Fit check
Is MIO: Memories in Orbit worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Metroidvania fans who want exploration across a large interconnected environment
- Action players who enjoy pattern-based fights against varied enemies and bosses
- Players who like customizing combat abilities through modifiers and trade-offs
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a compact, linear adventure may find the enormous labyrinthine setting sprawling
- Players who prefer low-pressure combat may not suit the focus on precision, rhythm, timing, and boss encounters
- Players looking for a primarily puzzle-based climbing game may prefer a different structure
Our take on MIO: Memories in Orbit
The store presentation gives substantial space to the ark's atmosphere, artwork, music, and exploration. Combat is also a major part of the offering: progression includes enemy-component scavenging, ability trade-offs, over 30 enemy units, and 15 guardian bosses.
What is MIO: Memories in Orbit?
Guide MIO, an android, through the Vessel, a vast technological ark filled with ruined structures, vegetation, rogue machines, secret routes, and interconnected environments.
Explore its ecosystems and uncover the reasons behind the caretakers' failure while investigating MIO's past. Repair damaged robots to reveal parts of the ark's history and gain bonuses. Progression adds abilities such as a grappling hook, air gliding, and wall clinging. Combat includes more than 30 enemy units and 15 guardian bosses, with tools including projectiles, decoy clones, shields, and evasive moves. Scavenged enemy components allow ability customization through Modifiers, including alternate uses for the grappling hook and trade-offs between defense and damage. The presentation combines comic, painting, and anime influences with lo-fi and choral music.
How MIO: Memories in Orbit plays
- 01Interconnected Ark
- The Vessel contains varied ecosystems, architectures, ruins, and hidden passages within one labyrinthine setting.
- 02Movement Abilities
- Progression grants tools for grappling, gliding through the air, and clinging to walls.
- 03Enemy Variety
- Combat features over 30 enemy units and 15 guardian bosses with distinct attack and movement patterns.
- 04Ability Modifiers
- Enemy components can be scavenged to alter abilities, including different functions for the grappling hook and exchanges between shielding and damage.
- 05Robot Interactions
- Repairing damaged robots reveals information about the Vessel and provides bonuses.
MIO: Memories in Orbit compared to similar games
MIO: Memories in Orbit and Sundered®: Eldritch Edition are both metroidvania games. MIO centers on exploring a technological ark, repairing robots, investigating its lost memories, and modifying abilities, while Sundered®: Eldritch Edition is described as a chaotic metroidvania with previous updates and the Magnate of the Gong update.
MIO: Memories in Orbit: platforms & release
Is MIO: Memories in Orbit worth it?
It is worth it if: metroidvania fans who want exploration across a large interconnected environment. Skip it if: players seeking a compact, linear adventure may find the enormous labyrinthine setting sprawling.
Where can I download MIO: Memories in Orbit?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens MIO: Memories in Orbit's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is MIO: Memories in Orbit on?
Windows only.
