The values that persist
The game records personal bests for its companion and course combinations and keeps a total of cleared gaps used to determine discoveries. It also stores companion and forest choices, plus the separate music and sound settings. These values let a later visit feel familiar without asking you to sign in.
The website has its own forest-sound preference. Because the website and playable game have different jobs and addresses, a website setting should not be mistaken for a complete player save or evidence that the game was prepared offline.
What a save does not contain
An unfinished run’s live position is held in the open page’s memory. The saved progress is not a suspend file that reconstructs the exact branch, heading and timing after a reload. You can retain discoveries and records while starting a fresh session.
Cached game files are also separate from progress. They provide the program, artwork and other assets for offline access. Downloading a new release refreshes those files; it does not create a cloud backup of the scores stored in local storage.
Use local storage with clear expectations
Keep using the same game address and browser context if you want a continuous record. ORBIT handles unavailable storage without requiring a signup, but progress retained only in memory cannot be expected to survive closing that session.
Deleting the game’s site data or losing the relevant browser profile can erase these values. The publisher has no server copy to restore. If you care about a particular result as a memento, save its score image, while recognizing that an image is a record to view rather than a supported save file to import.