Parcel Gravity has confirmed the final details for Low Orbit Courier ahead of its November 5 launch on PC and Nintendo Switch 2. The physics-driven delivery sim will cost $19.99 on both platforms, with a 10 percent discount for the first two weeks.
The bigger news is the assist menu. Low Orbit Courier is built around momentum, and every package you carry changes how your thruster pack handles. That is the joke and the challenge, but Parcel Gravity says playtesters were split between people who loved the tumbling chaos and people who bounced off it in the first ten minutes. The solution is a set of assists that can be toggled individually at any time:
- Spin correction automatically cancels rotation when you release the thrusters.
- Docking guide projects a line to the target port and turns green when your approach speed is safe.
- Gentle parcels halves the damage packages take from bumps, without affecting tips.
- Unlimited fuel removes the fuel gauge entirely in career mode.
On PC, the game will also ship with the same station editor the studio used to build its career routes. Custom stations and delivery jobs can be shared through an in-game browser. The Switch 2 version will not support user-made content at launch, though Parcel Gravity says it hopes to add a curated selection later.
Nobody should have to be good at orbital mechanics to enjoy throwing a refrigerator at a space station. The assists are there so everyone can get to the fun part.
Tomas Okoye, founder of Parcel Gravity, in a developer update
The studio says the Switch 2 version targets 60fps in both handheld and docked modes, and that the photo mode shown at Indie Lantern Showcase will be available on both platforms at launch.
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