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 8,031 reviews of which 7,716 were positive and 315 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.

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.

Jan. 2025

Orcs Must Die! is a third person shooter wave defense game where you defend against orcs. There are so many variants of orcs and likewise, there are tons of weapons and traps to built against them. I love that there is no one set play to enjoy this game, most traps are viable and you can switch up your gameplay at any time. The levels are well balanced as well and I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of them. The only drawback about this game is that there is no co-op available, but I'm glad that they made multiplayer available in the sequel games. Definitely recommended!

Dec. 2024

A lot of fun! Sometimes you almost feel bad for the Orcs ... Almost. Recommend it 110%! PS: I hate you Armored Ogres! No pity for them!

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

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8.19€

9.3

7,716

315

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Developer

Robot Entertainment

Publisher

Robot Entertainment

Release 11 Oct 2011

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