Find and download a game

Orbit’s current catalogue includes 2,714 games: 1,280 PS5 games and 1,434 PS4 games, with 5,679 single-file download options from Archive.org, Vikingfile and AkiraBox. Each platform edition has its own game page; open it to choose from its available sources and formats. The selection depends on which sources you enable.

Settings paths in this guide use the Store layout. For the browser’s other layouts, see the Settings page equivalents.

Browse and choose

Discover opens first. In the default Store interface, explore the featured game and New on Orbit first, followed by Latest releases. New on Orbit shows up to 40 games, with selected highlights first. Its selection and order arrive through catalogue updates. Move down to All games for the full collection. The grid loads more games as you scroll, largest downloads first. Each game’s size is its smallest available option from your enabled sources.

Switch to Browse when you want search and filters. It defaults to Release date (newest first). Games without a recorded date follow alphabetically. Search by game name or title ID, filter by platform, source, format, genre, tag, region or download size, and change the sort order. Reset filters restores the default. Missing dates and other metadata can be added later through catalogue updates.

In 1.6.0, Source and Format allow multiple selections. Use Installed games to hide games already installed or saved on a PS5 drive. This uses the connected console’s library; it does not treat a computer-only copy as installed.

Scores and playtimes

Game pages show Metacritic scores and HowLongToBeat estimates when recorded. Browse can filter by minimum score or playtime and sort using these values. Choose Main Story, Main + Extras or Completionist for the estimate you want. These choices can be saved with Browse filters. Missing values stay unlabelled and sort last; applying a score or playtime filter excludes games missing that value. Playtimes are community estimates and vary by player. This information comes from the catalogue and can be corrected through catalogue updates.

To hide this information below game cards, turn off Appearance → Scores and playtimes on game cards. Game details and filters remain available. The preference is saved on the device and works in all four layouts.

Genres and filter counts

In 1.8.3, Browse dropdowns show how many games match each choice, updating as you change your search and other filters. Choices with no matches are dimmed. This works in the browser, native app and Zero, in all four interfaces.

Choose one or more entries under Genre. A game can match any selected genre, while still meeting your other filters. Save that selection through Saved filters. Genre uses the metadata shown on game details; equivalent labels share one entry. Only genres recorded for at least ten games in the full catalogue appear in the dropdown. This threshold does not change with your current filters, and games with missing or less common genres remain in All genres.

Game tags

Use Tags for PlayStation exclusive, Local co-op, Split-screen, Open world, Story-driven, Soulslike, Turn-based, PSVR supported and PSVR2 supported. Selecting several tags includes games matching any selected tag. Combine them with Platform, Source, Format and the other filters to narrow results.

PlayStation exclusive means no official PC, Xbox or Nintendo version for that game. VR filters include both required and optional VR modes, attached to the relevant PS4 or PS5 edition; check the game details for headset requirements. Tags are reviewed catalogue metadata, and coverage is still expanding. An untagged game is not proof that it lacks a feature.

Save a game from its details page to find it under Favourites later; favourites are shared with your paired devices.

In the native TV app’s Store interface, use D-pad/left stick to move, Cross to select, Circle to go back and L1/R1 to switch tabs. Press Square on a game selected in Browse or Discover to add or remove it from Favourites. Select filters with Cross; choose an option with the D-pad and Cross. In the other native interfaces, Triangle toggles favourites and navigation follows the layout’s on-screen hints; see native controls by interface. The controls below apply to the browser’s Store interface.

DLC and add-ons

Orbit 1.5.0 adds Add-ons after Browse, plus Add-ons (count) on game details. Search by DLC or base-game name and filter by Platform, Type, Source and Region. Check the required game edition, title ID and known version requirements before downloading. DLC counts and installation status are separate from those of the base game. Use the same source, delivery and destination controls as for games; Zero can also save add-ons to This computer and send them later. See the DLC guide.

ZSTD games

Orbit Store 1.9.1 adds Format → ZSTD in the PS5 browser and native app, in all four layouts. The catalogue has 20 identified ZSTD options across 20 PS5 games. These games lead New on Orbit in this catalogue update.

Orbit extracts the outer RAR, ZIP or 7z archive and keeps the game’s ZSTD assets intact. Running them requires a compatible loader and a ZSTD-capable AMPR runtime. The format label alone does not confirm compatibility with your console.

The shared Orbit Zero 1.9.1 installers can download, extract and transfer these game folders; their Format filter still lists them as Game folder.

