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12 orbits – Casual Game Review
12 orbits is a Casual/Family game from Roman Uhlig, first launched in 3rd July 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 42+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes 12 orbits Stand Out
The only local multiplayer game that lets you challenge 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… up to 12 players at once on just one screen. One smartphone or tablet is all you need.
• Competitive local multiplayer for everyone at once. Anywhere. On anything.
• 4 vastly different game modes to choose from
• Setup takes seconds, even for 12 players at once
• The basic mechanics are simple and can be taught to a group quickly
• …yet they provide you with a lot of room for mastery and competition
• Works just as well for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6… players as it does for 12
You can choose from 4 very different game modes:
○ Arena
Fill the arena with spheres of your own color and avoid those of your opponents. A bullet hell game that constantly grows more intense.
○ Multiball (Teams)
Kind of like football, but with exploding goals and multiple balls at once, which change color all the time. Teamplay is more important than mastery.
○ Trails
Collect spheres to grow longer than your opponents. Then block their path and pay attention to your own. And should the other players try to keep their distance, just fling your spheres at them.
○ Blizzard (Teams)
Think tennis. But you have to defend against a whole shower of spheres at once, and send them right back where they came from.
Whether you prefer playing local multiplayer versus or as a team, defensively or offensively, competitively or in utter chaos, anything is possible. Even so, 12 orbits requires only one button per player. This makes it easy to learn and teach others how to play it, yet it still provides a surprising amount of control for perfectionists.
12 orbits is a local multiplayer game for many players at once. But of course, you can also start off with a smaller group. All game modes automatically adjust to 2 players just as well as to any other number: 3 players, 4 players, 5 players, 6 players, 7 players, 8 players, 9 players, 10 players, 11 players, and of course 12 players can all easily compete with each other.
Just try it out! The free version comes with all of the features and no more than a few ads. No micro transactions, no sharing of your data, and no unnecessary permissions.
If you enjoy 12 orbits and would like to support me in its development, you can buy an ad-free version right here, in the Store.
Thank you.
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, 12 orbits is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th October 2023
Recent improvements include:
• Improved sound quality
• Internal updates, to stay compatible with new devices
Download & Availability
12 orbits is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Hey developers we love your game but one thing we want you to decrease the frequency of the no ads page and add a dont show us this page again feature please thank you very much.
This game is very good for a party! Last year on December we downloaded this game and it really fun! We played this by ourselves! Sometimes we play game with friends! But you need more games so far you made 2 games.
The game with friends and family is amazing and fun especially when at night everybody is laughing so much and still competitive.
This game is not original, but it dose something with the orbit mechanic. The game is a fun death match like party game. AND FINALY A GAME WITHOUT ADDS EVERY 3 SECONDS. It truly is a fun and unique game thats is worth your time.
This game puts the other cash grab games on the App Store to shame. Easily worth the money we paid for it on steam the mobile version is just as good on any size device.
We loved this game a while ago, and Id play with our friends when we were the only one with a device. The fact it needs no internet is amazing too! But theres a small issue: It feels as if this game is being abandoned. It is a wonderful app, not trying to be rude, but it lacks more updates and its already lost popularity. We wish more people could see this game too! But we may stop keeping it on our device since it is old. Really good game, just feels empty.
Found this on a reddit thread. Spent hours playing it with our grandma! The maps that are locked behind the $2 paywall are really great, we recommend buying those. Cant wait to try it with a bigger group.
We joined a group where someone had this downloaded-it was really fun. We were downloading it when we saw there weren't any reviews, so we gave one here.
Well, we just gotta say, this game is more neato than not.
This game is one of the best local games on the same screen.
We play this so much with our friends great app.
This game is insanely fun and a great party game! We played this game with 8 of our friends and it got really intense (in a fun way). It kept our guests entertained for a long time. We love that you can play with up to 12 people and it doesn't require wifi. Perfect for a get together with friends, a long car/plane ride, etc. We would highly recommend this to anyone.
BEST GAME ON MY IPAD PERIOD. TOO BAD HARDLY ANY one HAS IT.
Definitely download this (if you have friends). Or you can set up AI and play with them. Its sooooo fun so so so sos please help us we're addicted.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.570
- Size: 111.66 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, HI, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES, ZH
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Roman Uhlig
Last updated: 8th October 2023 | Genre: Casual, Family | Developer: Roman Uhlig