Orcs Must Die!

Orcs Must Die!

Steam Deck Playable

Robot Entertainment · Tower Defense · Oct 11, 2011

Yes, worth buying.

At $9.99. It has been as low as $2.49.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
8k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
73% of themes are praise9% are divided18% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This means you are not just sitting there waiting between waves, but rather taking an active part into the gameplay.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I revisited this game after being really busy for 10 years and it is a very fun game with enjoyable humor in the story line with some good gameplay mechanics, It is very satisfying to watch your death traps eat waves of foes, and still offers a good challenge if you are looking for it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
+Smooth graphics which look good and don’t push it too far.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
Of course OMD does not have endless mode, local co-op (we wish) or network co-op.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
There is some voice acting and it’s fairly good.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
The interaction between characters is more fun there and you also get proper multiplayer there, which is a surprisingly fun addition to what I thought was mainly a single player game.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Gameplay56 reviews
Story and characters52 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Co-op20 reviews
Audio10 reviews
Multiplayer10 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat54 reviews
98%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty43 reviews
100%
Bugs13 reviews
77%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $9.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.49.

4 points recordedtoday · $9.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.