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KESSLER: Orbital Incremental Demo

1983: a killer satellite is put into orbit, then forgotten. 2041: it wakes up, and everything circling the Earth becomes a target. One shot, a cloud of debris, a chain reaction. An incremental pixel-art game where you set off the Kessler syndrome.

Release date
October 1, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Periapsis Works
Publisher
Periapsis Works
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One shot. That's all it takes.1983. A top-secret military satellite, KESSLER-1, is put into orbit to take out enemy satellites. It is never switched on. Everyone forgets about it.2041. It wakes up. Its orders haven't changed. One cannon, a dying battery and thousands of targets. Every satellite you hit bursts into debris. Every piece of debris hits another. And the orbit starts tearing itself apart. Start the chain reactionAim, fire once, then watch. Fragments fly at orbital speed and smash into everything in their path.

Head-on collisions hit hardest, and the longer the cascade runs, the more it pays. Upgrade, relaunch, climb higherBetween passes, KESSLER-1 refits in its maintenance bay. Dozens of upgrades on punched cards: heavier slugs, faster fragments, incendiary debris, hijacked satellites. From 400 km up to geostationary orbit, every new altitude opens up new targets. Take down the stationInternet megaconstellations, armored spy satellites, giant telescopes. And at the end of it all, the Concorde space station, one module at a time.

Down on the ground, messages come in over an old telex. Customer support apologizes for the inconvenience. Space traffic control starts to panic. KESSLER-1 replies in 1983 military protocol. Until the Earth wears a ringA 3 to 4 hour incremental game with a real ending. Then a free mode to blow everything up, with no limits.

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★ 10.0/10Steam · 25 ratings
SteamLast checked November 1, 2026

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Recommended
Great for when you feel like flinging yourself into orbit, however temporarily, and shooting down a bunch of SpaceX orbital junk. There're some events that…
Recommended
Fun to stack up combos, art style works well with the game, keen for the full release!
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The concept of the game takes a real world theoretical (worrying) problem and makes it into one of the more fun and simple game (demo)…
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Cool concept. It's fun starting long cascading chains of destruction.
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Really quite good! It was fun to eventually just demolish everything! I did also finish this in about 30 minutes.
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Great little traditional missle defense style game, but with a rad aesthetic. Can't wait to see what unlocks in the full game. Not a deep…
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this is a Interesting Incremental game that is very fun to play because you get to blow spacecraft up.
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A very fun, and easy to enjoy game. I look forward to seeing its release, as the basic principles are nice but somewhat less apparent…

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Recommended
Fun to stack up combos, art style works well with the game, keen for the full release!
Recommended
The concept of the game takes a real world theoretical (worrying) problem and makes it into one of the more fun and simple game (demo)…
Recommended
A very fun little shooter. My one critique is I wish the combo window was a bit more prominent, maybe above your satellite.
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Cool concept. It's fun starting long cascading chains of destruction.
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Good demo. I liked the music, hopefully there's more of it in the full version.

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