Orcs Must Die!
Orcs Must Die!
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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
Developer Robot Entertainment
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players. From the Steam store page
432 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
123 positive · 107 negative
95% range 47–60%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 123 | 107 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 45 | 5 | 141 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
2,053 of 2,783 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
54% recommend · 124 yes, 104 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 228 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (3,339 of 4,737 positive).
Many players enjoy the roguelite mechanics and variety, finding it a fun twist on the series. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the lack of content, limited maps, and absence of campaign or endless mode. [4][5][6] Several players feel the game has been abandoned by the developers with no updates for months. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [16]
This game was such a massive blunder by the studio, and I am very disappointed as a long time OMD fan. The funniest thing is Robot Entertainment ALREADY HAD a winning OMD Rogue-like formula via the 3rd game's "Scramble" game mode. ALL OMD:Deathtrap needed to do was copy that formula 1:1 and expand the amount of maps, traps, characters (with skill trees), weapons, and trinkets the player had access to, and Deathtrap …
- [17]
First off, the gameplay is pretty much exactly what you expect from an Orcs Must Die game. If you've played any, you'll likely enjoy this game. That's the good. The bad is what makes me unable to recommend this game to anyone: the rogue-like elements added to this game with it being based around 'runs' of levels that COMPLETELY COLLAPSES in multiplayer if there is a networking issue. There is no LAN play, and if …
- [2]
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE HATERS… I was hesitant to get the game because of the reviews but it’s honestly insanely fun. For 15$ on sale you can’t go wrong especially if you plan on playing CO OP. I never leave reviews but it honestly pissed me off how many people tried to compare this to older version of OMD and left bad reviews. This game doesn’t deserve the hate it got. Hot take it’s my favorite they have released so …
- [4]
Very fun, but feels shallow? No campaign, and no endless mode - just quickplay, over and over. There are some fun roguelike elements added to the quickplay sessions to add a bit of RNG, but it doesnt really add much sense of depth like a true campaign or endless mode would.
- [1]
Sum-Up In-depth analysis further down. 🟩 Pros 🟥 Cons • Excellent variety of traps to suit different strategies and situations. Combining their effects together into the perfect killzone is extremely satisfying. • Great gameplay variety thanks to a large amount of modifiers, buffs, debuffs and threats that are different for each run. • A huge amount of randomly shuffled upgrades, called Threads, that significantly …
Summarised from 34 of the 412 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap sits at 53% positive across 230 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 432 · most liked firstGuess what, I voice some stuff in Orcs Must Die: DEATHTRAP. Neat!
positive · AI labelView post →Heya new folks! I figure I should reintroduce myself. I'm Matt, a stylized 3d character artist for games and currently helping bring Orcs Must Die Deathtrap to life! In my downtime I enjoy taking my tablet out and sculpting wherever they'll let me! cara.app/mcasillanart
neutral · AI labelView post →Alright, you guys. Gear up! I'm the voice of Mac, the Riftkin (THIS DUDE!) in ORCS MUST DIE!: DEATHTRAP, out tomorrow on Xbox and PC! CHECK IT OUT!! I've been playing it a bit since last night and IT'S SO FREAKING GOOD. You bet I'll be streaming this! @orcsmustdie.com 💙
positive · AI labelView post →It's not terrible, but its definitely not Orcs Must Die. Honestly just re-release Unchained in a better state and it would be infinitely better than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today my warmup sketches were a whole lot of MY BOY, Mac, from @orcsmustdie.com 's "Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap", my current obsession. The dopamine, it flows when he's around (and landing headshots.)
