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2011 PCXbox 8.19 € 👍 96 % Overwhelmingly positive, 8,189 reviews on Steam

Third-person tower defense where you lay traps in fortress corridors and join the fight with crossbow and spells as orc hordes get flung, sliced and burned in slapstick chain reactions. A cocky war mage hero keeps the tone gleefully comedic.

What defines Orcs Must Die!:

  • Tactical depth
  • Lots of humour
  • Fantasy setting
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Orcs Must Die! are Kingdom Rush Frontiers, Kingdom Rush Vengeance and Kingdom Rush. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Orcs Must Die! special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Fantasy setting

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Challenging difficulty

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