Orbit War

By Jeff Gilbert

Enter the arena. Your screen stays local, but kills, deaths, and other pilots are shared through Firestore. Every respawn returns pilots to a new random orbit, so awareness and turret placement decide who controls the next engagement.

Earth by denis_cliofas on Sketchfab

Spaceship by EdwiixGG on Sketchfab

Satellite by dkotkinfilms on Sketchfab

Turret by saruedaacevedo on Sketchfab

Earth and arena assets can keep loading behind this screen.

About

Most space combat games are set in the far future and quietly throw out real physics: ships handle like fighter jets, dogfight at close range, and ignore how orbital mechanics actually work. Many do not model real satellite behavior at all, or they use fake drag and magic engines just to feel familiar. In this game, your spy satellite is already in orbit, and you cannot steer it like a plane. You can only aim and fire. The motion is fixed by realistic orbital mechanics; the challenge is using real-world targeting and timing to destroy other satellites in ways that could actually happen with today's technology.

Changelog

v0.3.2

2026-03-16

Retuned ground turret shots so they fly at half speed, last twice as long, and read as bright red against Earth and space.

v0.3.1

2026-03-15

Improved satellite visuals and hit debris, made Earth feel larger, fixed near-horizon shot behavior, made Earth impacts throw debris, and gave turret mode its own sight, shot color, and firing tone.

v0.3.0

2026-03-11

Added deployable ground turrets with ship or turret control switching, turret destruction scoring, and random respawn orbits to reduce repeated spawn camping.

v0.2.0

2026-03-09

Expanded enemy orbit coverage, tightened projectile behavior, added delayed satellite respawns, and refined the splash screen and controls.

v0.1.0

2026-03-08

Built the first playable Orbit War arena with Earth orbit combat, multiplayer score syncing, HUD, map mode, and satellite encounters.

Instructions

Orbit War is a physics-based ambush game. You cannot steer your satellite like a plane, so survival comes from timing, aim discipline, map awareness, and smart turret placement.

Core Controls

Use Arrow Keys to aim, Space to fire, M to open map mode, and C to toggle orbit lines. Use Z/X to zoom in and out.

Kills And Point Steal

When you destroy another player, you steal up to 5 kills from their score. If they have fewer than 5, you steal only what they have. This rule also applies when you destroy an enemy turret.

Turret Rules

Press T to deploy a ground turret. You can have only 1 active turret at a time. Deploying a new turret replaces the old one. After a successful deploy, there is a 60 second cooldown before another deploy is allowed.

Ship / Turret Switching

Press Shift to switch between your satellite and your deployed turret. If your turret is destroyed, you are forced back to ship control. Turret shots travel at half the speed of ship shots, but they remain active for twice as long.

Respawn And Positioning

On death, you respawn after 10 seconds in a new random orbit. Spawn-camping is reduced by randomness, so strong turret placement and map scanning are now the key to reacquiring targets.

Orbit War

Orbit War

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