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What it is
Orcs Must Die! is a fantasy action-strategy tower defense game from Robot Entertainment, released in 2011. As a War Mage, the player defends 24 fortresses from waves of enemies across a story campaign spanning three acts. The defenses include six weapons and spells, 19 traps and minions, and a cast of 11 enemy types, including ogres and flying hellbats. Players can use weapons such as a crossbow or bladestaff, set traps including spike traps and spinning blades, or call allies into the fight. The campaign also features persistent trap upgrades and multiple difficulty levels, including Nightmare. Its listed platform is Microsoft Windows, and the Steam listing is Windows-only. Steam features include single-player, Achievements, partial controller support, Steam Cloud, stats, leaderboards and Family Sharing. Steam genres are Action, Indie and Strategy.
What players like, and what they don't
- 24 fortresses to defend
- Weapons, spells, traps and allied minions
- Persistent trap upgrades
- Multiple difficulty levels, including Nightmare
- Single-player only
- Windows is the only listed platform
- Controller support is partial
Who it suits
It suits solo players who enjoy defending a sequence of strongholds with a mix of weapons, spells and traps. Partial controller support is listed for the Steam version.
Orcs Must Die! centers on choosing defenses and holding fortresses through a story campaign. The listed features emphasize solo play, replaying at different difficulties and upgrading traps.