positive · AI labelView post →This game was such a massive blunder by the studio, and I am very disappointed as a long time OMD fan. The funniest thing is Robot Entertainment ALREADY HAD a winning OMD Rogue-like formula via the 3rd game's "Scramble" game mode. ALL OMD:Deathtrap needed to do was copy that formula 1:1 and expand the amount of maps, traps, characters (with skill trees), weapons, and trinkets the player had access to, and Deathtrap WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING!! But... they didn't do that. Instead, they opted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game isn't bad but this is probably the worst entry to the series I have personally played. The gimmick is that it's more endlessly replayable with roguelite aspects, but those aspects are extremely limited. The mission modifiers are not that crazy and there's like 10 total so you always see the same ones. On top of that the trap selection pool they included is very small. My biggest complaint is there's only a few maps and once you have a strat for each map you can just use that every…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here we go! Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Art Blast Time!!! You can find higher res versions on my Artstation and Cara. Be sure to check out the game as well! www.artstation.com/thegreatjug cara.app/mcasillanart store.steampowered.com/app/2273980/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC/Steam! I had a blast recording for the voice of one of the player characters, Mac! It's fun, it's chaotic, and cross play too, so no matter what platform you play on, you and your friends can play together! Woohoo! 💙
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a bit torn on recommending or not. The game is quite fun to play coop, killing some orcs while taking to a friend. However, having played OMD3 and getting 100% achievements.. comparing it to this version, it's a downgrade imo. Of course the game isn't a pure tower defense since you have war mages that shoot and have special abilities, but it seems to stray away even more from tower defense here. - Barricade limit: you have very little and the total is limited unless you pull a lucky card…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not what I expected from the developers. It is acceptable at best, but it has a long road ahead before it can become great. I will start with the positives. The visuals are impressive and the artistic direction fits well with the earlier entries in the series. Traps are easy to unlock and even easier to upgrade. I also want to highlight the creativity of the maps. Hedge Maze in particular was my favorite and truly enjoyable to play. Sadly, this is where my praise must end. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off, the gameplay is pretty much exactly what you expect from an Orcs Must Die game. If you've played any, you'll likely enjoy this game. That's the good. The bad is what makes me unable to recommend this game to anyone: the rogue-like elements added to this game with it being based around 'runs' of levels that COMPLETELY COLLAPSES in multiplayer if there is a networking issue. There is no LAN play, and if there is even the slightest hiccup in your network connection you lose all of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2. Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap by Robot Entertainment
neutral · AI labelView post →just get omd2 or omd3, this title unneccessarily complicates everything and all of these maps are so ass, its pretty clear it was made for 3-4 player co op, because lanes are always split with no way to funnel them into one, so playing solo feels like you have to do the job of an entire squad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming to Game Pass: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0... Ultimate: -Assassin’s Creed Mirage (8/7) -9 Kings (8/14) Standard: -Rain World (today) -Citizen Sleeper 2 (8/6) -Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders (8/6) -MechWarrior 5: Clans (8/6) -Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap (8/6) -Aliens: Fireteam Elite (8/12)
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't hate this game but I don't like it either. The developer doesn't seem to understand the tower defence genre anymore. The rogue aspect was already existing in many TD games, it's the ENDLESS MODE. I suppose there is space for innovation here. Now, comparing this game with OMD2 : - you cannot choose the map you want to play - you cannot choose your weapon - you cannot choose a "named" difficulty setting (here it's just a slider from 1.0 to infinity...) - there is only one playable…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sum-Up In-depth analysis further down. 🟩 Pros 🟥 Cons • Excellent variety of traps to suit different strategies and situations. Combining their effects together into the perfect killzone is extremely satisfying. • Great gameplay variety thanks to a large amount of modifiers, buffs, debuffs and threats that are different for each run. • A huge amount of randomly shuffled upgrades, called Threads, that significantly change how traps, heroes and weapons work as you progress further. •…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm streaming some Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap for the first time! Come watch me attempt to save the Rift! And of course I'll be playing as my boy Mac!
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is a big fail, as far as I am concerned. I have played all Orcs Must Die (OMD) games, and enjoyed them all, except for this one. The levels are far too open, with limited barricades, and it's hard to cluster the Orcs into traps. The new upgrade system is too big and too fiddly. Instead of the previous straight-forward system of earning coins and buying weapons and trinkets, now you have to fiddle around by going to different locations to buy stuff, which is just a waste of time (and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This would've been a recommended but when I bought the game, the sentiment was that it was constantly getting updated since release and it looked like a good purchase, I love OMD, and wanted a better co-op experience from it, traps, levels and other things were getting added and... Crickets. Complete silence, zero updates, zero communication, just dead in the water. What happened? If you catch it for $10 or less it's not a bad time, but $30 for an unfinished game with MIA devs is not something…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap - the indie game I'm the Art Director on is coming out tomorrow!! So Excited and proud of what we made! store.steampowered.com/app/2273980/...
