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MIO: Memories in Orbit

by Douze DixièmesAdventureSteam

What MIO is

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue.

The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.

Play as android MIO in this mesmerizing metroidvania where you explore the Vessel, an enormous technological ark overgrown with machines gone rogue. Uncover its secrets, enhance MIO's abilities, and save the spaceship and its residents from oblivion.

What people say

Within MIO: Memories in Orbit's difficulty complaints, punishing platforming leads, with distant checkpoints and long boss runbacks also adding to the frustration.

Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the report

Before you buy MIO

Steam score86%positive of 2.3 thousand English Steam reviews (Very Positive), the language this report reads
Reviews in this report85%positive of 2,088 reviews, Jan 2026 to Oct 2026
Written reviews sit close to the store score.

Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.

Of the people who wrote a review

Praise something94%
Complain53%

Watch out for

  • Difficulty37%
    Most often punishing platforming

    “- "Accessibility" options that are so inadequate they're like a slap in the face. The worldbuilding and art style are gorgeous, which makes it all the more shamefu [...] s more on player fatigue...”

    1 star · Steam · Jan 24, 2026

Share of written reviews that raise each one.

Who it suits

  • Collecting and completing122 reviewers; most raised: difficulty
    Complain70%
    Praise100%
  • Playing solo55 reviewers; most raised: difficulty
    Complain53%
    Praise100%
  • Relaxing12 reviewers; most raised: difficulty
    Complain49%
    Praise84%
Developer rarely replies
See the reviews behind these numbers
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Steam reviews over its whole life

5,596 reviews in every language, counted per week by Steam itself.

Recommended Not recommended Far above the median weekJan 20, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026

What MIO reviewers say

One public report on MIO: Memories in Orbit reads 2,088 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 20, 2026. Of its 2,088 judged reviewers, 53% complain, 94% praise something, 8% make a request and 2% say they're quitting. The top complaint is difficulty at 65% of complaints, then gameplay and design (17%) and controls and UI (8%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 53% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (65%) and more content (11%). Two audience differences stand out. Not recommended: mention gameplay and design 1.6x as often as everyone (42% vs 27%). 10 to 50 hours: mention difficulty 1.1x as often as everyone (74% vs 71%).

One public report on MIO: Memories in Orbit. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.

What people complain about and love in 2026Natural mix · last year · 2,088 reviews · refreshed weekly · by OneStarTop praise: gameplay is fun, then graphics and art. Top complaint: difficulty (65% of complaints, mentioned in 71%), then gameplay and design.

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