Orcs Must Die!

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 9k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Robot Entertainment · Tower Defense · Oct 11, 2011

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$2.49−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
27
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio9 of 9
Subtitles0 of 9

Should I buy Orcs Must Die!?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated

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
67% of themes are praise25% are divided8% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This means you are not just sitting there waiting between waves, but rather taking an active part into the gameplay.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's a legion of baddies out there and it's up to you and your ridiculously generous array of traps, weapons and spells to stop them.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Great atmosphere, perfect graphics for this type of genre, good music and sound, and enough difficulty to keep you coming back rather than rage quitting.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I like the lore and the narrative, I just wish there were more of it, or perhaps we get to see other areas aside from the often constrained and repetitive arenas.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The stylized graphics and high-contrast colors make traps stand out in the environment.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game is still worth playing in the big 2026, and I had no issues running it compared to 2's online co-op.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay71 reviews
Combat50 reviews
Difficulty49 reviews
Story38 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Co-op24 reviews
Multiplayer9 reviews
Audio8 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
100% still recommend
Controls
60% still recommend
Characters
100% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
75% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$2.49$9.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $2.49