Find and download a game

For Orbit Store 0.0.2 for PS4. The catalogue has 1,434 PS4 games with 1,551 single-file download options from Archive.org, Vikingfile and AkiraBox. Open a game to choose from its sources and formats. What you see depends on which sources you turn on.

Settings paths in this guide use the Store layout. Crossbar, Cinema and Panorama call the main menu Settings; see Appearance.

Browse and choose

Discover opens first. In the default Store layout, start with the featured game and New on Orbit, then Latest releases. Move down to All games for the full collection. The grid loads more games as you scroll. Each game’s size is its smallest option from your enabled sources.

Switch to Browse for search and filters. It sorts by Release date (newest first); games without a date follow alphabetically. Search by game name or title ID, filter by source, format, genre, tag, region or download size, and change the sort order. Reset filters goes back to the defaults. Source and Format allow several choices. Installed games hides games already installed on the PS4.

Genres and filter counts

Browse filters show how many games match each choice, and update as you change your search and other filters. Choices with no matches are dimmed. This works in the TV app, the browser and Orbit Zero, in all four layouts.

Choose one or more entries under Genre. A game can match any selected genre while still meeting your other filters. Save the selection through Saved filters. Only genres recorded for at least ten games appear in the list; games with missing or less common genres stay under All genres.

Game tags

Use Tags for PlayStation exclusive, Local co-op, Split-screen, Open world, Story-driven, Soulslike, Turn-based and PSVR supported. Selecting several tags shows games matching any of them. Combine tags with Source, Format and the other filters.

PlayStation exclusive means no official PC, Xbox or Nintendo version. The PSVR tag covers required and optional VR modes; check the game details for headset needs. Tags are reviewed catalogue data and coverage is still growing, so an untagged game may still have the feature.

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

In the TV app’s Store layout, use the D-pad or left stick to move, Cross to select, Circle to go back and L1/R1 to switch tabs. Press Square on a game in Browse or Discover to add or remove it from Favourites. In the other layouts, Triangle toggles favourites; see controls by layout. In the browser, use the arrow keys, Enter and Escape, or touch and mouse.

DLC and add-ons

Open Add-ons after Browse, or Add-ons (count) on a game’s details. Search by DLC or base-game name and filter by Type, Source and Region. Check the required game edition, title ID and known version requirements before downloading. See the DLC guide.

Pick a source, format and drive

Opening a game from filtered Browse results selects an option that matches those filters. Opening it elsewhere 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 lets you review your choices without starting anything. Open Source to choose a format and provider, Download using for direct or TorBox delivery, and Save to for the PS4 drive. The storage panel shows Free now, Unfinished downloads and After queue + this download.

Known firmware requirements appear beside download options. Options that don’t suit your PS4’s firmware come last with a warning and stay selectable. Unknown requirements aren’t a promise of compatibility. If another format or version of the game is already installed, Orbit warns you and offers Download anyway.

Which format to pick

Check the download size and expected unpacked size when planning drive space.

Start the download

For a direct option, select Download to PS4. Orbit checks the file and the drive, then adds it to Downloads. For Vikingfile and AkiraBox, follow the provider steps below.

Provider steps

Provider pages open full screen on the PS4, even when you start from a paired phone. With Orbit Zero, they open on the computer instead, where the check usually passes in seconds. Only one provider page can be open at a time; Cancel verification closes it without adding a download. If the page times out, start the option again.

Vikingfile

Sign in to Vikingfile first if you have an account. Choose the option and drive, then select Download to PS4. Orbit asks Vikingfile for the file with your session; if it gets a ready link, the download starts straight away.

If Vikingfile needs verification, its page opens. Complete the verification, move the pointer to Download with the left stick and press ○. Orbit checks the link against the file you chose, closes the page and returns to the app. Follow its progress in Downloads.

Downloading through Orbit Zero? Zero first asks Vikingfile for the file with its own saved sign-in. If verification is needed, Vikingfile opens on your computer. Complete any verification and wait without pressing Download. Zero catches the ready link and closes the page. With Prefer PS4 in Zero’s Settings → Downloads → Download preference, Zero then hands the link to your PS4, which downloads the game itself; otherwise Zero downloads it and sends it over. See Orbit Zero.