PS4 games on PS5

PS4 support starts with Orbit Store 1.1.0, native app 1.4.0 and Orbit Zero 1.1.0. Use the latest matching apps for the current catalogue and features. Update the apps before refreshing the catalogue; builds without PS4 support keep their PS5-compatible catalogue.

1. Open Browse → Platform → PS4. Choose All platforms to see PS4 and PS5 together.
2. Open a game and check its PS4 label, title ID, region and source notes. PS4 title IDs begin with CUSA; PS5 IDs begin with PPSA. Editions for different platforms stay separate, even when their names match.
3. Choose a download option, its source and the destination drive. PKG and FPKG options use a .pkg file. Some games also offer a single ZIP, RAR or 7z archive, which Orbit 1.2.0 or later extracts after downloading. A PS4 label does not imply a frame-rate patch, DLC, or compatibility with every PS5 setup. Check the specific option’s notes.
4. Follow the provider steps below. Orbit Zero can download and transfer these files while the PS5 has no internet access.

Files go to the selected drive’s homebrew folder, including /data/homebrew/ for internal storage. In 1.5.0 and later, open a completed download and choose Install on PS5 to install its PKG/FPKG. Earlier versions need a compatible package installer. Check the game’s requirements; downloading and installing remain separate steps. See installing downloaded games. The instructions for installing Orbit’s own PPSA99177.ffpkg TV app do not install a downloaded game package.

This ELF and TV app run on PS5. For a PS4 console, use the separate Orbit Store for PS4 release with the same Orbit Zero 1.9.1 desktop app. See Library for the distinction between downloaded files and installed games.

Pick a source, format and drive

From Orbit 1.8.2 onward, opening a game from filtered Browse results selects an available option matching those filters. When you open it elsewhere, Orbit first tries the source and format you downloaded last, then an option that can download without a verification page. You can still choose another option.

On the game page, select the main download button to open Download options. This reviews your choices without starting a transfer. Open Source to choose a format and provider, Download using for direct or TorBox delivery, and Save to for storage attached to the PS5. The storage panel shows Free now, Unfinished downloads, and After queue + this download. Back returns to your previous selection.

Orbit 1.5.0 shows known firmware requirements beside download options. Options unsuitable for your detected firmware appear last with a warning and remain selectable. In Zero, this uses the last paired PS5’s firmware even while disconnected. Unknown requirements are not a compatibility guarantee. In 1.7.5, supported metadata found after extraction also appears in Downloads and installation review. If another format or version is already installed or on a drive, the PS5 apps warn before downloading and offer Download anyway. In 1.8.3, the browser and native Store layout also show the existing copy’s location and format above that button.

If extraction finds backport files and the game needs newer firmware, 1.8.3 shows backport placement instructions in its firmware warning. Finding those files does not confirm that the game will run on your console.

Which format to pick

Identified archives match both their content format and their archive type in Browse. For example, an inspected exFAT image inside a RAR appears under exFAT and RAR. Options whose contents are still unverified retain their archive label. Check the selected option’s download size and expected extracted size when planning drive space.

PS5 FPKGs and firmware (October 2026): PS5 FPKG games currently run only on firmware 11.60 or lower. On 12.xx and 13.xx they may install but won’t start, until package support arrives for those firmwares. On those firmwares, choose exFAT or FFPFSC instead. Where a game offers exFAT or FFPFSC, those work without installing.

LZ4 games

Available in Orbit 1.7.5. Choose Browse → Format → LZ4 in the browser/ELF, native PS5 app or Orbit Zero. The same filter works in Store, Crossbar, Cinema and Panorama. The catalogue currently has 52 LZ4 download options across 50 PS5 games.

LZ4 identifies the game assets inside the download. The download may still be a ZIP, RAR or 7z archive, and those packaging filters continue to match it. Orbit extracts the outer archive on the PS5, or on the computer in Zero, and preserves the LZ4 game files for your loader. It does not recursively decompress those assets or convert them into a PKG, exFAT or FFPFSC image.

Check the selected option’s notes and your game loader’s requirements. The LZ4 label alone does not confirm that the game will run on your firmware or loader.

Start the download

For a direct option, select Download to PS5. Orbit checks the file and destination, then adds it to Downloads. For Vikingfile and AkiraBox, follow the provider steps below.

Provider steps

Vikingfile: sign in or complete verification

Sign in to Vikingfile to let Orbit request the selected file with your account session. In 1.8.0, Orbit also keeps that session attached while checking, downloading and resuming the file. If Vikingfile returns a matching direct link, the download starts without a provider window. Otherwise, use the verification steps below.

