Orcs Must Die!

Love this game. Still holds up great - the graphics style is timeless. Maps are simpler than the sequels but that honestly makes it funner in some ways. The maps are all wonderfully distinct. The music is perfect, and the humour is endearing. Would strongly recommend to anyone.

Full review: https://thegamehoard.com/2026/05/02/picking-up-steam-orcs-must-die-pc/ Orcs Must Die!, especially with its delightfully dumb protagonist, sounds like it would just be some wanton bloodshed for the sake of it, but this game mixes its moments of involved orc slaying very well with its tower defense elements. You need to work to hold back the enemy tides until you can afford to put more and more of the work into the hands of your traps and minions, and even then you’ll need to be smart and responsive if you want to conquer some of the trickier level layouts. Sometimes Orcs Must Die! will boil down to standing in place headshotting the latest wave of standard foes as they wade through a simple trap set you figured out in the early levels, but it is the moments where the orc hordes ask you to be both smart and directly involved where you can extract some of the most exciting and memorable instances of the game elements coming together beautifully.

Too difficult for the later stages but so fun