positive · AI labelView post →I would suggest interested players to just get Orcs Must Die 3. OMD 3 has more traps, more maps, more enemies, and more general tower defense game play. The developer here wanted to try something new and introduce rogue like features by providing more playable characters with abilities but it's clearly not what the fan base wanted. The game is in a weird space now as it tries to be what the fans wanted and what the developers wanted to make. 10 months into this games release and the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay Away! The last update was summer 2025. The last posts on social media were summer 2025. The game feels very unfinished and I belive the company is dead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some character concepts I did for Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap. It was an amazing experience art director the wonderful art team over at Robot Entertainment! #concept #characterdesign #omd
neutral · AI labelView post →Going live now woth Jduke! Checking out Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap sneak peak! Thanks to @guillotine.agency Twitch.tv/officialmiayim
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm streaming some Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap! twitch.tv/caseymongillo
neutral · AI labelView post →They made Orcs Must Die: Unchained with PvP modes (amazing btw) and then scrapped it shortly after launch to focus on... this? There are things I like about Unchained (barricades are free*), but overall, the game has become "bigger", but not "better", and the reason they're free is because the maps have quadrupled in size... Not in a fun way either, because it's literally like solving a puzzle on where to place barricades before you even start playing the game. Who wants to solve a crossword…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💐Time for the Harlow special~💐 You can hear me as Harlow in the brand new Orcs Must Die Deathtrap, that just came out TODAY on PC and XBox!! Side note- if anyone plays as Harlow, make sure to take LOTS of Henry pics 🥰💖
positive · AI labelView post →Feels really barebones Loads of traps missing from previous games, and characters trying to be unique and interesting, while being completely unappealing and uninteresting. I do kinda like the upgrades for the traps, roguelike elements and difficulty. I would however like a mode to just play with no roguelike elements or challenges, and just chill.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#PortfolioDay Yo, I’m Matt! A character artist with 6+ years of experience making stylized characters. Currently helping out bringing Orcs Must Die Deathtrap to life!
neutral · AI labelView post →Game is fun, but the "run" design means if your internet isn't perfect and you ever have a slight disconnection, you will lose hours of progress. When you commit to play a map, if you do not finish it in that session, you lose all of your progress for that "run" which can be many hours. I don't know how the devs designed this game and didn't consider that internet blips are an extremely common occurrence. It seems like they were more concerned with stopping "save-scum" players than making the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just released -- Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. I've played most of the previous game\s in this series (except Unchained) and loved them all. I am excited to start playing this today. Anyone else? Since the new game has 4-player co-op hit me up if you want to slay orcs sometime. > Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger with every battle. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with…
positive · AI labelView post →New Game Pass Games: Jan 21: -Lonely Mountain: Snow Riders Jan 22: -Gigantic: Rampage Edition -Starbound Jan 28: -Eternal Strands -Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Jan 29: -Shady Part of Me Jan 30: -Sniper Elite: Resistance Jan 31: - Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Feb 4: - Far Cry New Dawn 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →One part of this game that not enough people talk about is the lack of polish and atmosphere. In old orcs must die games every action feels punchy and responsive. The sound effects and assets in Orcs Must Die Deathtrap all feel cheap and plasticky. The music and atmosphere cartoony and light hearted. I miss the grittiness that orcs must die 1 and 2 had.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First look with Jduke at Orcs Must Die Deathtrap! Shoutout to @guillotine.agency ! Twitch.tv/officialmiayim
neutral · AI labelView post →ORCS MUST DIE! DEATHTRAP launches Jan 28th 2025 for PC & Xbox 👥1-4p co-op 🧌Action tower-defense royalty 💀Rogue-lite build options 🐻Play as a damn grizzly bear 👑GOAT'd gaming IP tbh DM us if we know each other or apply below ⏬ bit.ly/OMDDt
neutral · AI labelView post →DO NOT LISTEN TO THE HATERS… I was hesitant to get the game because of the reviews but it’s honestly insanely fun. For 15$ on sale you can’t go wrong especially if you plan on playing CO OP. I never leave reviews but it honestly pissed me off how many people tried to compare this to older version of OMD and left bad reviews. This game doesn’t deserve the hate it got. Hot take it’s my favorite they have released so far. The Roguelike feel is >>>> than the campaign style. The difficulty setting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Feels weird not recommending an Orcs Must Die game. Everything seems geared for 4 players, even the single player campaign. OMD 1,2,3 are some of my favorite games. There haven't been any updates this year, and the game needs a massive patch in order to be decent. Longtime fan votes do not buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Game is awesome, technically it is a completed game although it is missing things that the devs were talking about adding such as new characters, but the developers are officially MIA, the game is apparently abandoned, and this is something Robot Entertainment is known for with all of the OMD titles according to veterans of the series. So for starters as you can tell by my playtime, I loved this game, right? Even 100% with achievements because I enjoyed it that much. The game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Xbox Game Pass Games 8.5 - Rain World 8.7 - Assassin’s Creed Mirage 8.12 - Aliens: Fireteam Elite 8.14 - 9 Kings Standard 8.6 - Citizen Sleeper 2 - MechWarrior 5: Clans - Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders - Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap releases on Steam.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game deleted my longest run. You have to complete runs in order to upgrade your stats, which are artificially tanked at game start in order to give you something to spend meta currency on. When it killed my save it also deleted all the currency that I'd earned. If you have so little confidence in your game being fun that you need to incentivize playtime with meaningless little stat boost skill trees, at least be competent enough to make the game not delete that progress when it hits a little…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Orcs Must Die Deathtrap fan character #art #omd #orcsmustdie
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll be streaming as a vtuber on our Steam stream tomorrow later after we launch Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. I even put this art my colleague did for fun of a chad Max on the vtuber for it. We're so back baby!
