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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Orcs Must Die! 2 is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2012, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 19635 reviews).

25
playing now
92%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (114 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (2.2k downloads)
13h
to beat · rushed 8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

Orcs Must Die! 2 trailer thumbnail

Orcs Must Die! 2 Launch Trailer

≈408,908 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 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 3% of 27,912 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 785k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 19,635 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 59 of 79 observed days (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

71142026-09-15 11:00 — 25 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 48 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 63 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 28 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 27 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 26 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 34 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 36 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 33 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 49 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 21 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 30 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 71 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 26 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k31Aug 2012Aug 2026Aug 2012 — avg 2,784 · peak 11,371Jan 2013 — avg 1,292 · peak 5,808Jun 2013 — avg 319 · peak 654Nov 2013 — avg 385 · peak 1,184Apr 2014 — avg 285 · peak 575Sep 2014 — avg 454 · peak 1,278Feb 2015 — avg 392 · peak 1,412Jul 2015 — avg 256 · peak 489Dec 2015 — avg 334 · peak 914May 2016 — avg 232 · peak 513Oct 2016 — avg 171 · peak 436Mar 2017 — avg 168 · peak 352Aug 2017 — avg 157 · peak 327Jan 2018 — avg 191 · peak 443Jun 2018 — avg 186 · peak 444Nov 2018 — avg 129 · peak 323Apr 2019 — avg 112 · peak 247Sep 2019 — avg 106 · peak 235Feb 2020 — avg 138 · peak 302Jul 2020 — avg 185 · peak 374Dec 2020 — avg 206 · peak 504May 2021 — avg 113 · peak 252Oct 2021 — avg 102 · peak 218Mar 2022 — avg 66 · peak 146Aug 2022 — avg 65 · peak 123Jan 2023 — avg 105 · peak 258Jun 2023 — avg 101 · peak 309Nov 2023 — avg 58 · peak 148Apr 2024 — avg 48 · peak 132Sep 2024 — avg 53 · peak 133Feb 2025 — avg 69 · peak 146Jul 2025 — avg 37 · peak 89Dec 2025 — avg 37 · peak 87May 2026 — avg 31 · peak 75Aug 2026 — avg 41 · peak 113
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$1.492015-01-012026-09-302015-01-01 — 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 $3.742026-09-24 — best price $3.552026-09-30 — best price $3.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2632026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 17 pageviews2026-07-03 — 10 pageviews2026-07-07 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 3 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 13 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 13 pageviews2026-09-05 — 14 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 16 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews2026-10-11 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2012-07-30, latest 2012-10-31 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionComedyShooterCartoonyStrategyAdventureMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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