Orcs Must Die!
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2011
Platforms
Genres
- tower defense
- adventure game*
- strategy video game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- T - Teen*
Localized titles
- Orcs Must Die!
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Stats*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- German*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- French*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Italian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Russian*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Japanese*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Polish*
- Full audio
- Yes*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Full audio
- Yes*
Audio languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
Community tags · historical
- Tower Defense*
- Votes · historical
- 503*
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 303*
- Strategy*
- Votes · historical
- 261*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 208*
- Fantasy*
- Votes · historical
- 182*
- Indie*
- Votes · historical
- 170*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 169*
- Comedy*
- Votes · historical
- 134*
- Funny*
- Votes · historical
- 103*
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 98*
- Cartoony*
- Votes · historical
- 73*
- Magic*
- Votes · historical
- 65*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Votes · historical
- 55*
- Multiplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 50*
- Score Attack*
- Votes · historical
- 49*
- Addictive*
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Shooter*
- Votes · historical
- 47*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 32*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 30*
- Arcade*
- Votes · historical
- 28*
System requirements
- Windows · Minimum*
- Operating system
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7*
- Processor alternatives
- 2GHz Dual Core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM DirectX®: dx90c*
- Storage
- 5 GB HD space*
Compatibility and community reports
- Steam Deck*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Controller support · 2026-06-27*
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 43*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Robot Entertainment
Publishers
- Xbox Game Studios
- Robot Entertainment*
Release history
- 2011-10-05
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2011-10-12 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2011-10-12*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Oct 11, 2011*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 2 fields
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Playable*
- Steam Deck compatibility
- Steam Deck
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Specifications 2 · 8 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- 2GHz Dual Core*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 2* GB
- Name
- Orcs Must Die!*
- Release year
- 2,011*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- 2GHz Dual Core*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 2 GB*
Specifications 3 · 7 fields
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- T - Teen*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- strategy video game
- strategy video game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2011-10-12 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2011-10-12*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 4 · 35 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 27*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 200* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 383* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Stats*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Robot Entertainment*
- DLC count · historical
- 2*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Audio languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 200* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 164* min
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Orcs Must Die!*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 333*
- Peak ccu
- 20*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 7,856*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 2.49*
- Publishers
- Robot Entertainment*
- Recommendations
- 6,501*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 11, 2011*
- Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Game website · historical
- https://robotentertainment.com/omd-details*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Stats
- Stats*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- Audio languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 11, 2011*
- Interface languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 5 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 410* min
- Ccu
- 20*
- Developer
- Robot Entertainment*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Historical US original list price
- 999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 0* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 201* min
- Name
- Orcs Must Die!*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 333*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 7,856*
- Historical US price
- 999* US cents
- Publisher
- Robot Entertainment*
- Community tags · historical
- Tower Defense*
- Action*
- Strategy*
- Third Person*
- Fantasy*
- Indie*
- Singleplayer*
- Comedy*
- Funny*
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Cartoony*
- Magic*
- Great Soundtrack*
- Multiplayer*
- Score Attack*
- Addictive*
- Shooter*
- Adventure*
- RPG*
- Arcade*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Languages
- English*
- German*
- French*
- Italian*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Russian*
- Japanese*
- Polish*
- Portuguese - Brazil*
- Community tags · historical
- Tower Defense
- Tower Defense*
- Action
- Action*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Fantasy
- Fantasy*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Comedy
- Comedy*
- Funny
- Funny*
- Third-Person Shooter
- Third-Person Shooter*
- Cartoony
- Cartoony*
- Magic
- Magic*
- Great Soundtrack
- Great Soundtrack*
- Multiplayer
- Multiplayer*
- Score Attack
- Score Attack*
- Addictive
- Addictive*
- Shooter
- Shooter*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Arcade
- Arcade*
- Tags votes
- Tower Defense
- Votes · historical
- 503*
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 303*
- Strategy
- Votes · historical
- 261*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 208*
- Fantasy
- Votes · historical
- 182*
- Indie
- Votes · historical
- 170*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 169*
- Comedy
- Votes · historical
- 134*
- Funny
- Votes · historical
- 103*
- Third-Person Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 98*
- Cartoony
- Votes · historical
- 73*
- Magic
- Votes · historical
- 65*
- Great Soundtrack
- Votes · historical
- 55*
- Multiplayer
- Votes · historical
- 50*
- Score Attack
- Votes · historical
- 49*
- Addictive
- Votes · historical
- 48*
- Shooter
- Votes · historical
- 47*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 32*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 30*
- Arcade
- Votes · historical
- 28*
Specifications 6 · 25 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud*
- Stats*
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Robot Entertainment*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Indie*
- Strategy*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 83*
- Name
- Orcs Must Die!*
- Windows requirements
- Minimum: OS *:Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 Processor:2GHz Dual Core Memory:2 GB RAM Graphics:NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM DirectX®:dx90c Hard Drive:5 GB HD space *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $9.99*
- Publishers
- Robot Entertainment*
- Recommendations total
- 6,489*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Oct 11, 2011*
- Interface languages
- English (full audio), German (full audio), French (full audio), Italian (full audio), Spanish - Spain (full audio), Russian (full audio), Japanese (full audio), Polish (full audio), Portuguese - Brazil (full audio)*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Achievements*
- Partial Controller Support
- Partial Controller Support*
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Cloud*
- Stats
- Stats*
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Leaderboards*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Minimum
- Operating system
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7*
- Processor alternatives
- 2GHz Dual Core*
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon x1950 or better with 256MB VRAM DirectX®: dx90c*
- Storage
- 5 GB HD space*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Robot Entertainment
- Robot Entertainment*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Oct 11, 2011*
- Interface languages
Specifications 7 · 17 fields
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- partial*
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Action|Indie|Strategy*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 157*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 43*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- platinum*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,011*
- Title
- Orcs Must Die!*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Declared controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support · 2026-06-27
- Controller support
- Partial*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Indie
- Indie*
- Strategy
- Strategy*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Platinum*
- Reports
- 43*
- Community confidence
- strong*
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