MIO: Memories in Orbit — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Patch 2 now live! | 2026-03-12 | PATCH NOTESHard locksDeath on Anra after opening the door, if the player quits the game after Halyn’s cutscene without taking the checkpoint.Accessing the Vault area without the Flowing Striders and then taking the checkpoint.Soft locks / can be resolved by returning to the menuReaching the big fly arena without the hook.Reaching certain platforms in the flashbacks.Complete disappearance of Ancile & Targa, leaving the player stuck in the room.Other fixes includedFixed Spanish localization.SFX fixes.Credits update.Invisible killzone in Promenade.Added the holographic planet in the true ending.Various fixes: flowing steps, Plums disappearing du |
| Patch 1.2 is live! | 2026-02-06 | This is our very first update since launch, and we want to start by saying a huge thank you for all the love, feedback, and support you’ve shown MIO: Memories in Orbit so far, it truly means the world to us. 🫶 Patch 1.2 focuses on quality-of-life improvements, gameplay and balance tweaks, and a wide range of bug fixes aimed at making your journey through the station smoother, clearer, and more enjoyable overall. 🐛 Bug FixesFix a bug where the fourth tremor would trigger too early (sorry)Fix a bug where the boss assist ("Eroded Bosses") would not work on some combination of boss fight and respawn checkpointFix HUD logic for the "Hand's gree |
| 10 Essential Tips Before You Dive Into MIO: Memories in Orbit | 2026-02-03 | MIO: Memories in Orbit isn’t just another sci-fi metroidvania: it’s a test of skill, patience, and curiosity. Set aboard the sprawling Vessel, this handcrafted adventure demands precision platforming, strategic combat, and a willingness to experiment with powers and modifiers. Every choice matters, every shortcut counts, and every boss fight feels like a choreographed dance. Before you dive in, here are 10 essential tips to help you survive, adapt, and uncover the secrets of this haunting world. 🌌 1. MEL is your best friend 🫂Once you liberated Mel in the first area of the game, you’ll also unlock her shop at your Nexus (hub). That’s where |
| Get 28% off (for a limited time) with our MIO & Dead Cells bundle! | 2026-01-28 | MIO: Memories in Orbit and Dead Cells: two unforgiving adventures, one bundle! 💫🖌️ Get both games together with a 28% discount: |
| Get 10% off with our MIO & Constance bundle! | 2026-01-27 | The adorable (and unstoppable) MIO and Constance are joining forces in a Steam bundle! 💫🖌️ Get both games together with a 10% discount: |
| MIO: Memories in Orbit is OUT! | 2026-01-20 | 🎉 MIO: Memories in Orbit is OUT! 🎉After five years of development, we can hardly believe our little project is finally out in the world... 🥲A huge thank you for your support, from all of us at Douze Dixièmes! We’re beyond excited (and, let’s be honest, a little scared) to finally have you diving into the world we’ve spent years building. Every corridor, every secret, every challenge you’ll encounter has been crafted with so much care, experimentation, and lots of hard work. Seeing you explore, experience and discover MIO’s journey definitely makes all this hard work worthwhile! We can’t wait to hear your thoughts and reactions along the wa |
| Autumn Devblog 🍂 | 2025-12-05 | Hi everyone,We’ve just revealed MIO: Memories in Orbit’s release date during the PC Gaming Show, along with a fresh new trailer showing you more of the unforgiving danger and atmospheric wonder of the game! 😁We're sorry that we couldn’t keep our 2025 target, but the wait is almost over: the game is now ready and launches on the 20th of January 2026! ⭐💛 Check out our new trailer here:In this Autumn devblog, we wanted to give you a peek behind the scenes at rigging and animation in MIO.Our first idea was to do a breakdown of Shii's rig… but well, yeah: We're not going to go there, it would be WAY too long! 😂Instead, let’s dive into mob and |
| MIO: Memories in Orbit releases January 20! 💫 | 2025-12-04 | The brand new trailer for MIO: Memories in Orbit just dropped during the PC Gaming Show and it finally reveals the release date!💫The wait is over! We are excited to announce the release date for MIO: Memories In Orbit, launching January 20, 2026!🌌What awaits aboard the Vessel?The new trailer gives the deepest look yet at MIO’s stunning hand-crafted world: a mix of sci-fi mystery, precision platforming (grappling hook, wall cling, gliding), and fast-paced combat. 💥You play as MIO, a nimble little robot awakening alone on a massive and half-ruined spaceship named the Vessel, once cared for by AI “Pearls”. Now everything’s failing. Plants r |
| MIO: Memories in Orbit’s Demo: Major Update | 2025-12-04 | MIO: Memories in Orbit’s free demo just received a major update! Here’s everything you need to know.💫Exciting news! We’ve just released a major update for the MIO demo bringing smoother performance, better accessibility, improved visuals, and greater stability across the board. Whether you’re returning for another run or jumping in for the first time, there’s no better moment to experience the demo at its best! 🫶Play it now!✨ Major improvementsBetter compatibility: the demo should now run on many more configurations, including older PCsBig optimization pass: improved performance on both CPU & GPUAdded 2K / 4K support: enjoy higher-resolut |
| Summer Devblog 🌞 | 2025-09-03 | Hi everyone,First off, thank you so much for all your interest in MIO: Memories in Orbit! The past few weeks have been very intense (in the best way possible), between the Summer Game Fest, the release of our gameplay trailer, our participation in the Steam Next Fest and gamescom.And we’re happy to say that everything went really well! Huge thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out our demo feedback survey. We read every single response, and your input has already sparked some ideas for little things we could do to enhance the experience further. For those interested, the demo is still available on Steam right now! Keep the feedback co |