Starting in the native TV app? Open Download options, choose your source and drive, then select Open Vikingfile on PS5. Vikingfile opens directly in the PS5 browser. With the current matching PS5 apps, complete any verification and wait without pressing Download. Orbit captures the ready link and closes its provider window automatically. Orbit checks the file and queues it on your selected drive. You do not need to open Orbit’s browser interface first. If the source or drive is no longer available, choose an available one explicitly.

Downloading through Orbit Zero? Zero first checks for a direct link using its saved sign-in. If verification is needed, Vikingfile opens on your computer. Complete any verification and wait without pressing Download. Zero captures the ready link and closes the provider window. See the Orbit Zero download steps.

Automatic capture requires Orbit Store 1.3.5 or later with its matching native app, or Orbit Zero 1.4.0 or later. Earlier Vikingfile flows require the Download click; update the app handling your download before following these steps.

1. Select the Vikingfile option and destination drive in Orbit.
2. Select Open download page on PS5 in Orbit’s browser interface, or Open Vikingfile on PS5 in the native app. This opens the provider page on the console.
3. Complete any verification yourself, then wait without pressing the provider’s Download button.
4. Orbit checks the ready link against the selected file and returns automatically. Follow its progress in Downloads.

You can start the session from a paired phone, but the provider page and verification still appear on the PS5. There is no need to paste a generated link. If the session expires or reports no matching file, return to Orbit and start that option again. Only one browser verification session can run at a time; Cancel verification stops the pending session without adding a download.

When a Vikingfile option offers Download directly, you can use that button to start it. Otherwise, follow the browser steps above.

AkiraBox: verify, then wait

Requires Orbit Store or Orbit Zero 1.2.0 or later, with matching PS5 apps. Choose the AkiraBox option and destination, then open its download page from Orbit. Complete any human verification yourself and wait a few seconds. Do not press AkiraBox’s Download button or an advertisement. Orbit captures the ready file link and checks it against your selected game.

With the current matching PS5 apps, Orbit captures the ready link and returns to the browser or native TV app automatically. In Orbit Zero, the provider window closes once the matching file is ready, and the download appears in your queue.

If the session expires, start the provider step again. For an existing paused or failed AkiraBox download, use Refresh download link. Orbit reuses the partial file only if the refreshed link identifies the same file.

Accounts and TorBox

Archive.org sign-in

Available since 1.3.5. Some Archive.org downloads require an account. You can still use public downloads without signing in.

• Native PS5 app: open App settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org (or Settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org in another interface).
• PS5 browser or paired device: open App settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org. In another browser interface, use Settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org.
• Orbit Zero computer downloads: open Settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org in any layout.

Enter your Archive.org email and password, select Sign in, and check that the panel shows Signed in. Then retry the download. The native app and browser share the PS5’s sign-in; Orbit Zero keeps a separate sign-in on the computer. If you use Prefer PS5, sign in on the PS5 as well for downloads routed there. Your password is not saved.

Release 1.3.5 removed 225 unavailable Archive.org options. Signing in helps with account-required files; it does not restore removed files. If the source page says the item is unavailable, choose another source or game option. You can sign out from the same account panel.

Remember your download method

Orbit remembers whether you chose Direct or TorBox. In TorBox settings, enable Always use TorBox to apply it to new downloads. Your account and the selected source must support the request. Turn this preference off before choosing Direct; Orbit does not silently switch a TorBox request to the original source. Zero and the PS5 service keep their own preferences.

Optional: download through TorBox

Available in 0.8.0 and later. TorBox is an optional delivery choice for supported links. Use the current native FFPKG and its matching running service; the package already includes the service. See which files to download. You need your own TorBox account; its plan, host availability, quotas and file-size limits apply. You can keep using the original provider without connecting TorBox.

1. In Orbit’s browser version, open App settings → Sources & accounts → TorBox. You can do this on the PS5 or a paired phone or computer.
2. Get your API key from TorBox settings, enter it in Orbit and choose Connect TorBox. Keep the key private.
3. Open a game in either Orbit app and use its main button to open Download options. Select Source, then Download using → TorBox, and choose your destination drive.
4. Select Download via TorBox. Follow preparation and transfer progress in Downloads, where the job is labelled via TorBox.

Connect the account in the browser once. The native TV app and paired devices share that connection. If you are not connected, choose Set up TorBox under a game’s Download using options. In the TV app this opens the browser with your game, source and destination selected; connect in App settings, then return to the game.

