OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)

OVERVIEW (A Walk Through The Universe)

Released Mar 2018

Overview is a mind-changing experience about our position in the Universe. With a narrative and an interactive mode, it features realistic imagery and accurate data to leave you in awe and wonder at the vastness of the Cosmos.

72% positive · 123 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

OVERVIEW launched on Steam on March 1, 2018 as a VR interactive documentary. It received one major content update in July 2018 (adding Oculus Rift compatibility and the Solar System Exploration activity), followed by a series of smaller feature and bug-fix patches through early 2020. In March 2019, the developer teased a future "Milky Way scale" activity, but no such release ever followed — that announcement was never fulfilled and has been sitting undelivered for over seven years. The last developer communication of any kind was a minor bug-fix patch on December 29, 2021, addressing a German translation issue and a Chapter 3 positioning bug. Since that date — now more than four years ago — there have been no announcements, patches, roadmap updates, or any other communication from Orbital Views. The promised Milky Way activity was never released. Given the extremely long silence (no posts since December 29, 2021), the absence of any unreleased DLC on the store, and the fact that the game's store description describes the content in present-tense as a finished product, the game is effectively complete. The unfulfilled 2019 teaser is treated as an abandoned plan rather than an active commitment, as there has been no follow-up in over seven years. The last meaningful content addition was the July 2018 major update; subsequent patches were maintenance only. The December 29, 2021 patch is the most recent evidence of any developer activity.
Evidence
Major update adding Oculus Rift compatibility, the Solar System Exploration activity, and Chinese translation — the last major content release for the game.
news post · Jul 19, 2018 source content shipped
high
Developer announced a forthcoming 'Milky Way scale' activity as the next planned content addition. This content was never released.
news post · Mar 4, 2019 source content planned
medium

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Orbital Views
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game



OVERVIEW is a spectacular experience that will leave you in awe.

Using scientific data and featuring spectacular cinematic sequences, this interactive documentary can be enjoyed by people of all ages for education and entertainment.

Key Features

  • 30+ min of cinematic narration taking you from Earth to the Cosmic Web
  • Photorealistic imagery using data from NASA, ESA and other agencies
  • Live model of the Solar System with all planets, moons, comets and asteroids

Space activities


OVERVIEW also includes activities that are regularly improved and updated:

  • “Scale of our Universe” allows you to zoom all the way from Earth to our galaxy and beyond.
  • “Explore the Solar System” is a free-roaming exploration of the eight planets that make up our neighborhood in space, along with hundreds of their moons and thousands of comets and asteroids.

“Best Education Experience”, Viveport Developer Awards 2018


French version narrated by Jean-François Clervoy, ESA astronaut who spent 28 days in space working on the Hubble telescope.

Made in partnership with the French Astronomy Association.
Powered by SpaceEngine.

Available for Arcades on SpringboardVR.

Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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