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Orcs Must Die! 2 cover art

Orcs Must Die! 2

Robot Entertainment · 2012-07-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 21, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

60
playing now
92%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (114 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Orcs Must Die! 2 is a trap based action-tower defense video game developed by Robot Entertainment as the follow-up to the original Orcs Must Die!, with Microsoft Game Studios publishing the sequel for Microsoft Windows on July 30, 2012 in the United States. The game has emphasis on co-operative gameplay as the principal addition over the original.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 60 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 186 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~23/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 785k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,621 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$3.44-77%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.44-77%
IndieGala$3.48-77%
Steam$3.74-75%
Gamesplanet$3.92-74%
WinGameStore$4.49-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2016-02-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 49 of 74 observed days · $1.95 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21921920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8702026-08-06 21:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 39 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 46 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 63 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 76 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 36 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 87 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 54 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.742016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-07-25 — best price $24.992017-01-17 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-02-25 — best price $3.002019-12-05 — best price $1.692020-08-18 — best price $2.812021-03-05 — best price $14.992021-09-21 — best price $3.662021-11-24 — best price $3.182022-01-27 — best price $2.792022-05-17 — best price $13.392022-08-14 — best price $2.822022-10-06 — best price $14.992022-12-16 — best price $11.482023-02-18 — best price $11.892023-05-13 — best price $11.892023-07-21 — best price $3.472023-10-13 — best price $3.652023-12-21 — best price $4.492024-02-27 — best price $11.482024-05-20 — best price $11.482024-07-03 — best price $11.482024-08-31 — best price $11.482024-11-03 — best price $10.252025-01-21 — best price $10.252025-04-25 — best price $14.242025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-07 — best price $14.992026-01-08 — best price $10.252026-04-28 — best price $4.422026-08-15 — best price $3.742026-08-30 — best price $3.44
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
89.9%
earned "Ten at Once"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud4 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)67,1033%27

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionComedyShooterCartoonyStrategyAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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