In 1.8.4, TorBox downloads use at most four connections per game in Zero and eight for direct PS5 downloads, even when a higher count is selected. Selecting one connection in Zero uses a continuous transfer, including when resuming. Orbit respects provider cooldowns. A removed-source error means you need another download option; retrying cannot restore the original host’s file.

Orbit submits supported requests to TorBox without rejecting them based on its advertised file-size limit. TorBox still decides whether the request is allowed; any returned limit or account error appears in Downloads.

With TorBox connected, choose Browse → Source → TorBox available to show games with a supported option. This choice also works in saved filters. An account connection does not guarantee support for every file. If an option is unavailable through TorBox, select the original provider explicitly. Orbit does not silently switch a TorBox job to another delivery method.

Pause and resume from Downloads as usual. Disconnecting TorBox pauses its unfinished jobs and keeps their partial files. Reconnect the same account to resume them. Disconnecting does not remove files from your remote TorBox account.

TorBox in Orbit Zero

Available since 1.3.5. Open Settings → Sources & accounts → TorBox in any desktop interface. Connect your API key on the computer, then choose Download using → TorBox on a supported game option. Zero downloads to the computer. Choose This computer to keep the game there, or a PS5 drive to transfer it. This account connection is separate from the PS5 service’s TorBox connection. Host availability, account limits and file-size limits still apply.

Zero can refresh an expired temporary TorBox link during a retry while preserving matching partial data. If TorBox’s download server refuses a connection before any data arrives, Zero waits at least five minutes before retrying. Longer provider waits still apply.

ZIP, RAR and 7z downloads

Requires 1.2.0 or later and matching apps. Compressed options appear in the normal Format filter. Their displayed download size is the compressed archive size; keep space for both the archive and the extracted files. Multipart archives are not supported.

Orbit Store extracts on the selected PS5 drive after downloading. Orbit Zero extracts on the computer first, then transfers the extracted files to your selected PS5 drive. Follow the Extracting progress in Downloads. Orbit tries the known source passwords automatically; see the password list. If another password is needed, choose Enter archive password, then Retry extraction. This reuses the downloaded archive.

If an archive puts a game folder inside extra empty folders, Orbit Store 1.4.0 and later removes those extra folders so the game folder is saved directly. Other files and folders in the archive are kept.

Delete archives after extracting is on by default in both apps. Find it under App settings → Storage & cleanup in Orbit Store, or Settings → Storage & cleanup in Orbit Zero. It removes the downloaded archive after successful extraction and keeps archives that need a password or fail to extract.

In Zero, the extracted computer files follow the separate Computer cache setting. Automatically remove after transfer is off by default; enabling it removes those copies only after the PS5 confirms the transfer. Deleting an archive after extraction does not delete the extracted files. See saved locations to find the result.

Your download queue

Follow your queue

Use Active, Finished, Failed, and Cancelled to find a transfer. Move waiting items up or down, pause and resume, or cancel. Cancelled items have their own view; Finished contains successfully completed downloads.

Choose 1–64 connections per download in App settings → Downloads, with eight as the default. Active PS5 downloads share up to 64 connections. If a provider refuses parallel connections, Orbit retries with fewer. Existing partials retain their original layout. Speed depends on the provider, network and drive. Pause, Resume and Cancel control the whole file.

After deleting a cancelled partial, you can start the download again from its game page. If you kept the partial, resume it from Downloads.

To remove a cancelled download and its partial file, use Delete download and confirm. If its drive is disconnected, reconnect it before deleting the file. If you already deleted the partial yourself, Orbit can clear the stale entry so you can start fresh. For completed history and the clear-history buttons, use the choices below.

Keep the PS5 awake. Closing the TV app or control browser leaves the download worker running; stopping Orbit interrupts it. Unexpectedly interrupted transfers return paused for review. The Restart Orbit action resumes downloads that were active before that controlled restart. Orbit extracts supported archives after downloading. The 1.5.0 apps provide explicit Install on PS5 controls and automatic ShadowMount scans for newly completed compatible images and folders; see installing downloaded games. Orbit does not launch games or continue downloading in rest mode.

Notifications. Open App settings → Notifications to choose PS5 alerts, phone/computer alerts through ntfy, or both. Select which download, installation and update events to report. PS5 messages use the console’s language. See notification setup.

Remove download history and files

Remove from history, Clear finished history and Clear cancelled history let you choose what happens to the downloaded files. Each clear-history action applies to its own view.

