Orcs Must Die!

At a glance

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.

Who it is for

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.

Details

Year

2011wikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

Developer

Robot Entertainmentwikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

Genre

tower defensewikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

Platforms

Microsoft Windowswikidata.org · 3 Oct 2026

Listed on VGSources

• Every Game by Robot Entertainment5 listed

Sources

• wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067214· checked 3 Oct 2026
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcs_Must_Die!· checked 2 Oct 2026
• store.steampowered.com/app/102600/· checked 3 Oct 2026