Orcs Must Die!

Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

Orcs Must Die! is a tower defense, action and strategy game developed and published by Robot Entertainment.
Released on October 11th 2011 is available only on Windows in 9 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 7,972 reviews of which 7,661 were positive and 311 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 2.04€ on Steam and has a 75% discount.

The Steam community has classified Orcs Must Die! into these genres:

Tower Defense Action Strategy Third Person Fantasy Indie Singleplayer Comedy Funny Third-Person Shooter Cartoony Magic Great Soundtrack Score Attack Multiplayer Addictive Shooter Adventure RPG Arcade

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *:Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
Processor:2GHz Dual Core
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM
DirectX®:dx90c
Hard Drive:5 GB HD space

* Currently incompatible with Windows 11 24H2

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Dec. 2024

Absolute banger of a game. Orcs Must Die! excels in almost every game aspect. The animations, visual style, streak, combo and headshot popups, are very satisfying to see. The soundtrack adds to the adrenaline pumping action, with lots of drums, electric guitar, harpsichord, organ, flutes, choir, etc. playing all kinds of memorable melodies. If slaughtering trillions of orcs using deadly traps, wit, and crossbow in a medieval fantasy setting had a sound, this is what it would sound like. The game has lots of traps, but one is pretty much essential, namely the barricade, which is used to block paths and force the orcs into a choke point. Really satisfying to hoard all the orcs and slice, burn, skewer, AND launch them all at once! Different traps can be placed on the floor, wall or ceiling. The game has almost 30 levels in total with the DLC. Lots of different layouts. with stairs, corners, pits, bridges, overpasses, and such. As you can expect from a tower defense, it has a diverse set of enemies, that require different tactics. from small kobold runners to large ogres, flying enemies, bombers that go for the barricades. The biggest problem in this game is its low replayability. Once you finish all levels, there's not much reason to go back, and I almost forgot to write a review as a result. Still, looking back at it, I only have fun memories. So OMD is a real no-brainer as far as game purchases are concerned. Buy it, play it, and go kill those orcs! I realize I used the word "lots" a lot! but that word accurately encapsulates the feeling you get from this game. Can't wait for the newest entry Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, which will be released in January 2025.

Dec. 2024

A timeless classic, its an excellent entry point into the tower defense genre. Its fun, looks great, plays great, sounds great and allows for a lot of freedom in how you tackle each level. My only complaint is that I would generally say that the sequel does everything better. 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. Overall for its price its still absolutely worth it, and if you don't care about multiplayer then this still is worth buying.

Nov. 2024

This game faded into irrelevance but revisiting it all these years after release, it's actually still great even if you've never played it before. It's a mix between tower defense and FPS. Definitely very fun. The sequel is good too.

Oct. 2024

Timeless fun!! This game has aged very well and is still a fantastic game. God bless

July 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑️ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑️ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑️ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑️ Teens ☑️ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑️ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑️ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑️ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☑️ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☑️ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑️ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑️ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑️ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ 8 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑️ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10

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