MIO: Memories in Orbit

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a Metroidvania platformer video game developed by Douze Dixièmes and published by Focus Entertainment. It was released on 20 January 2026 on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S.

Gameplay

MIO: Memories in Orbit is a 2.5D side-scrolling metroidvania. The player controls a robot named Mio, who explores The Vessel, a ship now inhabited by only robots. The player has a finite amount of hit points (called layers of protection, once all layers of protection are lost Mio becomes one hit away from dying) but more can be obtained throughout the game. Occasionally throughout the game, The Heart's tremors will cause the player to permanently lose a layer of protection. The player can learn new abilities such as climbing on walls, dodging attacks, grappling to enemies, and gliding through a centipede-like robot named Samsk who you will encounter in multiple locations across the game's runtime (usually following an important moment such as a boss fight.) The combat in the game has a strong focus on aerial combat as striking any enemy will recover your double-jump. Players can purchase and equip various modifiers reminiscent of Hollow Knight's charm system which grant various increases to aspects of certain abilities (e.g. you do more damage for every layer of protection lost). Each modifier has a cost (modifier slots) dependent on its quality with some modifiers being negative (e.g. removing all layers of protection) but giving you more modifier slots.