AkiraBox

Choose the option and drive, then select Open AkiraBox on PS4 in the TV app or Open download page on PS4 in the browser. Complete any verification, then select Download. Orbit checks the link, closes the page and returns to the app.

AkiraBox may show an ad instead of the download. Close the ad and try again. If it keeps coming back, choose another source for the game. For a paused or failed AkiraBox download, use Refresh download link; Orbit keeps the partial file only if the new link points to the same file.

In Orbit Zero, AkiraBox opens on your computer. Complete any verification and wait without pressing Download: the page closes by itself once the file is ready, and the download appears in your queue.

Accounts and TorBox

Archive.org sign-in

Some Archive.org files need an account. Public downloads work without signing in.

Open App settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org in the TV app or the browser. Enter your Archive.org email and password, select Sign in, and check that it says Signed in. Then try the download again. Orbit sends your details to Archive.org once and keeps only the sign-in on your PS4, never your password. The TV app and the browser share it. Sign out in the same place.

Orbit Zero keeps its own sign-in on the computer: open Settings → Sources & accounts → Archive.org in Zero. If you use Prefer PS4, sign in on the PS4 as well for downloads your PS4 runs itself.

Signing in helps with files that need an account; it doesn’t bring back files Archive.org has removed. If the page says the item is unavailable, choose another option.

TorBox

TorBox is an optional way to download supported links. You need your own TorBox account; its plan, host list, quotas and file-size limits apply. You can keep using the original provider without it.

1. In the browser version, open App settings → Sources & accounts → TorBox. You can do this on the PS4 or a paired phone or computer.
2. Get your API key from TorBox settings, enter it and choose Connect TorBox. Keep the key private.
3. Open a game and its Download options. Select Source, then Download using → TorBox, and choose your drive.
4. Select Download via TorBox. Downloads shows the job as via TorBox.

Connect once in the browser; the TV app and paired devices share the connection. If you aren’t connected, choose Set up TorBox under Download using.

TorBox uses at most eight connections per game, even when you choose more. With TorBox connected, Browse → Source → TorBox available shows games with a supported option. If an option isn’t available through TorBox, choose the original provider; Orbit never switches a TorBox job to another method by itself. Disconnecting TorBox pauses its unfinished jobs and keeps their partial files; reconnect the same account to resume.

TorBox in Orbit Zero. Open Settings → Sources & accounts → TorBox in Zero and connect your API key on the computer, then choose Download using → TorBox on a supported option. Zero downloads to the computer; choose This computer to keep the game there, or a PS4 drive to send it over. This connection is separate from the PS4’s TorBox connection. Zero uses at most four connections per TorBox game.

ZIP, RAR and 7z downloads

Archive options are in the normal Format filter. Their size is the archive size; keep space for both the archive and the unpacked files. Multipart archives aren’t supported.

Orbit unpacks on the selected PS4 drive after downloading. Orbit Zero unpacks on the computer first, then sends the unpacked files to your PS4 drive. Follow the Extracting progress in Downloads. Orbit tries the known source passwords by itself (DLPSGAME.COM, [DLPSGAME.COM], SuperPSX, www.DLPSGAME.COM, downloadgameps3.com, hako and pippo). If another password is needed, choose Enter archive password, then Retry extraction; Orbit reuses the downloaded archive.

Delete archives after extracting is on by default, under App settings → Storage & cleanup on the PS4, or Settings → Storage & cleanup in Orbit Zero. It removes the archive after a successful unpack and keeps archives that need a password or fail to unpack.

In Zero, the unpacked files on the computer follow the separate Computer cache setting. Automatically remove after transfer is off by default; turning it on removes those copies only after the PS4 confirms the transfer.

Your download queue

Follow your queue

Use Active, Finished, Failed and Cancelled to find a download. Move waiting items up or down, pause and resume, or cancel.

Choose 1–64 connections per download in App settings → Downloads; eight is the default. Active downloads share up to 64 connections. If a provider refuses several connections, Orbit retries with fewer. Speed depends on the provider, network and drive.