positive · AI labelView post →Lackluster game compared to the rest of the franchise and it was abandoned after about 6 months of content. The fact that it still hasn't got an Endless mode to this date is pretty baffling as it was the most requested feature by the players. I hope Robot can bring an OMD 4 to life, but i'm not even certain this game was a commercial success to ensure the franchise lives on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to start every work day from now on by going "Guys, play Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap." It's a good game and if you're into character design, it passes the lineup test. (You can tell everyone apart if you made them mere silhouettes.) It's such a visual treat for me!
positive · AI labelView post →Trying out the big bear man in Orcs Must Die Deathtrap! www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jSy...
neutral · AI labelView post →worst game of the entire franchise. They turned the best tower defense game into a mediocre roguelite game with an orcs must die skin. As a orcs game is bad, the gameplay is not rewarding, the killboxes fun is ruined by huge maps with terrible layouts and restricted use of barricades. As a roguelite is average, there are far better games out that genres to play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Avoid at all cost. Dead life service, 7 people in server browser on EU. Why would you make high detail models, good textures, and high quality visuals, if you then slap blur smudge filters on top of it and turn nice looking game into colorfull blobs with TSR anti aliasing? And if you don't use it-> boiling shadows, making game look like unholy crap, for a moment i was wondering if my pc broke.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game devs have been MIA for 7 months and don't interact with players. Game is abandoned like every other title they own and these people don't deserve to make more games. How do you have the recipe for success every single time, make promises and continue to break them every SINGLE time. I love this series dearly but I just cant with the lack of content that was once promised. Me and my friends are very disappointed, ROBOT ENTERTAINMENT need to shapen up.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really enjoy the other Orcs Must Die! games, but this one doesn't hit home for me. I always thought it was great that you could play the missions solo. I don't often play coop or multiplayer games anymore, mostly due to finding available time to play with others. I also have no interest in playing with randoms. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to play the majority of the maps in Deathtrap because they are so large and require more barricades than you are allotted. I can tell the devs wanted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game catch up time: I play Ritsuki in Gundam Breakers 4! I’m also Little Moneybags and a bunch of orcs in Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap! Both very fun and very different characters lol Many thanks to my agents Brittney and Erin! 🙏
positive · AI labelView post →Happy to work with studios that protect performers against AI so we can continue to partner with them! Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is out today and I got the privilege of voicing the bosses of the game, Jinfrum the Rejuvenator and Tudd the Reclaimer! Check it out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=00ia...
positive · AI labelView post →uh....who's gonna tell him? ;/// @orcsmustdie.com ORCS MUST DIE DEATHTRAP launches TOMORROW but you can see creators live throughout the day! If you're a creator and want a key, send us a DM and we'll take a look! :)
neutral · AI labelView post →this game is ok yet it could have been insane pls keep orcs must die franchise alive (and bring back unchained somehow) <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a bird...it's a plane...it's a...balloon orc!?🎈 Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is ONE WEEK away from release. Are you locked in? 🔒 lite.spr.ly/6004Ehyn
neutral · AI labelView post →You cant even do endless alone it starts you out on difficulty 10 when 20 is the max, even with all my traps maxed out i could barely kill the enemies lol and when i finished the round i got hit with text box and text box for my health/mana on the menu what kinda half cooked game is this? devs dropped this thing and just left it coulda been a great entry but go play the one before this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a lover of the orcs must die series. I appreciate that the developers were trying something different but it does not land as well as its predecessors
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎉New key art, who this?!🎉 There's still time to add Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap to your wishlist. The #1 orc-slaying spectacle comes Q1 of 2025! 💀 lite.spr.ly/6002DT4o
neutral · AI labelView post →Bring back Unchained
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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