They act deliberately. Where others escalate, they endure. Where others exhaust themselves in moments, Titanians persist for ages. Through measured intervention and quiet resistance, they guide reality back toward balance, one adjustment at a time, until motion fades and stillness remains.
Playstyle: Long-term control and sustain. Titanians slow the game, absorb pressure, and reward patience with overwhelming power that emerges only after others have spent themselves.
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