To remove a cancelled download and its partial file, use Delete download and confirm. Reconnect its drive first if it’s unplugged. If you kept the partial, resume it from Downloads.

Keep the PS4 awake. Closing the TV app or the browser leaves downloads running; stopping Orbit interrupts them. Downloads interrupted unexpectedly come back paused for you to check. Restart Orbit resumes downloads that were running before that restart. Orbit doesn’t download in rest mode.

Notifications. Open App settings → Notifications to choose PS4 alerts, phone or computer alerts through ntfy, or both. See notifications.

Remove download history and files

Remove from history, Clear finished history and Clear cancelled history let you choose what happens to the downloaded files.

1. Check the paths and file sizes.
2. Choose Keep files to remove only the history entry, or the delete option to remove the files too.
3. Optionally select Remember my choice. Reset it in App settings → Storage & cleanup → Removing download history → Ask every time.

Orbit protects files used by active downloads and installations. Reconnect a missing drive before deleting its files. If deleting fails, Orbit keeps the entry and shows the error. This removes downloaded files; it doesn’t uninstall a game.

In Orbit Zero, Remove from Downloads can include the computer copy, the PS4 copy or both. Check the selected copies before confirming. See Pause, reconnect and clean up.

Automatic PS4 shutdown

Open App settings → Downloads → Automatic PS4 shutdown. In Orbit Zero, use Settings → Downloads while connected to the PS4. Choose the whole queue or one download under Wait for, or choose Shut down when finished on a download and confirm. Other unfinished work still holds off shutdown. Orbit shows a 60-second countdown you can cancel. It’s off by default. See Automatic shutdown.

Simultaneous downloads

Orbit downloads one game at a time by default. Choose 1–8 in App settings → Downloads → Simultaneous downloads. Games share the same connection and total speed; more games don’t add bandwidth. Lowering the limit lets current downloads finish first. Orbit Zero has its own setting, Settings → Downloads → Simultaneous computer downloads, and sends files to the PS4 one at a time while computer downloads continue.

Download recovery settings

Open App settings → Downloads → Download recovery.

• Automatic retries: how many times Orbit tries again after a temporary failure, 0–10; 0 turns retries off. The default is 3.
• Wait between retries: 10 seconds by default.
• Wait before reconnecting and Reconnect below this speed: when a download stays too slow, Orbit reconnects. By default, below 1 KiB/s for 60 seconds.

Changes apply on the next attempt. Your partial file is kept, but a paused download still needs Resume. Retries can’t fix a removed file, an account limit or a full drive.

These settings apply to downloads your PS4 runs. For computer downloads, use Settings → Downloads → Download recovery in Orbit Zero. The computer and the PS4 keep separate settings.

Where downloads are saved

Downloads and Orbit Zero transfers go to the selected drive’s homebrew folder:

USB numbering depends on how the console mounts your drives. Choose by the label Orbit shows and keep that drive connected. Orbit creates homebrew when needed and checks it can write there before downloading or resuming. A drive attached to your phone or computer isn’t a PS4 destination.

Downloads → Finished → Location shows the saved file or unpacked folder in the TV app and the browser. It’s where the file was saved; it doesn’t check whether it has since been moved or deleted, and it doesn’t mean the game is installed.

Orbit Zero also keeps a copy in the computer’s download folder unless you turn on removal after transfer; see Download settings. Zero’s download details show the PS4 Location. Settings → Storage & cleanup → Computer download folder sets where new computer downloads go; unfinished ones stay in their original folder.

Choose a drive with enough space

Check the space estimate before starting. Orbit prefers your default drive while it has room; otherwise it suggests another drive with more space. A drive you chose yourself is never swapped silently. Archives and unpacked files can need space at the same time, and installing needs space on the PS4 too.

Orbit Zero shows each PS4 drive’s free space and the space left after queued transfers, blocks a drive known to be too small and checks the computer’s space too. For a Zero transfer already in the queue, Change drive reuses the computer copy.

Get new games and corrected details

Orbit checks for catalogue updates when it starts and every six hours. Use App settings → Game catalogue → Refresh catalogue to check now. You can browse the saved catalogue offline, and queued downloads keep the files you chose. New games and corrected details arrive without reinstalling Orbit.

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