
With near-perfect execution, Orcs Must Die! is a must-play for any action fan.
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Verdict
96%
Steam
86
IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (96% positive from 8.4K reviews)
Critically acclaimed (86/100 critic average)
Engaging multiplayer/co-op experience
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Orcs Must Die! is an action-tower defense video game developed and published by Robot Entertainment and Mastertronic. It is a tower defense game that eschews the traditional top-down view of similar games, instead using a third-person action-oriented viewpoint. The game was released for Xbox Live Arcade and Windows PCs in October 2011.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 18d ago
Simple fun and cheap tower defense game. Pick it up and enjoy for a weekend. 5/10 - Simple game to enjoy for the weekend.
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One of the best progression and map designs I've seen in a tower defense game, despite how simple it is. Each level requires a different approach, especially on Nightmare difficulty, so not one out of the 22 traps go unused. This is something that most games in the genre fail to achieve. It also has a great humor, plays smoothly and I really can't think of anything negative about it. It goes on a huge sale so often that it would be a sin not to play it for anyone interested in tower defense games, even after over a decade.
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