1. Review the affected paths and actual file sizes.
2. Choose Keep files to remove only the history entry, or choose the deletion action to remove the selected downloaded files too.
3. Optionally select Remember my choice. Reset this in App settings → Storage & cleanup → Removing download history → Ask every time.

Orbit protects files used by active downloads, installations and mounted games. Reconnect a missing drive before deleting its files. If deletion fails, Orbit keeps the entry and shows the error so you can retry. This removes downloaded files; it does not uninstall an installed game.

In Zero, Remove from Downloads can include the computer copy, PS5 copy or both. Review the selected copies before confirming. Zero cleanup and recovery explains the other actions.

Automatic PS5 shutdown

Open App settings → Downloads → Automatic PS5 shutdown. In Zero, use Settings → Downloads while connected to the PS5. Choose the whole queue or a download under Wait for, or choose Shut down when finished on a PS5 download and confirm. Orbit shows Automatic shutdown scheduled. and changes the item action to Cancel automatic shutdown. Other unfinished work still prevents shutdown. Orbit shows a cancellable 60-second countdown when everything is ready. It is off by default. See the shutdown guide.

Simultaneous downloads

Orbit Store and Orbit Zero start one game at a time by default. Choose 1–8 in Orbit Store’s App settings → Downloads → Simultaneous downloads, or Settings → Downloads → Simultaneous computer downloads in Orbit Zero. Reducing the limit lets active downloads finish before another starts. Orbit Zero transfers one file to the PS5 at a time while computer downloads continue.

Download recovery settings

For PS5 downloads, open App settings → Downloads → Download recovery. For computer downloads, use Orbit Zero → Settings → Downloads → Download recovery. The computer and console keep separate settings.

• Automatic retries: how many times Orbit tries again after a temporary failure. Choose 0–10, or 0 to turn retries off; the default is 3.
• Wait between retries: the pause before the next attempt, 10 seconds by default.
• Wait before reconnecting and Reconnect below this speed: when a download stays too slow, reconnect and try again. By default, this means below 1 KiB/s for 60 seconds.

Changes apply on the next attempt. Some providers require a longer wait. Your partial download is kept, but a deliberately paused job still needs Resume; retries cannot fix a removed file, an account restriction or a full drive.

Where downloads are saved

Direct PS5 downloads and Orbit Zero transfers use the selected PS5 drive’s homebrew folder:

USB numbering depends on how the console mounts your drives. Choose by the storage label shown in Orbit and keep that drive connected. Orbit creates homebrew when needed and checks write access before downloading or resuming. A drive attached only to your computer is not a PS5 destination.

For downloads handled by Orbit Store, Downloads → Finished → Location shows the saved file or extracted folder path in both the browser and native app. This is the recorded save location; it does not check whether someone has since moved or deleted the file, and it does not mean the game is installed or listed by ShadowMount.

Orbit Zero also keeps a computer copy in your chosen computer download folder, unless you enable cleanup after transfer. In 1.5.0 and later, Install on PS5 becomes available after the package reaches the console. The PS5 uses its configured installation storage. The downloaded file stays on its original drive unless Delete packages after installing is enabled; see installation steps.

Orbit Zero download details show PS5 location and Computer location while the cached copy remains. Files go to the selected drive’s homebrew folder. Extracted downloads may be a file or a folder containing several files. Zero’s Computer download folder setting controls new computer downloads; existing partial files stay in their original folder.

Choose a drive with enough space

Review the space estimate before starting. Orbit prefers your default drive while it is usable and has room; otherwise it suggests a suitable drive with more space. A drive you explicitly selected is not silently replaced. Archive and extracted files can need space at the same time, and installation may need additional console storage.

Zero shows available space and the projected space after queued transfers, blocks a destination known to be too small and checks the computer’s download space too. Unknown extraction sizes cannot be guaranteed in advance; Orbit checks again after inspecting the archive. For an existing Zero transfer, Change drive reuses the computer copy.

Get new games and corrected metadata

Orbit checks its catalogue on startup and every six hours. Use App settings → Game catalogue → Refresh catalogue for a manual check. You can browse the saved catalogue offline, and queued downloads keep the files you originally chose. New games and corrected release dates arrive without reinstalling Orbit, within the platforms supported by your app version. PS4 support itself requires the 1.1.0 app update.

Files, accounts and saved filters

Use Vikingfile sign-in to request links with your account session, saved filters to reuse searches, and Files to manage downloaded content. Zero can stream a completed package to the PS5 installer. The built-in archive password list also includes pippo; a custom password can still be entered when needed.

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