| Play MIO's Demo and watch our Summer Game Fest Trailer! | 2025-06-06 | Hi everyone!! 🌘We released MIO’s Demo two days ago along with a brand new Gameplay Trailer, and we’re now being featured at Summer Game Fest 2025 to showcase some more gameplay!! 🥳As you progress into the intricate environments of the Vessel, you’ll be able to unlock new memories… Strike enemies that block your way and meet with different powerful guardians, holders of the spaceship’s darkest secrets. These encounters will make you grow into a formidable force! 💪And remember, if you’re eager to test MIO: Memories in Orbit now, well…THE DEMO IS OUT!! 🌠For those who already tested it, how does your experience feel so far? Let us know!We’ve |
| MIO: Memories in Orbit FAQ 💫 | 2025-06-04 | You probably have a lot of questions about MIO: Memories in Orbit, so we've put together this FAQ to address them. What is MIO: Memories in Orbit?MIO: Memories in Orbit is a single-player metroidvania that blends challenge and breathtaking sceneries set in a vast and mysterious universe. You wake up in the Vessel, a space ship drifting aimlessly in space. This enormous technological ark, whose initial purpose remains unknown, lies now as a field of ruins, overgrown with lush vegetation and machines gone rogue. And nobody knows why the Pearls, The Vessel's AI caretakers, have ceased functioning! Forgotten by all, the Vessel faces imminent shut |
| MIO's Demo is out now, with a brand new Gameplay Trailer! 💥 | 2025-06-04 | Hey everyone! ✨ MIO: Memories in Orbit’s Gameplay Trailer is here! Get prepared for fast-paced exploration, challenging combats and deadly foes. 💥🪐 In the vast and interconnected environments of the Vessel lives a vast array of merciless enemies, ready to strike you down… If you wish to uncover the secrets behind MIO's past, you'll have to master resilience and patience, for some encounters will give you a very hard time! But not everyone is driven by malicious intent! You can also count on friendly robots to help you spice up your abilities and adapt your strategy: collect components, use them to enhance your fighting skills and transform |
| Spring Devblog 🌸 | 2025-05-30 | Hello everyone!! 👾💫 It’s good to be back in the spring season! As I’m writing this blog, the sun is shining and we can feel its positive energy radiating! ☀️ 📌 Where we’re at right now! So much work has been done! We are incredibly proud of how far we've come, but we still have a long way to go. As of now, we still need to polish some specific parts of the map and catch up on cinematics and bugs that have remained unsolved after being pushed back for the last few months. Otherwise, the level designs are mostly complete! 🔧 There are still many things to do! It’s been a very long process, as every area of the game is now the result of sever |
| Winter Devblog ❄️ | 2025-03-05 | Hi everyone! Winter is almost over! But the seasonal devblog is finally here ❄️ We hope you all enjoyed the start of 2025. It’s a big year for MIO! The game is still set for release this year—no official date yet (👀)! We’ve been working on this project for the last four years. While it’s starting to feel long, we’re still quite hyped by the game so I’d say that’s a good sign! Last stretch We’re now entering the last months of development and there’s still so many things left undone. Little polish, postprocess we wished we could have implemented and hope we will still have time to do it at the last minute. A lot of small things; this animat |
| Autumn Devblog 🍂 | 2024-11-28 | Hey everyone! ✨ Once again we want to express our gratitude towards you for following the project. Reading your comments and seeing the wishlist grow makes us incredibly proud and excited (and a bit frightened too)! 💙 We saw that some of you are still confused with the game; in terms of challenge, let us clarify that for you! WHAT IS MIO? MIO is a metroidvania, therefore, it will be a challenging game. We often have playtesters telling us, at the beginning of their run, that they are afraid the game is going to be too casual because of the cute and poetic art style. Worry not, that is not what we aim for! So far, none of the players, testers |
| Summer Devblog 🌞 | 2024-09-06 | Hi everyone! We wanted to do this devblog just after the announcement trailer but time flies and it’s already August! 😱 The announcement itself was quite terrifying between not knowing if we wanted Silksong to be announced (we just want to play it too of course) or not (Well, It'd have been a bit bad for us, even though we are convinced that MIO has a lot to give!) All the comments and love we received was so heartwarming, thank you so much!! 💙 One of the first concept art by our art director, Etienne We had some wonderful feedback on the game, the graphics and flow was almost unanimously praised which was a huge release since we were not c |
| Discover the unique metroidvania MIO: Memories in Orbit! | 2024-06-18 | Your attention everyone! 📢 Something unusual is happening on the Vessel spaceship. Nobody knows why the Pearls, its AI caretakers, have stopped functioning… Dive into the reveal trailer and prepare yourself to unveil the secrets of MIO's journey! 👾 Embark with Mio, a small robot who mysteriously lost his memories after a tragic blackout happened on the vast spaceship he woke up in. Use your extraordinary abilities to conquer the wild environments of the Vessel, gathering clues and fragments of the past to figure out what pushed this enormous technological ark to cease functioning. Surrounded by mesmerizing and handcrafted aesthetics, you’ll |